Mr. Bloom at his favorite writing joint. (Note the lack of a laptop.)
Completed spec scripts…
01. “The Gold Experience.” An unhappily married couple hoping to rekindle the romance on their 5-year anniversary, pay a company to send them back in time to re-experience the moment they met. But things go awry for the husband on the night when his wife fails to show up.
02. “The Great Shapiro.” A bad amateur magician trying to impress his high-school crush, accidentally makes the audience disappear.
03. “Smile and Wave.” Three put-upon husbands plan the perfect vacation in Mexico without their wives finding out.
04. “Needlebaum.” A university professor going through a political awakening and existential crisis, embarks on a road trip to his pupils’ reunion party to ask their forgiveness for all the crap he taught them.
05. “Gag.” As part of his community service, a misanthropic stand-up is forced to mentor an eager young protege, who then makes it big after stealing his jokes.
06. “Good Time Girl.” An insecure guy slips his formerly promiscuous new girlfriend a pill designed to erase all her sexual memories, only for her to forget him instead.
07. “Preppers.” Sheldon and Olive—two New Yorkers work-obsessed social media addicts—are sent by their parents on a digital detox in the wilderness, only for a freak weather event to force them to shelter with an encampment of off-grid preppers.
08. “One of Us Is a Genius.” After being inexplicably included in the will of his former tutor, a best-selling author travels to the Hamptons to settle his share of her estate while holding a secret—he stole the plot of one of her unpublished novels for his most famous one.