The [Kickstarter campaign](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1046922831/yank-original-cast-album) for the Yank! cast album, which I [blogged about](http://johnaugust.com/2013/the-yank-cast-album-or-lets-do-this-for-craig) earlier this week, cleared its $35,000 target this morning. Thanks to everyone who contributed.
I promised that if Yank! made it, I’d sing a song from the show at Scriptnotes Live in NYC on September 23rd. So it’s off to the sheet music for me.
John and Craig tackle three new entries in the Three Page Challenge, ranging from space drama to killer hookers to brassy defense attorneys. Along the way, they find some awkward scene description and a few misused semi-colons.
The live NYC Scriptnotes show, the one Craig and John said might happen? It will happen: September 23rd at 8pm at New World Stages on 50th. They’ll be joined by John’s Big Fish collaborator, Andrew Lippa. Ticket info will be available soon, so keep checking back in.
LINKS:
* David Fincher’s 1993 AT&T [You Will ads](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TZb0avfQme8), and on [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Will)
* Follow [@johnaugust](https://twitter.com/johnaugust) and [@clmazin](https://twitter.com/clmazin) for Live from New York details
* [Andrew Lippa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lippa) on Wikipedia
* Screenwriting.io on [pre-laps](http://screenwriting.io/what-is-a-pre-lap/)
* The Oatmeal on [semicolons](http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon)
* Three Pages by [Keith Alan Eiler](http://johnaugust.com/Assets/KeithAlanEiler.pdf)
* Three Pages by [Minhal Baig](http://johnaugust.com/Assets/MinhalBaig.pdf)
* Three Pages by [Brie Williams](http://johnaugust.com/Assets/BrieWilliams.pdf)
* Matthew Butterick’s [Practical Typography](http://practicaltypography.com/)
* [Gone Home](http://thefullbrightcompany.com/gonehome/), from the Fullbright Company
* [Sleep No More](http://sleepnomorenyc.com/)
* Outro by Scriptnotes listener Stephen Moore
You can download the episode here: [AAC](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_105.m4a) | [mp3](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_105.mp3).
**UPDATE** 8-28-13: The transcript of this episode can be found [here](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-ep-105-adventures-in-semi-colons-transcript).
USA Today’s Elysa Gardner interviewed me and Andrew Lippa about *Big Fish* and the influx of movie-based [dramas on Broadway this season](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/theater/2013/08/26/fall-broadway-preview-focusing-on-musical-adaptations-of-dramatic-films/2676519/):
> “The musicals that have been very successful with audiences over time are generally the ones that traffic in big emotions,” notes Lippa, whose credits as a composer and lyricist range from Broadway’s *The Addams Family* to the darker, more reflective *The Wild Party*. “You don’t see a comedy a second time, because the jokes aren’t as funny, mostly. But people have gone back to see *Les (Miserables)* five, six times.”
Lord knows I hope he’s right. In Chicago, I met women who saw Big Fish five times in five weeks.
It’s usually comedies that get adapted for the stage: *The Producers, Legally Blonde, Priscilla Queen of the Desert.* This year, in addition to Big Fish, we have upcoming adaptions of *The Bridges of Madison County, Rocky, and A Time to Kill.*
Adaptation, Film Industry, Scriptnotes, Story and Plot, Television, Transcribed, Words on the page
John and Craig discuss the impact of author Orson Scott Card’s personal toxicity on Ender’s Game, and what it means for that movie and how it will affect studio decisions moving forward.
That, plus alternate jokes, One Cool Things, and a Golden Ticket-inspired discussion on one hour spec pilots.
LINKS:
* The [Ender’s Game](http://www.if-sentinel.com/) movie
* AV Club on [Orson Scott Card’s recent comments](http://www.avclub.com/articles/oh-hey-orson-scott-card-also-wrote-about-obama-bec,101703/)
* Big Fish’s Zachary Unger [sings the National Athem](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEnK734bIpg) at this weekend’s Jets game
* [Happy Endings script pages](http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2013/07/a-happy-endings-writer-tweeted-a-bunch-of-rejected-jokes-after-the-show-officially-ended/) with alternate jokes
* [Portlandia](http://www.ifc.com/shows/portlandia) on IFC
* [Microsoft Sculpt](http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/13/4617468/microsoft-sculpt-keyboard-and-mouse-aim-for-ergonomic-cool) ergonomic keyboard (from [@jeremycohen](https://twitter.com/jeremymcohen/status/367453556967620609))
* If you’re coming to Big Fish on Broadway, [email](mailto:ask@johnaugust.com) or [tweet](https://twitter.com/johnaugust) us to let us know!
* And feel free to [Tweet Craig](https://twitter.com/clmazin), too. But no lists.
* Outro by Scriptnotes listener Olivia Neutron Bomb
You can download the episode here: [AAC](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_104.m4a) | [mp3](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_104.mp3).
**UPDATE** 8-22-13: The transcript of this episode can be found [here](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-ep-104-enders-game-one-hours-and-alt-jokes-transcript).