Life's a Pitch Podcast

We pitch a "political drama" that's actually just about remembering the 1998 World Cup England squad, then we talk about jaegerbombs, terrible politicians, and this terrifying poster.

This week we pitched some political dramas, everyone's favourite American demon Ray Wise is being beaten to the punch on the campaign trail by a man named Dr Fascism (Willem Dafoe) so he turns to unusual means to find brand new popularity. Honourable Mentions: Walk With Me on This - What happens in those moments just before the important politician comes out of their office and a crowd of aides ha...

In this week's deleted scenes, we pitch another Disney+ spinoff in which Doctor Facilier is basically just a murderer, then Tom has a bit of a rant about Blackjack in an excerpt from this week's honourable mention "I'll have what she's having" The deleted scenes podcast is a series of out-of-context clips and extra pitches from the life's a pitch podcast. If this is your first time listening, we r...

This week we're pivoting to pitch spinoff series, to capitalize on Disney's new slew of spinoffs and reboots. The Avengers are in a rough financial place after their only billionaire died, so some of them have to resort to some more traditional roles. But is Hawkeye leading a trail to disaster with every youtube video he uploads? Honourable Mentions: I'll have what she's having - That woman from "...

We pitch some more pirate shenanigans with Dave Bulmer (AKA @demontomatodave)and then Dave has a little rant about "ARRRRR!" We hope you enjoy these out-of-context snippets from the show, but they'll make a lot more sense if you've listened to episode 114 of the Life's a Pitch Podcast: "Booty!" beforehand. We, therefore, recommend doing that.

In episode 314 of the Life's a Pitch Podcast, we are joined once again by Dave Bulmer to pitch a terifically juvenile romp about a cobbler searching for booty on a map hidden in a bootie on a place called Big Bum Island. Honourable Mentions: 100% Downloaded Crime - A team of hacker pirates surf their way into a reimagined cyberspace, braving the perils of the virus-ridden darkweb with an eye to up...

We pitch the cyber-thriller follow up to the zoom call video sweeping the nation, don't worry though it has a happy ending. This is the deleted scenes for episode 313 of the Life's a Pitch podcast, if this is your first time listening, we recommend you go and listen to the main episode to get some context for these clips!

This week we address some in the moment current events and cash in with some big movies pitches! 100% Cannibal Armie Hammer builds a restaurant with the express purpose of replicating the taste of a man he refers to as Keano Reeves! Honorable Mentions: Hotel Quarantino - A famous film director is stuck in a hotel, where a dream tells him he has to fall in love in order to leave the hotel. Fired: T...

This week we're ruining your other favourite Sci-Fi movie, Back to the Future! Doc Brown sends Marty back in time, then forces him to work off the Plutonium fuel he used getting there. These are deleted scenes from the Life's a Pitch podcast, if this is your first time listening we recommend you go back and listen to the main episode 312 first!

This week we decided to re-pitch some of your favourite movies, The Galactic Empire has just been dealt a terrible blow after the death star exploded, hope is coming to the workers of the outer rim, and unions have started taking action, but will beleaguered middle-manager Darth (William Shatner) Vader put them down, or will the rock-n-roll up and comer Luke (Macauley Culkin) Skywalker be able to...

We pitch another cyberpunk movie about a mom-bot who's also a killbot and get into some proper discussion about the cyberpunk genre, and just where lies the separation between cyber and punk. These are deleted scenes from this week's episode of the Life's a Pitch Podcast, if this is your first time listening, we recommend going back and listening to the main episode to get some context!

This week we pitch a David Lynchian Cyberpunk horror, in which a simple nice hot lad (Brendan Fraser) is put through a terrifying process for the purposes of killing fake news. Honourable Mentions: Technology Good, Human Bad, Brendan Fraser (again) is an ex-animatronic caveman who just wants to go back to a simpler time. Unfortunately, Farage-bot (Alan Tudyk) is here to exploit that want, twisting...

In this week's very special Deleted Scenes, we're joined by Jehan Ranasinghe and Dave Bulmer to plan the brand new live-action remake of a Disney classic, as we pitch Michael Bay's Treasure Planet.

This week we're joined by the folks from Serious Disness to pitch some brand new (or recently uncovered) Disney movies! Our brand new Disney Princess was born to be an oracle but when her sight is stolen by those her kingdom trusts, she has to look within (with the help of her new guide dog, inhabited by the spirit of a trained warrior) to take up the blade and take down those that betrayed her. H...

We pitch another minibeast movie, then discuss the peculiar realities or misconceptions of filming in NYC. This is the deleted scenes from episode 309 of the Life's a Pitch podcast, if this is your first time watching, consider going back to listen to the main episode. It'll give these clips some context!

This week we pitched a bunch of insect movies. Is that a genre? It is now! Nic Cage and Jeff Goldblum tag-team the lead role as expert apiarist Dr Beefy Chappo delves into a hidden world hidden within the papacy, and a secret that's been buzzing around for the last 200 years! Honourable Mentions: A game of crickets - Mr Baseball, CEO of baseball (Jerry Seinfeld) has noticed his viewing figures are...

We pitch Hollywood's idea of a feminist adaptation of a Margaret Atwood movie, then talk about celebrity rants and book adaptations. If this is your first time listening, these out-of-context clips aren't going to make much sense, we recommend you go back and listen to the main episode first!

This week we pitch movie adaptations of books that we haven't read! Catcher in the Rye is definitely about Baseball and eldrich monsters, right? Honourable Mentions: I hated, hated, hated this movie by Roger Ebert - It's the grinch for Hollywood, Roger (Squintin' Tarantino) doesn't think that anyone should win an award this year, so he's stealing the one thing the Oscars can't go ahead without. Th...

We talk a little more about the rivalry of the various 3D cinematic animation houses, pitch a movie about a very strong baby, and explore some more of your knock-off Pixar movie titles. If this is your first time listening, we recommend going back to the main episode, to give this nonsense some context!

This week we try to make knock-off Pixar movies a-la ANTZ. Danny Devito is obsessed with floating his house into space because he bought some land there. Honourable Mentions: Save Us, Silent Robot! - Where Wall-e had an environmentalist message, this guy's got guns! Land of Talking Motorised Conveyances - A very silly tale about the cars of earth trying to flee the planet and the shackles of human...

This week we pitch another Hallmark style Christmas movie called Aurora Borealis I love you with Eden MW (edensthings)

For our second Christmas episode this year, we were joined by Eden MW (Edensthings)to pitch some Hallmark-style Christmas movies. A big-shot tv producer (Kristen Wiig) of Guy Fieri's Diners Drive-Ins and Dives is scouting locations for a UK series when she stumbles across a bistro like no other. Can she save an ailing eatery in the hostile climate of future-Dickensian London? And will she learn to...

We talk about the genre of Christmas mystery and get very sidetracked by a dumb joke then we pitch a brand new xmas franchise with "Detective Claus" in which Mrs Claus does the hard research to find out who's on the naughty list. If this is your first time listening, we recommend going back and listening to the main episode first, it'll give these deleted scenes some context!

This week we're joined by our regular Christmas correspondent Dave Bulmer to pitch some Chris-Mys-teries! A seasoned detective (Idris Elba) has been hoping to crack a big case, and just as some mysterious Christmas-themed killings begin to happen, he gets saddled with a journalist (Emma Watson) who's documenting his every move! Honourable Mentions: Spies Among the Pies - A precocious child hatches...

We pitch some more Star Wars stories, including another backstory for an obscure background character. This week, the force-sensitive droid R5D4, as chosen by our patrons! If this is your first time listening, we recommend going back and listening to the main episode, it'll give context to these deleted scenes!