{insert title here}
{insert title here} was the first real project created under the name of Coolerthanyou Productions. It was a sketch comedy television show produced for and aired on West Georgia College's Cable13 (now the State University of West Georgia's UTV). The names of each episode were chosen to sound like possible latin words for the numbers 1-5 but were actually celebrity names. The first episode was called Uma and aired Halloween night 1996. Following Uma were Dumas (episode two: originally known as "tupac" until he was killed shortly before the episode's completion), Dre (episode three) and Fjord (episode four, airing in the summer of 1997). A fifth episode (Quentin) was shot but not edited and never aired.
the history of {insert title here}
"She's real purty" (episode dumas) was the genesis for it all. It
was written by Errol and Brooks at WWGC
(where they worked) one afternoon. Later that week Errol and Brooks were hanging
out with Sean and a number of other friends at the television studio (Sean worked
there at the time) and they suggested performing the sketch and videotaping
it. They proceeded to do so, only to find out afterwards that the tape had not
been rolled properly. Sadly, this "pilot" sketch was never recorded,
but the process was so much fun that the group decided to explore the possibility
of shooting an actual show. A number of sketches were written, and after much
wrangling Sean was able to convince those in charge of the television studio
to allow us to shoot the sketches. We were even able to convince the department
to lend us students to use as crew giving them studio credit. Armed with material,
crew, and a cast made up of our friends, "Episode Uma" was recorded
in the summer of 1996. It took an entire quarter to shoot and edit, and finally
aired Halloween night 1996. This first episode introduced the characters of
Dirk and Stevie who, along with the turlet guy (in a cameo), were the only characters
to appear in all four episodes. The cast of this show was primarily made up
of
Sean, Brooks,
Errol,
Tommy,
and Bert.
"Episode Dumas" was next. It included the "turlet guy" sketch ("slow turlet" was the actual title). This sketch was shot for episode uma but during editing we discovered that there was no room for it. This episode also included the aforementioned "she's real purty," this time shot properly. It introduced new cast members Lori Burnette (she was a member of the Uma crew), Sheila Ervin, and Dawn Hammond.
Quickly on the heels of Dumas came "Episode Dre: the sitcom episode." This episode was written and shot to look like an episode of a sitcom (Happy Family was the name later given during an episode of the radio show). This episode introduced new cast member David Payton. This episode is most notable for the “mauled by bear” sketch. This sketch featured two innocent campers who are bullied by a territorial bear. The only bear suit we were able to acquire was the Shoney Bear costume from the local Shoney’s restaurant. We meant to cover the logo with a leather jacket but couldn’t get the jacket to fit so we simply shot the sketch as planned with the Shoney’s logo front and center. The restaurant was understandably upset and called the College which immediately pulled the episode, giving us our first taste of censorship. The incident made the front page of the local newspaper and gave us a good bit of publicity. We re-edited the show replacing the Shoney’s footage with shots from “Hercules in New York” that feature Schwarzeneggar fighting a bear in central park.
“Episode Fjord: the dramatic episode” was our finest hour and, ultimately, the final episode. It was intentionally melodramatic, revisited many characters like Dirk and Stevie, the kung-fu pillow guys, the Detective, and even Mr. Sock in a dramatic light. We didn’t intend for this to be the last episode, but ultimately it worked out well as a finale, with the musical montage at the end especially poignant in such a context.
We planned on making a fifth episode named “Quentin,” and even shot a number of sketches for it, but by the Fall of 1997 the Golden Boys screenplay, Sublimation, and other ventures distracted us from {insert title here} and we never returned.
The show was recorded on VHS (on a Panasonic AG456 to be exact) and edited on linear insert editors (here’s a pic of one of the editing suites we used). In 2002 Brooks captured the shows to DVD with the assistance of the always helpful Jason Wilson.
All
of the material shot for episode Quentin was compiled by Brooks for inclusion
in the Coolerthanyou Collection DVD set and Sean has plans for putting together
Episode Quentin as an actual completed episode with his planned special edition
dvds. We also hope plans to make the shows available to download one day. We’ll
keep you posted…
Streaming
Video...
Only
a few sketches available now. We don't have the space or bandwidth for the entire
show. These are WMV files..
NEW!!
Blooper reel from
from Episode Swansong of the DVD set!
