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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: KickTheBobo on February 14, 2008, 04:04:36 PM
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How about Carver & Herc: Ghostblunderers.
With the newest budget cutbacks, Carver is forced to moonlight as a ghost hunter, trying to rid the abandoned buildings of the remaining spirits from Marlo's murder spree. He teams up with old pal (and newly unemployed) Herc, who serves as comedic foil to Carver's pragmatic psuedo-scientist.
Kinda like The Real Ghostbusters meets Laurel & Hardy meets X-Files.
BONUS: in every episode, they visit Lester, who provides them with the latest in paranormal technology (out of the trunk of his car).
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Very nice, KtB.
I can't wait to read what Chris L. comes up with here.
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The Wire: Time Patrol
With his master plan of becoming history's greatest criminal finally revealed, Marlo and company have escaped into the past via the Time Machine that Marlo forced Dukie to build. Fearing this could hurt his chances at becoming Governor of Maryland, Carcetti authorizes Daniels to form a Temporal Crimes Unit to follow the Stansfield crew into the past and prevent the head of Baltimore's drug trade from assembling an all-star team of history's greatest villains under his command.
In the pilot episode, a lead on Chris Partlow's whereabouts sends Bunk on a trip to London in 1888, while Beadie, Dozerman and Crutchfield arrive in 1192 just in time to meet the newest Sheriff of Nottingham, a man the locals call Charles the Slim.
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Duqie's Dance Party.
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I can't wait to read what Chris L. comes up with here.
I won't even try to top Wes' post, but I'd like to see a Clay Davis talk show. Maybe a Larry Sanders-esque behind the scenes satire, with Burrell in the Hank Kingsley role and Narese as the b. busting producer.
"If you promote this weed whacker on your final show, Clay, attention will be paid. But if you go out there and make fun of the sponsor, you'll find yourself on the Shout! Network, out in the damn cold!"
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It's a McNulty Family St Patricks Celebration with music by The Pogues. Sponsored by Jameson. With Bunk dressed up like a pin stripped Leprechaun.
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just dropping in to say
this is a awesome post
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With their recent foray into a five-nights-a-week show, here’s a full night of Wire-related programming to go with Time Patrol and help HBO fill out their schedule.
8:00-8:30 PM: More With Lester
A Real Doll House!
After more than 30 years on the police force, Lester Freamon was sure he’d seen it all. But running the Major Crimes Unit didn’t prepare him for this! When Shardene’s new Dance Academy struggles to find its footing, Lester’s plans to run his doll furniture business full time are turned head over heels. Convinced to expand the business and train Shardene’s dancers on the finer points of his craft to help raise money for the Academy, the one-time smartest cop in Baltimore might be the one learning some lessons – in life and friendship – from these lovely ladies.
8:30-9:00 PM: Rap Shee(eeee-i)t
Welcome to the Wild, Wild West!
They say the game is to be sold, not told. Problem is, nobody told Clay Davis! Fed up with carrying water back east, the former Maryland senator has his sights set on some surf and sun when he switches coasts and heads to LA. But Clay Davis just can’t say no to a challenge, and soon he’s helping bring some hustle to the flow at his cousin Dre’s fledgling hip hop label. Is the City of Angels ready for this charismatic devil?
9:00-10:00 PM: The Wire: Time Patrol
The Crimes of The Centuries!
10:00-11:00 PM: The Wire: Tapped Out
The Most Dangerous Game!
When his prized students Justin and Spider go missing, youth boxing mentor Dennis “Cutty” Wise follows up on a Baltimore Sun expose of illegal underground fighting rings in the hopes of finding some answers. But the former Golden Gloves boxer gets more than he bargained for when Cutty is kidnapped and forced into a nightmare world of high-stakes ultimate fighting, part of a secret tournament run by Baltimore’s elite. With no choice but to fight through this deadly game, where the only prize for the winner is his life, the one-time Barksdale soldier prepares for battle and makes plans to get to the man running the show…the Sun’s Executive Editor, James Whiting.
