Life's a Pitch Podcast

In this pseudo sequel to the 1993 classic, the world famous Mario Bros. are called to a small town where everything is not quite what it seems. Honourable Mentions: Animal Crossing - Andy Sandburg must pay his debts back to his racoon friend Tommy Nook, while avoiding the police. Wow! You look like Tony Hawk - A man having an identity crisis stumbles across a horrible conspiracy!

We pitch a strange, piratical apocalypse, and this one has aliens. We also talk a lot about Waterworld.

Freedom is gone, the law in California is decided by a few drone-wielding police-oligarchs, but the waverider culture is strong and surf gangs are breaking the rules from Alcatraz to the newly-sentient Golden Gate Bridge. In this episode we blended the genre's of Post-Apocalypse and Pirate for your entertainment, what a wave to ride. Honourable Mentions: WasteLandLubber - Society has started anew,...

We pitch another fighting movie that spends more time in courtroom battles than in the ring, And we talk about just what counts as a martial arts movie. These are deleted scenes from the Life's a Pitch podcast episode 327, if this is your first time listening, we recommend you go back and listen to the main episode, to give these snippets more context!

In a jaded society that gets its kicks from watching strangers compelled into rage-fuelled public fights, one woman must defy the odds and find a way to end this sick gameshow once and for all. Honourable Mentions: 120 minutes of Punch - One art film, two narratives. A punch seems to last a lifetime, maybe this experience isn't what the director intended, but does that make it less real? Sock the...

Another teen party movie, this time with an activity, and a sociopathic plan to make one lonely kid feel better. This is a deleted scene from the Life's a Pitch Podcast episode 236, if this is your first time listening, we recommend you listen to the main episode first to give this snippet a bit of context.

The whole world is looking forward to raucous parties when things are back to normal, so we decided to pitch some of the craziest teen party movies around, When his parents go away for the weekend, one nerd (Tom Holland) takes the opportunity -and the use of his Dad's (David Lynch) credit card- to have his first wild party. But when him and his best friend (Macauley Culkin) discover a wanted terro...

We pitch a King Kong prequel, Dave wastes LOADS of .wav looking for a tweet, and we figure out what other talking animals we'd need for a heist.

We're back in the reboot game and are joined by Dave Bulmer to revitalise some franchises whether they need it or not! Babe made the news as a Pig with a Job, but now it's time to assemble a crew and pull one last job to break some of his porcine brethren out of an evil farm run by a farmer (Tim Curry) that wants to turn them into meat! Honourable Mentions: John Carpenter's Garfield - It's an alie...

We pitch another animation/live action feature in which people go into a megadrive and others come out. We also argue about Space Jam 2, then reminisce about the golden era of animation/live action and the renaissance the genre is having.

When animation crosses over into live-action, worlds collide and our worst anxieties are made manifest. Florence Pugh is struggling alone as her debt becomes an overflowing red problem, but is she really alone in her predicament? Glad we gave this one to David Cronenberg. Honorable Mentions: Draw Your Own Friends - Being a kid who's susceptible to everything means that making friends is incredibly...

Frank Sinatra is running a competition for the masses, a space race to reach his moon-casino in under a million dollars. "It's like Wacky Races meets Scrapheap Challenge" - Empire, definitely. We also discuss our top three racing movies, and stay tuned for the after credits scene from this week's main pitch!

This week we pitched some big-race movies! Some of Australia's best love actors battle it out in a wacky race to be the first to do a full lap of the country. But does the race's founder Hugo Weaving have an ulterior motive? Honourable Mentions: Spit/Second - when a court case deemed that spitting across the finish line contained enough DNA to construe a win, the face of professional track athleti...

A seasoned criminal and scourge of the London streets is being sat down for tea and a chat, but by the police? A rival? The press? Only Maggie Smith knows. We also talk about gangster movies and the perils of power!

This week we're creating gangster movies, cautionary tales involving power outside of the law? Or wild legends in which the underdog seizes power? Why not both? When a washed-up TV chef becomes the center of a popular meme, he uses It to launch an organisation that will have cosmic implications. Honourable mentions: Support Your Local Girl-Gang - An ensemble cast of underfunded girl-scouts acciden...

We pitch some more heist movies, talk unearned cameo's in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, and imagine where the money goes on a bank holiday.

This week we got sneaky and pitched some heist movies with grace and panache! There’s one last thing Keanu Reeves has on his bucket list, now he’s succeeded at becoming the nicest guy, he wants to pull off a heist! Of course this might get him into all kinds of trouble, but when he’s introduced to a consortium of actor/criminals by Jobs McGhilliger/Danny Devito (Danny Devito) it becomes clear that...

We pitch another couple of muppet movies with Dave Bulmer, including Three Muppets and a Baby, in which international relations are jeopardised by the loss of the president's child, little does she know that it's 'safe' in the hands of the muppets! Also, a bonus feature: Some Muppets Do 'Ave 'Em. A human child is born into a muppet world, how will they survive?!

A family start to renovate a mysterious old theatre, where impossible friends and forgotten dangers lurk in the shadows. This week we're joined by Dave Bulmer to pitch some brand new Muppet Movies, You can find Dave and his podcasts here: https://twitter.com/DemonTomatoDave Honourable Mentions: The Island of Doctor Honeydew - Rupert Grint plays B. Kerr, an investigative reporter looking into the m...

We pitch a couple more ad-campaigns for products that would never get made, including one damage control PR campaign for some very dangerous hotdogs. This is the deleted scenes for episode 319 of the Life's a Pitch podcast, If this is your first time listening, we suggest you go back and listen to the main episode, it'll help give this nonsense some context!

This week we're returning to our role as wildcard ad-executives, pitching ad campaigns for everything from the City of Sheffield to Exploding Hotdogs, to haunted ham!

We pitch another Golden Age movie with Eden MW. It's like Willy Wonka but for middle aged British pub-goers. Then we discuss (and research) some of the factors that led to the rise and fall of that "golden" age.

A flashback to the golden age of cinema, this week we were joined by Eden MW (of Edensthings) to pitch this Hitchcock-inspired Film-Noir in which Jason Statham is a detective contracted by the police to investigate a mysterious location, but not all is as it seems at Mal's. Honourable Mentions: The Ascent of Mt. Rushmore - The Count of Montecristo meets The Phantom of the Opera in this golden age...

We pitch some more biblical epics with Dave Bulmer, and there's some very funny bits and bobs presented without context from the recording of Life's a Pitch episode 317!

In a fit of zeal, we got together with Dave Bulmer and pitched a Biblical Epic (read: year 2000 comedy) in which Jesus (Brendan Fraser) has to stop the Devil (Elizabeth Hurley) from corrupting the human race and discrediting his humble gardener friend, all while avoiding the scrutinizing eye of the hotel manager (Tim Curry) Honourable Mentions: Job's Odd Jobs - God, after making a bet with satan,...