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Flip the Script

Jacob Gaffney  in Writer/Actor, White Wines, Riesling , ,

Drinking the 2004 Montana Marlborough Riesling £6 at Costcutter: Not Bad, but the grape needs a cooler climate. The warmer weather has crowded out the grace and mineral structure of its superior, German counterparts. Strong tropical fruits, pineapple, melon. Light and easy, with a somewhat interesting dry finish that lasts just long enough. 8.5.

About six months ago a guy named Steve at CC Lab was interested in making the wine show. But he wanted some twists. After a few meetings we came up with a format for a wine-themed sitcom, of all things.

In this context, the wine guy would become obsessed with fame during the course of the show. His ignorance, with others correcting him, would provide the backbone for the educational aspects of the show. Reverse-wise, see?

There would be the “film crew” shooting the wine documentary, and then a real film crew filming the documentary “film crew.” And then there was a lone writer, unseen, named Martin, who would be personally documenting all that happened on set with his own handheld camera.

You would hear his voice, but never see him. It would be with his handheld digicam that would document why the “show” would eventually fall to pieces, in a testament as to why wine shows never work. The final episodes were to be mish-mashed into a fast-paced, laugh-riddled, chaotic mess that was supposed to be new and ground-breaking… and, hopefully, award-winning.

So it would be a sitcom about making a wine and travel show, that eventually failed. Or would it?

I wrote the pilot episode and it was never taped. Hate to see it go to waste so here is the first instalment.

Anyone out there need a writer for a sitcom; give us a shout.

The rest of you enjoy, but, there are still some grammar errors as this was a first draft.

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