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The Cedric Daniels B'more Club Workout
Baltimore, MD was named "America's Fittest City" by Men's Fitness in 2006 and Deputy Commissioner for Operations Cedric Daniels is a perfect example why. Daniels' chiseled physique and rapid career ascent have made him the envy of Baltimore's finest, and some are even calling him the "golden boy" of health and exercise in Charm City.
Now Daniels has teamed with renowned local DJ and producer Rod Lee for his first exercise dvd. "A lot of people think that a healthy way of life in Baltimore amounts to constantly stuffing your face with crabcakes and Utz potato chips," Daniels said. "Frankly, that... is buuullshit." For this dvd, Daniels and Lee have crafted a workout regimen that develops rock hard abs and improves conditioning while also imparting lessons on popular Baltimore club dances like the "crazy legs" and the "SpongeBob." It's a routine that'll whip even a "big dummy" into shape in no time.
And don't miss the special dvd bonus feature with ex-dockworker turned "rockworker" Nick Sobotka, who offers high energy fitness tips for "indie" fans, set to music from the likes of the Palace Brothers and Dead Meadow.
Here's what a wide variety of Charm City residents are saying:
"Let me state unequivocablly that Cedric Daniels is the man helping to restore our fair citizens' physiques to their former, rippled glory. Furthermore, I occasionally enjoy bobbing along to many of these popular tunes while spending time with my friends and constituents in the eastern district." - Mayor Thomas J. Carcetti
"Watching this dvd every night gave me the physical strength and endurance to rescue a nearby family of three and their adorable little cocker spaniel from a burning apartment building shortly before the fire department arrived late last year." -- unnamed source, Baltimore Sun, January 30, 2008
"What the hell's wrong with the Ramones?" - Det. James McNulty, Baltimore PD
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Setting Sun:
A drama focusing on all that newspaper crap nobody wanted when it was on the Wire.
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A new game show:
Juking the Stats with your host, Deputy Commissioner of Operations William Rawls.
Or perhaps a CSI-style spinoff:
The Wire: Maplewood
This season, they take on leaf pickup.
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Wire Kidz
Follow the madcap adventures of animated kid-versions of the Wire cast. Rawls is still an adult and plays the "nanny" to the western districts "muppet babies". The western district kids are always getting in wacky confrontations with kid versions of the drug dealer characters. The actual kids from the Wire are babies in this one.
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Prezbo
A "Welcome Back, Kotter" type sitcom.
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Good god, Wes, you are a genius. I want to tell the world about this thread.
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The Absent Parent Drunken Furniture Assembly Battle of the Sexes.
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Tired of cutbacks in the print industry, Gus quites the Baltimore Sun, moves to sunny L.A. and enters the 21st Century by starting a blog. Showing him the ropes of this virtual world of reporting is his crazy next door neighbor Perez Hilton. En tendres will be doubled and penises will be drawn on jpgs of Mayor Carcetti in Photoshop.
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With their recent foray into a five-nights-a-week show, here’s a full night of Wire-related programming to go with Time Patrol and help HBO fill out their schedule.
8:00-8:30 PM: More With Lester
A Real Doll House!
After more than 30 years on the police force, Lester Freamon was sure he’d seen it all. But running the Major Crimes Unit didn’t prepare him for this! When Shardene’s new Dance Academy struggles to find its footing, Lester’s plans to run his doll furniture business full time are turned head over heels. Convinced to expand the business and train Shardene’s dancers on the finer points of his craft to help raise money for the Academy, the one-time smartest cop in Baltimore might be the one learning some lessons – in life and friendship – from these lovely ladies.
8:30-9:00 PM: Rap Shee(eeee-i)t
Welcome to the Wild, Wild West!
