(The Writers Room)
WRITER: What about 'That's What You Think?'
WRITER 2: Under what? Phrase?
WRITER: Yeah.
WRITER 2: We need more People, Places, and Things.
WRITER: Okay, but can we table that one for when we need a Phrase?
WRITER 2: We have a lot of phrases.
WRITER 3: How about 'The Deli?'
WRITER 2: For a place?
WRITER 3: Yeah.
WRITER 2: Too short.
WRITER: They won't make any money off that.
WRITER 3: How much money do we want them to make?
WRITER 2: We want them to make something. 'The Deli' is--that'll take two spins. Three tops.
WRITER 3: I think it being short is what makes it challenging.
WRITER: But it can't be too short.
WRITER 3: What about 'The Hospital?'
WRITER 2: That's...kind of simplistic.
WRITER 3: Are we writing a novel or coming up with words for a game show?
WRITER 2: We still need to put in an effort.
WRITER 3: The Children's Hospital?
WRITER: Depressing.
WRITER 3: The Pediatric Hospital.
WRITER 2: People know what 'pediatric' means.
WRITER: Not the people on our show, but--
WRITER 3: 'Surgical Wing?'
WRITER 2: I don't hate that for a place.
WRITER: Have we ever done 'True Believers?'
WRITER 2: Under what? People?
WRITER 3: That's very conceptual.
WRITER: You're just mad I shot down your idea.
WRITER 2: Look, we can use everything eventually so there's no reason to get all worked up.
WRITER: Okay.
WRITER 2: Except 'True Believers.' We'll never use that.
WRITER: Why not?
WRITER 2 and 3: It's too conceptual.
WRITER: It's not a--I mean, it IS a concept, but--
WRITER 2: If we ever have a category called 'Concepts' on the show--
WRITER 3: Which we won't.
WRITER 2: --We can do it then.
WRITER: What about 'Friends?'
WRITER 2: Under 'Television Show' or 'People?'
WRITER 3: That has to be too short.
WRITER 2: It's not too short for 'Television Show' just 'People.'
WRITER: Then...'People' I guess?
WRITER 2: That'll work.
WRITER 3: Come on!
WRITER 2: You should be working on 'Before and After.'
WRITER 3: All I can come up with is 'I'll Be Back to the Future.'
WRITER 2: It doesn't roll off the tongue.
WRITER 3: Of course it doesn't roll off the tongue. It's 'Before and After' not 'Phrase.'
WRITER: You should give me 'Before and After.'
WRITER 3: No! I do 'Before and After.' You do 'Famous People.'
WRITER: I don't know anything about 'Famous People.'
WRITER 3: You don't know ANY 'Famous People?'
WRITER: Not any with weird names.
WRITER 2: They don't need to be weird. They just need to be challenging to spell.
WRITER: Timothee Chalamet?
WRITER 2: I like that.
WRITER 3: Do people know who he is?
WRITER 2: He's been in--
WRITER 3: Do people who watch Wheel of Fortune know who he is?
WRITER 2: The people who watch this show aren't stupid.
WRITER 3: It's Hangman. It's a televised version of Hangman.
WRITER 2: Just because it's not, you know, that other show--
WRITER and WRITER 3: Jeopardy.
WRITER 2: That doesn't mean it has no merit.
WRITER: How about Justin Trudeau?
WRITER 2: They won't know who that is.
WRITER 3: They won't know who the Prime Minister of Canada is but you think they'll know the guy from Call Me By Your Name?
WRITER 2: It's a fine balance.
WRITER: I wanted to write for Atlantic Monthly. I had dreams.
WRITER 3: Atlantic Monthly was your dream?
WRITER: One of them.
WRITER 2: Atlantic Monthly. That's great. What is that? A magazine? We could make 'Magazines' a category.
WRITER 3: Probably better to use Vanity Fair.
WRITER 2: The New Yorker.
WRITER: Us Weekly. Oh god, even I'm doing it now.
WRITER 2: By the way, we haven't used an 'X' in awhile. Gotta get on that.
WRITER: How about 'X Marks the Spot.'
WRITER 2: Don't be cute. I mean, be cute, but not clever. Got it?
WRITER: Got it.
WRITER 3: Do you think they're having this much fun over at Jeopardy?
(The End)
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