Elevator pitches from BigPicnic

Cory Doctorow 7:23 pm Tue Mar 18, 2003

BigPicnic has come up with a bunch of elevator pitches for a hypothetic TV show — they're pretty funny.

Pilot: A Hero Emerges Phillip Brock is determined to meet out justice when a young girl is murdered at the city zoo. A mysterious lurker is noticed at the scene, but no evidence links him to the crime. Undaunted, Phillip convicts the murderer by systematically proving every single other living person on the planet innocent of the crime!

Episode 1A: To Catch A Crook A murderous bank robber roams the city, and time is running out. Desperate to catch this nefarious criminal, Brock sets up a phony arrest, then a phony trial using his friend's improv acting troop. After being cleared of charges at the fake court, Brock arrests this brazen burglar for real, saving the day!

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