They say the game is to be sold, not told. Problem is, nobody told Clay Davis! Fed up with carrying water back east, the former Maryland senator has his sights set on some surf and sun when he switches coasts and heads to LA. But Clay Davis just can’t say no to a challenge, and soon he’s helping bring some hustle to the flow at his cousin Dre’s fledgling hip hop label. Is the City of Angels ready for this charismatic devil?
9:00-10:00 PM: The Wire: Time Patrol
The Crimes of The Centuries!
10:00-11:00 PM: The Wire: Tapped Out
The Most Dangerous Game!
When his prized students Justin and Spider go missing, youth boxing mentor Dennis “Cutty” Wise follows up on a Baltimore Sun expose of illegal underground fighting rings in the hopes of finding some answers. But the former Golden Gloves boxer gets more than he bargained for when Cutty is kidnapped and forced into a nightmare world of high-stakes ultimate fighting, part of a secret tournament run by Baltimore’s elite. With no choice but to fight through this deadly game, where the only prize for the winner is his life, the one-time Barksdale soldier prepares for battle and makes plans to get to the man running the show…the Sun’s Executive Editor, James Whiting.
Wes, could I post this on my blog? For real? I would credit you, of course, and link to this thread.
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Gotta follow Michael in an updated Huckleberry Finn. Set it on the Potomac. McNulty will play Jim, on the run after this whole homeless killer thing goes bust. Good thing the Potomac is a short river compared to the Mississippi.
Or
A remade Highway to Heaven, with Omar as the Michael Landon character. Valcheck will be the sidekick. Each week a former cast member from "The Wire" will need redemption.
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Wes, I posted it:
http://jasongrote.blogspot.com/2008/02/wire-spinoffs-by-wes.html
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Late Night with Slim Charles
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(oh yeah, finale spoilers alluded to below)
Life With Larry
When Jimmy McNulty said "let's go home" to his new homeless pal, he wasn't kidding! A guilt-stricken McNulty decides to put Larry under a new roof: Beadie's! And now that he's unemployed, McNulty's got time to concoct schemes to get Larry back on his feet, including setting up Larry as a phony psychic; joining a Pogues tribute band; and hiring Larry out as a Steve Earle impersonator. Let's just hope Beadie doesn't blow her top before these two make it to the top.
Also look for special guest star Lester Freamon, who's none too pleased when Larry wreaks havoc on his miniature furniture collection.
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I haven’t been able to hash this out as a fully-formed show pitch, but now that we know who’s still standing and where from the finale, I know the one spin-off I really need to see.
I want a Suicide Squad show by way of The Wire. Perhaps it turns out that Fitz hasn’t been a mere FBI agent all this time, but is working for a secret branch of the government that handles deadly black ops missions. He recruits the most dangerous man in Baltimore, Chris Partlow, to head-up an all-star team of the city’s most dangerous criminals to work as a secret government task force, and they’re rigged with bombs to prevent them from escaping, with the promise of freedom if they complete enough impossible missions.
The rest of the core team would include Wee-Bay as the most trustworthy of the rest of the team, Avon as the charismatic former leader looking to take Partlow’s spot, Sergei (“Boris”) as the necessary evil Russian guy, Shamrock as the office-bound assistant to Fitz, Kenard as the ruthless maniac the rest fear most and White Mike McArdle as the guy who gets blown up trying to escape in the first episode, because somebody has to get blown up trying to escape in the first episode. People like Ziggy, Bird and Monk could be added later as more people are killed in action or blown up trying to escape.
All I know is, I would absolutely watch a show where Chris Partlow, Wee-Bay and Kenard are forced to go on international espionage missions, and I don’t think I’m alone in this, HBO.
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Life With Larry
Or: McNutty & Nutty
In another episode, Larry does come in handy when he inexplicably turns out to be a whiz at assembling IKEA furniture, so naturally they could have Kima show up.
