Welcome to Can We Save the Cat, an entertainment podcast where we pick a random idea or "concept" and attempt to develop it into a quality TV/Film pitch. In the end, we'll decide if we want to save the project or scratch it. Listen on Tuesdays for new episodes. Contact us at cwstcpodcast@gmail.com to… Advertise with us. Book a private working session. Pitch an idea for the podcast. Give us feedback. Just say hi.
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Rabbit Rabbit! It's time to gather all ye gamers and those who wander, because this episode is for you! On this week's episode, Bryan, Dani, and Justin discuss tea-nuts, the joys of reality tv, and a pitch about a gamer who just can't help but try and min-max their life. Also, Dani draws kawaii pictures! Because that's a thing now, right? Hosts IG:…
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It's new episode day! On this week's episode, Andrew, Bryan, and Justin discuss Justin's quick-witted pitches, getting Witcher-blasted, and a pitch about a guy just trying to fit in with his new roommates. Hosts IG: @bredacted, @justineugene, @writerbrandt, @canwesavepod Originally Recorded: 02-14-2022 When a twenty-something finds himself in a new…
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Happy Valentine's Day, dear listeners! For this year, we wanted to do something VERY special for our listeners. So, we gave you a murder-bride episode! Trust me, it will all make sense when you listen. Join Dani, Gracie, and Tiffany as they discuss scary potatoes, how much they hate Bryan, and a tale as old as time...scorned brides seek revenge aga…
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On this week's (nice) episode, it's all about the demons, baby! We talk succubi, gollums, girls in houses across streets from women in windows, and actual demons in this tale about a student who makes a deal with a devil...literally. Hosts IG: @bredacted, @therealgracegiffune, @justineugene, @canwesavepod Originally Recorded on 02-02-2022 Failing c…
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Settle in with your favorite dinosaur-themed mug and wipe that murder board clean because today's episode is all about a wholesome friendship! Sure, we might talk about murder boards and impersonation/identity theft but that's just because we have an amazingly talented guest joining the group today as author of Hello, Transcriber, Hannah Morrissey …
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I think we could have some more of the things. Okay, I can explain. On this week's episode, we go from toes to nose and craft interesting sentences with our predictive text pitches! Things get weird! Hosts IG: @bredacted, @officialdanihanks, @writerbrandt, @canwesavepod Originally Recorded: 01-17-2022 When a Cat-tholic kitten, Cleocatra, living in …
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Get ready folks, because on this week's episode we are going to steal the Alien Baby of Independence. Okay, not really. We actually just get really into Gracie's positivity on Instagram, struggle with movies about animal liberation, and discuss what would happen if Nicolas Cage is asked to take an alien baby across the country. It's a normal Tuesda…
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On this Award-Winning episode of the Award-Winning podcast, three Award-Winning hosts discuss Award-Winning ideas such as their awkward accomplishment moments, their obsession with Award-Winning Actor Ethan Hawke, and discuss a pitch about roommates in a railroad-style apartment who just want to be left alone and commit murders. What an Award-Winni…
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Holy goodness, it's about to get dark on this week's episode as Andrew, Bryan, and Tiffany discuss existentialism, Spider-Man, and sentient teddy bears with a penchant for killing. NOTE: Light spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home. NOTE #2: No Teddy Bears were harmed in the making of this pitch. Hosts IG: @bredacted, @tiffany.a.albright, @writerbran…
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It's a new year and to celebrate, we are giving some old pitches a "glow up!" On this week's episode, the gang talks about voice jealousy, the art of the twerk, and a pitch about a dying father wishing to reconnect with his daughter via *checks notes* drugs? Okay, let's just see how this one turns out... Hosts IG: @bredacted, @officialdanihanks, @w…
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Ho! Ho! Ho! It's that special time of year to bust out the eggnog, diet coke, and BONE BROTH! That's right, it's Holiday Episode time! On this week's episode, Bryan, Dani, and Tiffany discuss (and spill) their favorite beverages, the well-known CowValley, and a pitch about a family trying to live with their friendly until their not spirits! Hosts I…
