Script Cops


Script Cops, Ep 2: McKee Sting

One of three clips forwarded by David Dean Bottrell. You can see the other two here and here.

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October 12, 2007 @ 10:49 am | Comments (14)
Filed under: So-Called Experts, Video

14 Responses to “Script Cops”

  1. Clint

    I saw this film at the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival in Birmingham, Ala. and thought it was hilarious. I love the scene where the cops bust up an Ed Wood writing group.

    Visit Frame Rate

  2. Sarah

    LMAO

  3. Blarneyman

    I am loving that your site is becoming more of a blog of late, in my eyes. I like the vibe.

  4. Mark

    God help you if you use voice overs.

    great clip. thanks

    Mark

  5. Seth

    What’s LMAO mean? I’m not hip to that, yo.

  6. Sarah

    Seth, I left it abbreviated, just to keep it clean. Please look up urbandictionary.com

  7. Guy In Blue Shirt

    I’m the guy in the blue shirt…I never signed a release and I’m wondering why my face isn’t obscured??

    They tagged me for opening my dramatic screenplay with a dream sequence. I plead guilty (first offense), and was sentenced to screenwriters rehab…

  8. Donovan

    LMAO means “Laughing My Ass Off.” Ass, ass, ass, ass, ass, ass, ass. Personally, I thought the Domestic Disturbance one was funnier. Just for the wife’s shriek when he starts reading his sci-fi script.

  9. Tim King

    Hi, John. I think there must be something wrong with me. I know these are supposed to be funny. I just have a really hard time laughing. It literally, physically hurts to laugh at these. Maybe it’s just because I’ve been so immersed writing Abe’s Turn lately. Or maybe not, because I also know Arrested Development and 30 Rock are supposed to be funny.

    Maybe someday you can write about what’s wrong with me, what makes the same scene a riot to one person, and to another, motivation for a riot.

    -TimK

  10. Christian M. Howell

    Now that was funny. The other two were like WOW. I never laughed so hard. Maybe it’s because I’m a Linda Seger “fan.” If they had mentioned slug lines I’d still be laughing.

    I mean:

    “the on-the-nose dialog and your spec script is 65 pages too long.”

    And

    “there’s not a lot in it but I did get a few belly-laughs so I’m going to let you go with a warning.”

    ROTFLMAO!!!

  11. Sarah

    I especially like part 3 “…and I loved every second of it!”

  12. Paul Atkinson

    Yeah, they’re not very funny, but they’re not as elitist as one would assume, so props for that.

  13. ScribeLA

    Thank you, John, for your article. I’m motivated and humbled by the great adventure of life that your writing helps us to understand and enjoy. - Scribe

  14. West of NY

    If you can’t find the humor in Arrested Development…and in extension Script Cops, then there is likely something very wrong with you. Consider this an intervention and seek help.

 

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