I, too, have had many brilliant ideas that have started with the greatest intentions but ended in the trash heap. One of these was a role-playing videogame based on Perfect Strangers. Which one do you want to be? Larry or Balki? It's your choice! Go through the day as a power-broking Chicago businessman dealing with the annoying yet lovable quirks of your foreign-born cousin Balki, or experience the wonder of being an immigrant in the United States, getting American expressions hilariously wrong and in general working your "fish out of water" schtick through a series of wacky hijinks. Unfortunately, this idea did not catch on, supposedly due to the fact that I have no experience making videogames, and that Perfect Strangers hasn't been on TV in 15 years. My own personal theory is that, like Leonardo inventing the tank, sometimes a culture just isn't ready for the ideas of its foremost thinkers.
Another great idea I had is "Kegs o' Kool-Aid," in partnership with my friend Adam. Our personal research had shown that people love drinking stuff out of kegs. Currently, the only beverage regularly served out of kegs is beer. But drinking beer makes you feel weird and say things you don't mean, like that you think Prince would be hot as a chick, or that you are kind of curious what human flesh tastes like. Kool-Aid does not suffer from this problem, tastes delicious, and is much easier to make. Unfortunately, this idea was also a failure, as "big beer" crushed our idea in the early stages. By early stages, I mean when we first got drunk and thought of the idea, then passed out and forgot all the details.
Posted by mill1991 at January 7, 2005 01:26 PM
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