Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Screenplays I'm working on: Harry is tall, dashing and strapping- title character. Premise: Harry got up dressed all in black Went down to the station and he never came back They found his clothing scattered somewhere down the track And he won't be down on Wall Street in the morning He had a home the love of a girl But men get lost sometimes as years unfold One day he crossed some line And he was too much in this world But I guess it doesn't matter anymore 2) Harry Kotter: A taxi driver picks up his fare and soon realizes it's an old girlfriend: Something about her was familiar I could swear I'd seen her face before But she said, "I'm sure you're mistaken" And she didn't say anything more It took a while, but she looked in the mirror And she glanced at the license for my name A smile seemed to come to her slowly It was a sad smile, just the same And she said, "How are you Harry?" I said, "How are you Sue? Through the too many miles And the too little smiles I still remember you" Up your nose with a rubber hose is prevalent in the dialogue 3) Kansas City Bomber: Raquel and Sherry are roller derby professionals by day. By night they are Facebook bombardiers 4) Valley of the Dolls: pharmacist by day stand up comedian by night and plays poker on the weekends. Avid runner as well, marathon woman 5) Grumpier Old Men: Bill unretires. He and Phil become casino owners in Tahoe. Leave Dale and Mel for greener pastures. Hijinx of the Third Kind! 6) Black Sunday: while waiting for the Super Bowl to start at 6:30, a corny writer pens screenplays. Idea stolen from the movie "Trumbo" and Kellogg's Corn Flakes 7) All Day Cowboy: Pinched from Midnight Cowboy. Our protagonist wears an airline uniform by day and a duster by night. Very lucky at cards but is accident prone 8) The Cooler: Bill and Phil take Tahoe by storm. As in any movie, it starts out rosie and then misfortune hits. Bill and Phil decide to hire a cooler. Ingenious move as profits soar. IRS intervenes and arrests Bill. Phil takes over and bonds Bill out of jail. I'm thinking William H Macy would make the perfect cooler in the subsequent movie 9) Old Yeller: after decades of coffee, tea and cigarettes, Dr. Gilligan ( dentist ), who has just returned from a three hour tour, asks the tall strapping patient: "is it safe?" Sir Laurence Olivier seems the logical choice as Doctor Gilligan if Paramount says yes 10) Chattanooga Choo Choo: Bill becomes a fugitive from the law, and he and Phil head to Chattanooga. Both get a job at the aquarium. Mel is a tour guide and Bill is a diver and swims with the fishes. On his off days and spare time, Bill continues to look for the one-armed man who prepared his taxes

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