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I’m admittedly awful at this kind of stuff, but here’s a try anyway:
Outdoors with Dozerman
Who says you can’t host a nature show after being shot in the face? Kenneth Dozerman, the Wire’s lovable (and handsome!) law officer returns in a move that’s sure to surprise everyone. In the spirit of Survivorman and Man vs. Wild, our hero goes out, solo of course, to the most remote and dangerous terrains and lays some surveillance on the planet’s most mysterious animals. Watch as he gets tactical on the dreaded Bili Apes of the Congo, infiltrates the world of the elusive Sea Shepherd whale in Japanese waters, and a season finale that brings Dozerman back home to Baltimore, in search of the Maryland Chupacabra (http://www.wbaltv.com/news/3591000/detail.html)!
Discovery HD, see local listings
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Late Night with Slim Charles
This, for me, would be a dream come true.
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Late Night with Slim Charles
This, for me, would be a dream come true.
They'd have to be sure to keep the clicking of his braids very high in the audio mix.
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Who would be his co-host?
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Who would be his co-host?
If it's Poot they can have him sit on that couch from the courtyard in season one.
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Kenard's Kids' Korner
Kenard leads roundtable discussions on the political topics of the day, the world of theater and the latest developments on French literary theory. Billed as "Charlie Rose for the pre-adolescent," things take a bad turn when Kenard hits Christopher Hitchens with a bottle of soda, sending him off on a crying jag that lasts for the entire show.
Cooking: The Books With Willie Rawls
Beloved Deputy Rawls shares reviews and recipes from his favorite cookbooks.
Bunk's Beat
Detective Bunk Moreland reviews and rates the entire Dischord catalog.
New Hamsterdam
Johnny Weeks is a drug addict forced by an ancient curse to live forever until he finds his one true love. . .heroin.
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Wow - I finally finished the Wire last night (thanks, Positive PScan) and this thread was worth the wait almost more than the finale. I'm not even going to try and match any of these, just humbly bump it back up.
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The Wire: Wired
The band Wire are the featured players in this documentary-style series that turns our gang of drug dealers into lovable protagonists. We dive deep into the personal lives of these U.K. ex-pats as they navigate the criminal underworld selling rock on the dirty streets of Baltimore.
I'm imagining the rave reviews already:
The follow-up to The Wire, Wired, is an Ideal Copy. - Roger Ebert
The success of this little drama spin-off inspires copy-cat shows by bands like Elastica.
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The Wire: Wired
The band Wire are the featured players in this documentary-style series that turns our gang of drug dealers into lovable protagonists. We dive deep into the personal lives of these U.K. ex-pats as they navigate the criminal underworld selling rock on the dirty streets of Baltimore.
I'm imagining the rave reviews already:
The follow-up to The Wire, Wired, is an Ideal Copy. - Roger Ebert
The success of this little drama spin-off inspires copy-cat shows by bands like Elastica.
If this takes off, it can be performed Rocky Horror-style by live audiences who call themselves "Ex-Lion Tamers."
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Lt. Asher Builds His Dream House
Life's anything but a beach for this member of Baltimore's finest when he tries to fulfill his lifelong goal of a home on the waterfront. In this HBO original movie, he sweats over blueprints, pulls his hair out over crazy contractors, and shows up to Home Depot just after they sell the last powder-activated nail gun.
The escalating series of blunders reaches its peak when Asher realizes his application for a building permit was accidentally swapped with Sydnor and Dozerman's latest subpoena for Andy Krawczyk. Not wanting his subordinates to know of the screw-up, he tracks them down in the lobby of Krawczyk's new development. In a burst of quick thinking, he throws tiny wads of paper at Dozerman, then swaps the papers while Dozerman takes his shirt off to check for ticks. He then high-tails it to City Hall, turning in his request just before the Building Inspection office closes. Exhausted but happy, he makes it to the elevator just after Nerese Campbell, leading to this closing exchange (hailed by Tim Goodman as "the best ending to a comedy since 'The Apartment'):
Campbell: "How's your beach house coming?"
Asher: (out of breath) "Well—"
Campbell: "That's great, Lieutenant. Just great." (closes elevator doors as Asher stands in the hallway, dumbfounded)