Creativity Wasted

Idea: Hair ties marketed to men who have long hair and are too macho or "bro"-like to buy hair ties marketed primarily to women Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 80 Nick Earl (twitter.com/fakenickearl) Amanda Brewington (facebook.com/amanda.brewington) Bryan Deuchler (twitter.com/MrDrRobot Podcast: https://cartoontonic.buzzsprout.com) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast...

Rules for defining a "vacation", how travel isn't required for a vacation because (unlike migrating birds) location isn't one of our five senses, five ideas for new types of stay-at-home vacations (ranging from realistic to wildly futuristic) Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 80 Nick Earl (twitter.com/fakenickearl) Amanda Brewington (facebook.com/amanda.brewington) Bryan Deuchler (twitter....

Idea: A robotic, Roomba-like device to clean up dog poop in your yard, so you don't have to pick it up. We also discuss women using poop in acts of revenge, "code brown", simulated pregnancy in adult robots, and shooting dog poop into tiny pieces with high-powered water jets built into sprinkler systems Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 79 Chris Miller (twitter.com/ImChrisMiller) Tom Swan...

Idea: A pill to instantly (or within a few minutes) absorb the alcohol in a drunk person's body and make them sober, so they can drive home (or go back into the bar for round 2), and won't have a hangover the next morning Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 79 Chris Miller (twitter.com/ImChrisMiller) Tom Swan (twitter.com/GreatLksComedy https://greatlakescomedy.com) Teena Green Tom Walma (tw...

Idea: Government bills to create "red light districts" in major US cities, where drugs and prostitution would be legal, to lure the seedy people into one area, so the rest of the city can be family-friendly and safe. Possibly even put the "red light district" indoors in abandoned factories or shopping malls, so people can't accidentally wander into them, and they can't be spied on using drones Ori...

Idea: An "Adult Swim"-like cartoon about life after the Christian apocalypse, including biblical characters like God and demons, and also humorous discussions about STDs in bomb shelters Connor Meade (twitter.com/connormeadian ComedyShow: https://planetant.com/theindy) Sarah Wooley (facebook.com/sarah.s.wooley.7) Justin Siekierka (facebook.com/justin.siekierka ComedyShow: facebook.com/Liberty-Stre...

Idea: New eating utensils for low carb meals, because Tom thinks that low-carb bowls (like burrito bowls) and salads take too long to chew. He has 3 ideas of new utensils: burger scoop, half-lemon on a stick, and doughless pizza pan/plate with pizza wiper Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 77 Alan Black (twitter.com/alanblah) Jenson Strock (twitter.com/J_Strock) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thoma...

Idea: A reality show showcasing the mystery, intrigue, and drama of cliquey elderly women in a senior living community, who refuse to let a strict, almost totalitarian condominium association destroy their individuality. The elderly women drink, gossip, and call each other out, such as for not cleaning up dog poop in the middle of winter (which caused quite a storm) Originally from Creativity Wast...

Idea: A business where a "smell expert" goes to your house and lets you know, for a small fee, if your house smells bad (because sometimes people who live there get used to the smell and don't notice it) Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 77 Alan Black (twitter.com/alanblah) Jenson Strock (twitter.com/J_Strock) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://podcast...

Idea (NSFW): A single-person electric car whose chassis can switch between horizontal mode (like a motorcycle) and vertical mode (like a Segway). When in vertical mode, it would be thin enough to fit through an ordinary door, so you could drive it inside buildings and up and down elevators. Modular attachments would be available, such as an SUV-like "family compartment" or a quadcopter flying car...

Idea (NSFW): A service to fossilize beloved relatives who pass away, instead of burying or cremating them. It's purpose (and ONLY purpose) is to help loved ones remember and reminisce about them Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 76 Matt Hamilton (Podcast moistdefinitelypodcast.com) Bryan Harrison (Podcast moistdefinitelypodcast.com) Bryan Deuchler (Twitter: @MrDrRobot) Loyd Digg (Twitter:...

Idea: A service where a guide, midwife, shaman, or whatever conveniently introduces stressed-out straight-edge people to newly-legalized recreational drugs Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 76 Matt Hamilton (Podcast moistdefinitelypodcast.com) Bryan Harrison (Podcast moistdefinitelypodcast.com) Bryan Deuchler (Twitter: @MrDrRobot) Loyd Digg (Twitter: @LoydDigg) Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomasw...

