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Can We Save the Cat?

Can We Save the Cat?

Welcome to Can We Save the Cat, an entertainment podcast where we pick a random idea or "concept" and attempt to develop it into a quality TV/Film pitch. In the end, we"ll decide if we want to save the project or scratch it. Listen on Tuesdays for new episodes. Contact us at cwstcpodcast@gmail.com to… Advertise with us. Book a private working session. Pitch an idea for the podcast. Give us feedback. Just say hi.

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00:54:21

Ship Me to the Moon

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2021/09/28

It's our second of two very special 'hiatus' episodes and this time things. get. WILD. On this week's episode, Andrew J. Brandt (@writerbrandt) joins Bryan (@bredacted42) and Dani (@dani_hanks) and the group has a REALLY hard time keeping it together when discussing a pitch about a rich billionaire CEO (let's call him...Shmeffrey Shmezos) and one warehouse worker (let's call her Claire) have to team up and work together in order to make it home from Ama...I mean,

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00:50:34

Not My Kids

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2021/09/21

Welcome back everybody! In our first episode back from hiatus, the writer's room of Bryan (@bredacted42), Dani (@dani_hanks), and Justin (@justineugene) discuss Hey Arnold! characters, on-the-run nuns (it's not Sister Act!), and a mid-thirties, stuck-in-a-rut shmuck who is forced to look after three kids all from different backgrounds when his friends are stuck overseas.Not My Kids is a comedy for the whole family. Eugene, a software engineer and kid at heart, is nervous about taking care

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01:05:26

The Bracket

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2021/07/27

After 49 episode, it's finally here! The season finale of Can We Save the Cat? is upon us and in this very special episode, the group of Bryan, Dani, and Justin take it upon themselves to whittle their previously pitched episodes from 36 down to 1. Listen along as the group torments, laments, and whines their way to an eventually winner! Thanks for listening, enjoy, and catch us in a few weeks for the start of Season Two!Originally Recorded on 07-11-2021

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00:42:54

Fluffy: Mayor of Dogtown

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2021/07/20

It's our last true episode of the season and the gang has taken it upon themselves to do something they have never done before! Okay, they've done it 48 other times but this time they are ACTUALLY saving the cat with a special episode all about cat-themed pitches. Join along as the group discuss which food's texture turns them off, Justin has a full circle moment, and we wrap up Season One of Can We Save the Cat? with a definitive YES.Fluffy: Mayor of Dogtown is a hiss-terical

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00:52:20

(Con)ditional Love

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2021/07/13

Where in the world is...our con artist on the run? In this week's episode, the group discuss big changes on the horizon, the POG world championships, and a con artist who eludes the "love" of her life in favor of the next big score.CONditional Love is a one hour mystery dramedy series where a lovestruck man goes on an international search for his ex-wife, a con-artist who stole his money and broke his heart. Every episode, with the help of his quirky best friend, he meets a victim

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00:55:13

Unit 187 (feat. Sydney Clara Brafman)

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2021/07/06

Get ready for a wild ride filled with twists, turns, and tons of running around in circles! On this week's episode, special guest Sydney Clara Brafman joins the podcast to discuss her pitch about a serial killer who "falls in love" with the girl next door. Don't worry, on the way there is plenty of talk about ranch dressing taste tests, who has the WORST pitch this week, and video game storytelling. Enjoy!Sydney Clara Brafman is a filmmaker whose films have screened around the

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00:50:43

Tahquamenon Falls (feat. Tiffany Albright)

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2021/06/29

Weird title, great episode. The group welcomes writer & director Tiffany Albright to the podcast and discuss Justin's uncanny ability to pull pitches out of nowhere, one-armed massage therapist Aaron Soertaert, and a woman who is found in the woods with no recollection of how she got there. Buckle up because this one gets VERY wild!Tahquamenon Falls is a limited series psychological thriller. After a heartbreaking miscarriage, a wannabe mother takes a weekend in the woods with her partner

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00:49:33

The Sister Con

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2021/06/22

In this episode, the group try really hard to guess Justin's pitch, discuss fashion and the modern-day worker, and a pitch where a woman on the run from the law cozies up with a suburban family.When an escaped convict gets mistaken as a suburban mom’s long-lost sister, she decides to embrace this new identity as “Miss Martha,” a first grade teacher from ancestry.com, with the help of the family’s rebellious teenage daughter. But, when an opportunity arises to steal some expensive heirlooms,

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00:56:05

Laugh Track (feat. Aline C. Weiller)

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2021/06/15

In this week's episode, we are joined by very special guest Aline C Weiller, comedian and author of the upcoming book, Fun: Essays on a Life Embraced. Also, things get weird as the four discuss their confusion on Venmo, the original Lost episode (it was Michael Keaton, Bryan! Duh!), and a stay-at-home mom who decides to put herself back out there in an unexpected way.Laugh Track is a half-hour episodic comedy series. A suburban mom hits her mid-life crisis – but instead of buying a sports car