Cable/DSL
version
"Man
Behind the Door"
from Episode Dre starring Errol and David
56K
version
Cable/DSL version
"She's Real Purty"
from Episode Dumas starring Errol and Brooks
56k
version
Cable/DSL
version
"Slow
Turlet "
from Episode Dumas starring Sean, Tommy, and Lori
56k
version
Cable/DSL
version
"Over
the Top"
This is one of those sketches that never made the show. It can be found on the
Episode Swansong dvd in the Coolerthanyou Collection.
56k
version
Cable/DSL Version
"The
Detective"
From Episode Dumas starring Brooks and Tommy and a host of others...
Cable/DSL
Version
"Why
our Mail is Late"
From Episode Uma starring Errol and Geraldine.
Cable/DSL Version
"The
Yoda Thing"
From Episode Uma starring Errol and Brooks.
Cable/DSL Version
The
Insert Title Here Special Edition Trailer
more to come later!
episode
uma
Mr.
Sock
Brooks
and Errol in "the Yoda Thing"
Errol
in "the Yoda Thing"
Brooks
in "the Yoda Thing"
Errol
Brooks and Chip in "the Yoda Thing"
Errol
looking super cool in "the Yoda Thing"
Sean
as Stevie and Chip in "Meet Dirk and Stevie"
Stevie
and Dirk in "Meet Dirk and Stevie"
Bert
as Dirk in "Meet Dirk and Stevie"
Tommy
in "Kung Fu Pillow"
Tommy
and Errol in "Kung Fu Pillow"
Errol
in "Kung Fu Pillow"
Kung
Fu Pillow battle
Errol
and Geraldine in "Cake for Breakfast (or why the mail is late)"
episode
dumas
Sheila
and David in the intro commercial
Dirk
and Stevie's effeminate living room
Lori
in "spooky"
Sean
as Turlet Guy in "slow turlet"
Tommy
as Husband with Turlet Guy in "slow turlet"
Tommy
in "slow turlet"
Sean
as Stevie in "segue"
Bert
as Dirk in "segue"
Tommy
and Brooks as detective in "police"
Brooks
and Shawn Garrett in "police"
Tommy
in "police"
Brooks
as detective in "police"
Errol
in "she's real purty"
Errol
and Brooks in "she's real purty"
Brooks
and Brooks in "antibob"
Brooks
with the Bob wives Dawn and Sheila in "antibob"
Sheila
in "antibob"
episode
dre
Dawn
as wife in the intro
David
and Dawn as Husband and Wife
Errol
as Dave the neighbor
Boney
the Bear from "mauled by bear"
Boney
again from "mauled by bear"
Errol
and Cole from "mauled by uncle ted"
Sean as turlet guy and Errol as neighbor
Brooks
as detective
Turletguy
David
and Errol in "man behind the door"
Errol
in "man behind the door"
David
and Errol again in "man behind the door"
Errol
looking crazy in "man behind the door"
Bert
and Sean as Dirk and Stevie in "mauled by Dirk and Stevie"
Sean
and Tommy in "mauled by Dirk and Stevie"
Errol
and Sheila as Bimbette
David
as husband
Turletguy
episode
fjord
Sean
as turlet guy in "Why daddy why?"
Brooks
in "Why daddy why", also a shot of the studio control room...
Sean,
David, and Carlianne in "Why daddy why?"
Errol,
Tommy, and Brooks in "Kung fu tragedy"
Tommy
and Errol in "Kung fu tragedy"
Mr
Sock in "Mr Sock talks back"
Errol
looking nuts again in "Mr Sock talks back"
Errol
and Mr Sock in "Mr Sock talks back"
Brooks
as detective in "it
goes with the badge"
Brooks
in "it
goes with the badge"
Tommy
in "Kung fu tragedy"
Brooks
in "as if"
Sheila
in "as if"
detective
in "it goes with the badge"
episode
uma script in Adobe PDF format *
episode
dumas script in Adobe PDF format *
episode
dre script in Adobe PDF format *
episode
fjord script in Adobe PDF format *
* You'll
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Acrobat Reader to view these scripts.
Also, please remember that all of these scripts are registered with the copyright
office so don't steal 'em!
If you would like copies of the television show {insert title here} on vhs or dvd, or copies of the radio show on audio cd drop me a line and I'll be happy to send you a copy for the price of the discs and shipping (not much). I would love for everyone who's worked so hard on these shows to have copies but so far as I know only a handful of you do.