Bryan was happiest in his life when he was smoking cigarettes. His plan to become happy again is to start smoking again (no wonder he's depressed) Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 76 Matt Hamilton (Podcast moistdefinitelypodcast.com) Bryan Harrison (Podcast moistdefinitelypodcast.com) Bryan Deuchler (Twitter: @MrDrRobot) Loyd Digg (Twitter: @LoydDigg) Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma) Rec...

Idea: An electronic device that digs into your ear like a parasite and broadcasts Matt's voice into your brain. Most people would prefer to READ people's minds, but Matt is a narcissist who wants the exact opposite. And he wants to do it to the entire world. The way to defeat him would be to broadcast his voice back to him with a slight delay, like a "speech jammer" Originally from Creativity Wast...

Idea: A service that delivers you customized candy/rewards inside clear locked boxes which you can't open until you meet your exercise goals, as determined by your Fitbit (or fitness tracker). Or you can choose for the rewards to be "mystery boxes", including possible cash prizes, but if you don't exercise enough to unlock the box within a few weeks, you have to ship it back, not knowing if you wo...

Idea (NSFW): A service where the entire cast of a sitcom come to your house and perform the sitcom for you, either as dinner party entertainment, or in your bedroom while you lay in bed and try to sleep Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 75 Ken Witzgall (Twitter: @KenWitzgall42) Scott Gaughan (Facebook: @scott.gone) Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Idea: A device called the "Chivalry Device" which holds open your car door and "locks" it in one place, so elderly or disabled people can use the car door to help them stand up, and also hold open the door if you're parked on a hill. Hopefully it doesn't fail so that the car door is stuck open, because you might get pulled over for that Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 75 Ken Witzgall (Tw...

Idea: Carrying around a small apple tree could help you relieve stress, and build up your arm muscles. But don't mess with the guy with the Avocado Buddy, because avocados are better throwing weapons Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 75 Ken Witzgall (Twitter: @KenWitzgall42) Scott Gaughan (Facebook: @scott.gone) Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit

A Freaky-Friday-type bodyswap scenario to help combat racism, and how Tom's futuristic head-in-a-jar scenario could actually make it possible Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 74 Robert Schneider (Facebook: @thecommanderawesome Comedy Show: facebook.com/comedyatthecomicshop) Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Idea: An inflatable clown which can be slid either through a mail slot in a front door, or slid under the door, and once inside, inflates like an auto-inflatable raft, to be nearly human-sized, to scare people Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 74 Robert Schneider (Facebook: @thecommanderawesome Comedy Show: facebook.com/comedyatthecomicshop) Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma) Recorded at Po...

Idea: Launching steam created by nuclear power plants straight up into the air in cold areas such as Alaska or Antarctica, to make it snow onto land, to counteract sea rise due to glaciers melting and falling into the ocean Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 74 Robert Schneider (Facebook: @thecommanderawesome Comedy Show: facebook.com/comedyatthecomicshop) Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)...

Idea: An app with the supernatural, comic-book-like ability to punch telemarketers through the phone as revenge for annoying you. Since most of them are located overseas and outside the jurisdiction of US criminal courts, there probably wouldn't be any legal ramifications Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 74 Robert Schneider (Facebook: @thecommanderawesome Comedy Show: facebook.com/comedya...

Tom's idea for a futuristic tiny house where most (or all) of your stuff is wheeled in and out by robots. The idea also solves gerrymandering, makes "universal basic income" feasible, solves the Flint Water Crisis, and gives people the freedom to escape their miserable 9-to-5 office jobs and live nomadic lives of leisure. But everyone opposes it because it involves sharing toilets Originally from...

Matt wants to "quantum leap" into movies and experience the events of the movie as one of the characters. He also accidentally re-imagines several other plot points of the book "Ready Player One", which he'd never read because he considers it too nerdy. Tom proposes a gruesome, "mad science" way to approximate this idea in the real world Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 73 Louis Michael (...

Louis accidentally locked himself out of his AirBnB. He then used YouTube lockpicking tutorials to break into his AirBnB, which was so easy, he succeeded on his first try. This incident inspired his idea, which is an app to help you find wealthy people in nearby AirBnBs to burglarize Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 73 Louis Michael (Twitter: @LouTheSurgeon) Nick Leydorf (Podcast: anchor....