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00:42:53

Call Us Monsters

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2021/06/08

On this week's fun-filled episode of Can We Save the Cat?, Bryan and Justin bond over their shared Michael experiences, Dani absolutely doesn't whine whatsoever about her chronic illness, and the gang as a whole discuss a fantasy epic that sees a young girl finding out who she is and where she comes from.Justin Eugeneeee, OH, you know what I meaaaan...Call Us Monsters is a young adult fantasy series. Before she is forced to choose her final wild shape on her 16th birthday, a teen girl

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00:48:47

Love Means Nothing

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2021/06/01

On this week's episode, one of the hosts messes up the intro, one of the guests does a complete 180 on the pitch, and the other is a beautiful, beautiful ginger. We will let you decide who is who! Also, Justin gets WEIRDLY into killing everyone but the person they decide to kill...wut.When a large pharmaceutical corporation publishes a study that claims their opioids are not dependence-forming, an injured tennis pro turned addict decides to infiltrate the founder’s seemingly-perfect family as

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00:47:19

Recycled Stories

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2021/05/25

What kind of items would you bring to a housewarming party? A white elephant party? A...funeral...party? In this episode, the group discuss a pitch of possessions and the value that they bring (oh, and Josh Hartnett).Recycled Stories is a dramedy anthology series. Each episode, we learn the story behind a beloved object being sold at a yard sale. In the end, all the different objects come together to continue creating stories with their new family.Originally Recorded on 05-16-2021.

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00:53:59

The Peninusla

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2021/05/18

On this brand new episode, the group stands on the edge of teen soap dramas with this spiritual successor to 'The O.C.' and discuss everything from overrated and underappreciated candies (Now and Laters are the actual worst) to T.V. shows that just didn't quite do it for us. Join along and enjoy the view on The Peninsula!The Peninsula is a dramedy about a Southern family from Eureka Springs who moves to Silicon Valley when father, Mr. Delmont, sells a groundbreaking new piece of tech

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00:57:36

The Neonate (feat. Bianca Serafini)

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2021/05/11

It's another beautiful dystopian day for our crew as they welcome producer Bianca Serafini into the writer's room for some SERIOUS Josh Schwartz love, Brighton love, and genetic manipulation love. Okay, maybe not so much the last one but they do discuss a pitch in which a bright young mind gets the opportunity of a lifetime to develop a new technology to hep create genetically perfect children. What could go wrong?!The Neonate is a dystopian drama miniseries about a young woman in tech

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00:38:19

#Dead

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2021/05/04

#MayTheFourthBeWithYou ! Happy Tuesday everybody! On this episode, Bryan gets braces, Justin forgets the order of the episodes, and Dani brings the heat with her pitch about an artist who fakes their death and becomes famous in the process. Join along as the group discuss the rise and fall of a social media megastar who is #CrushingIt while being #Dead#Dead is a dark comedy series. A TikTok artist goes viral after being declared dead – but when he comes home alive from his off-the-grid retreat a few

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00:47:19

Retro

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2021/04/27

It's about to get vintage! On this week's episode, the group discuss a winner-take-all tournament for the episodes, the oddities of American football, and...speaking of sports...a pitch about a woman on a mission who winds up in the 90s, when life was simpler and technology more frustrating.Retro is a one hour sci-fi dramedy series about a young quirky woman from 2021 who, upon realizing social media and technology have completely taken over our minds, travels back in time with one goal:

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00:55:45

It Takes a Village (feat. Rachel Goddard)

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2021/04/20

With friends like these, who needs lovers? That's how the saying goes, no? NO?! Okay, well, on this week's episode, the group is joined by playwright and poet Rachel Goddard who pitches her concept about four friends who decide to raise a child together. Join along for Friends, superheroes, and more!It Takes a Village is a romantic comedy about four jaded friends who decide to have a baby together. They moved to New York City in their 20s, wide-eyed and hopeful… Now, everybody’s thirty,

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00:49:40

The Good Town (Take Two)

Can We Save the Cat? ·

2021/04/13

We're back with yet ANOTHER concept episode! This time, the group is taking previously pitched titles and reworking them into new and improved pitches! We take a few detours along the way, like listening parents, height discrepancies in dating, and the magic that is...#BigDaveHanks.When a group of aliens use mind control to brainwash parents in a small town and practically turn them into puritans, five kids on bikes must figure out how to save the f**king day.

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00:53:01

Hit the Road

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2021/04/06

Would you listen to a podcast where we make Justin do random stuff? What about where Bryan and Dani nerd out on things? Hmm...how about one where we take three random ideas and turn one into a Hollywood project? Okay, good! This week, the group discusses all of the above and more in a pitch about a recently divorced dad tagging along for his daughter's cross-country move. A woman is about to embark on a road trip from New Jersey to California to move into a new house with her husband – but when

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00:47:01

The Cellar Door

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2021/03/30

What's behind the cellar door? Is it mystery? Madness? History? Sadness? All of the above? Join us this week on this title-based pitches episode where the gang pitches three titles, pick one, and develop it into the next saddest hit! When a live-in nursing aid is hired to assist a winery owner who has dementia, she is told they both need to stay away from the cellar for his health. The entire town begs her to stop asking questions, but through the owner’s brief glimpses of lucidity, she gets

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