The Supreme Court Has Gone Rogue And Taken Over The Country - Now What?

I've wanted to start several TV shows or movies over the years. I always thought I had some good ideas when it came to them.

Maybe that's because I've been on TV a lot myself.

Mostly the news.

But I did spend 10 hours that one time filming a segment for a national network. And I did sign one of the businesses I worked for to the 2nd biggest production company in LA a few years back (working on a reality show about the place). But nothing came of that.

No, the real reason is I've just always made up stories. I like to write.

Writing is exploring - and exploring can lead to Open Doors and Opportunity.

Here are a couple of my original show Ideas:

The Same Name Show

I registered that one.

That's the Tonight Show meets celebrity named guest.

For instance, Julia Roberts is a 76 year old cattle farmer from Iowa.

These people would re-create various clips from the actors movies and would be on the talk show.

Both them and the host of the show would "play it straight".

"Tonight's special guest is Julia Roberts" - the live audience isn't in on the joke and thinks it's actually Julia ... shock and hilarity ensue.

Imagine "Julia" dressed in that blue Pretty Woman hooker outfit and acting out that one scene where Richard Gere picks her up.

Or "Jack Nicholson" is a 7 year old and he's doing the "You can't handle the truth" scene.

Good stuff.

Funny.

And there's enough people with the same names as celebrities.

Someone came close to taking the name of the show though. Theirs is a game show or something.

Scott Free

That's a show about a guy named Scott Free who keeps getting away with murder.

Think Dexter meets Houdini meets David Blaine.

This came out of a conversation with a friend of mine.

Tony Stewart the race car driver had just purposefully crashed into another driver and NASCAR didn't do anything about it.

We were talking about it and incensed the guy said, "and he's already known as the killer, I mean, he got away with it!"

I said "Scott Free!" and we laughed.

But then the idea for the show hit me.

Would be a great alter-ego type thing. Character driven to murder, never convicted.

BTW, if anyone knows Ridley Scott, I'd love the opportunity to pitch his production company Scott Free, "Scott Free".

I once wrote The Cask of Amontillado Part 2.

FORTUNATO

I loved Poe's original but I just wanted more. I thought the story deserved more, and so I finished it for Poe.

When we leave the Cask, Fortunato is in chains and buttoned behind a wall screaming for Montresor.

That's where I picked the story up.

I made it so that when Fortunato relaxed, and sucked in his gut, he was able to slip the chains.

I made it so that the moisture in the walls kept the mortar from hardening and Fortunato was able to knock the wall down and escape the niche.

I made it so that he was able to traverse his way back to the surface and escape altogether.

I made it so that many years later, when Montresor was old and blind, a pipe of Amontillado would be hand delivered to Montresor by Fortunato himself. The dead man no one would recognize. Montresor thought he looked very familiar, but he couldn't quite put his finger on how he may have known the figure standing outside the door. And no need to dwell, the Montresors, one and all, had gathered at the exact moment in celebration - so there was a party to attend.

And I made it that Fortunato would be outside peering in through the window as the remaining generations were drinking the poison and he killed them all.

The last thing Montresor said when he realized who the figure was at the door?

"FORTUNATO!"

And he died.

Fotunato was finally fortunate.

I thought that would make a great movie.

Reign Supreme

Backed by a judicial system gone rogue, 5 Supreme Court justices take over America in a coup - throwing the President out of office and holding Congress and the American people hostage.

Think our Constitution meets Iranian style dictatorship.

And of course only "one man can save it all".

Be a great movie (especially if I could get Aaron Sorkin to actually pen it)

Stories are awesome.

Writing stories. Telling stories. Coming up with story ideas.

They can take you anywhere you want to go, no matter where you currently are.

That's why I like making up stories.

Life is a story.

What I'm going through today, what I went through yesterday and the year before - all part of the grand story.

When you find something you love to do - do it to the best of your ability.

Do it when you can. Do it often. Don't stop doing it until you no longer find satisfaction in doing it.

That will create untold Open Doors and Opportunity in your life.