The most WONDERFUL idea for a show...!

JUST A NOTE HERE. I'm not being bitter or mean to this lady. Its just that my vision of the afterlife does not include anything other than what I describe. Anything else that may or may not happen to me would be a huge shock to my system. Thank you. Carry on...



When word gets out that you create TV shows, people come to you with "interesting" ideas. Case in point. One day I was minding my own business when my phone rang...

SFX: Phone - Ring! Ring! Ring!

ME:
Hi. Steve speaking.

SWEET LITTLE OLD LADY
Hello. I have the most wonderful idea for a TV show that I'd like to share with you...

ME:
Sorry. I have to stop you right there. I legally can't listen to your idea, because it would open me up to civil liability. I could be sued for --

SWEET LITTLE OLD LADY
Oh, no no no! I don't want to make a show. I want to GIVE it to you, so that YOU can make it. I just want to see it get made.

(Note to self. This is always a bad sign.)

ME:
Well, I can't promise that I'd be able to do anything with it, even if I did like it.

SWEET LITTLE OLD LADY:
(Sadly)
So you don't want to even hear my idea...?

ME:
(not wanting to make Sweet Little Old Lady cry)
Okay. I'll listen to it. Sure. Go ahead.

SWEET LITTLE OLD LADy:
(Brightening up immediately)
Its all about the WONDERFUL things that happen to you after you die!

ME:
(sound of crickets chirping)

SWEET LITTLE OLD LADY:
Isn't that WONDERFUL???

ME:
Uh... Ma'am...? Did I hear you right? After I DIE? I mean seriously, after I die, I'm going to rot and be eaten by worms.

SWEET LITTLE OLD LADY:
Oh, no! No! No! No! You seem like a nice man. I'm sure that there will be many exciting things in store for you!

ME:
Honestly - I'm counting on rotting and being eaten by worms. Anything else would be a real shock to my system. I think I'd prefer to rot and be eaten by worms. In fact - I'm counting on it...


And that - more or less, is how I learned of the most WONDERFUL idea for a show, ever! I pass it along, in case someone else wants to develop it.