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Ah yes, here lies the drug wrappers! On this week's episode, the group of Andrew, Bryan, and Gracie discuss what it truly means to be a gaffer, the unnecessary hate for Marvel's Eternals, and a pitch about a group of people blissfully happy in their life's patterns...until one of them starts to question it altogether. Hosts IG: @bredacted, @thereal…
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This week on Can We Save the Cat, it's all about the egg, baby! Okay, well, not really. It's ashes and it's not the ENTIRE episode. This week, the writer's room of Bryan, Dani, and Justin discuss being home alone, an infamous Risky Business scene, and a story about a couple of schmucks who can't help but get in way over their heads. Hosts IG: @bred…
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Happy Charlotte's Web week on Can We Save the Cat! Okay, it's not really but you would think it was based on the way Andrew, Bryan, and Dani talked this week. It's actually Thanksgiving week and the writers talk about the beloved children's book, what it means to be family, and an alien invasion that happens during a "friends"giving. It's...ThanksT…
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It's a new week for Can We Save the Cat and love is in the air with this rom-com pitch! Well, in the air for everyone except the producer aka Bryan (it's fine, I'm fine, everything's FINE) and Dani's friend from high school. Join Andrew, Dani, and Tiffany as they discuss a modern-day, transgender love story full of Disney, Dallas, and Doug the douc…
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Well, talk about misleading episode titles! This pitch might actually be more terrifying than our Halloween episode! This is one for the creep-out books as Andrew, Dani, and Tiffany join the writer's room to talk the BFF After School Program (it's gonna be a thing, people), Dani's lack of 90s technology knowledge, and a genuinely creepy pitch about…
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Heeeeeello everybody to a NEW episode!...Okay, that was my radio voice. How did it sound? ANYWAYS, on this brand new episode, the writer's room gets unintentionally science-fiction on your butts with this pitch about tv series where your past will continue to shape your many, many futures. Hosts IG: @bredacted, @justineugene, @therealgracegiffune, …
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Månestein - Norwegian for "moon rock", CWSTC for "spooky pitch." On this special Halloween episode, the group discuss spoopy season, having a bones or no bones day, and have a very roundabout conversation on time-travel and having to kill your former self in this wild and terrifying pitch about a young boy who just won't die and the person tasked w…
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It's officially Season Two time, y'all! Up first in the writer's room is Bryan, Gracie. and Justin as the trio discuss unique living room setups, Justin's pitch abilities, and eventually settle on the tale of a woman finding herself and love while dealing with a cancer diagnosis. Hosts IG: @bredacted, @therealgracegiffune, @justineugene, @canwesave…
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It's a celebration episode as Bryan, Dani, and Justin are joined by Gracie Giffune and Tiffany Albright in this very special, live episode. Join along as the group discuss the history of the podcast, have a trivia competition, and take part in a writer's panel discussing writing during the pandemic and in general!…
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It's our second of two very special 'hiatus' episodes and this time things. get. WILD. On this week's episode, Andrew J. Brandt (@writerbrandt) joins Bryan (@bredacted42) and Dani (@dani_hanks) and the group has a REALLY hard time keeping it together when discussing a pitch about a rich billionaire CEO (let's call him...Shmeffrey Shmezos) and one w…
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Welcome back everybody! In our first episode back from hiatus, the writer's room of Bryan (@bredacted42), Dani (@dani_hanks), and Justin (@justineugene) discuss Hey Arnold! characters, on-the-run nuns (it's not Sister Act!), and a mid-thirties, stuck-in-a-rut shmuck who is forced to look after three kids all from different backgrounds when his frie…
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After 49 episode, it's finally here! The season finale of Can We Save the Cat? is upon us and in this very special episode, the group of Bryan, Dani, and Justin take it upon themselves to whittle their previously pitched episodes from 36 down to 1. Listen along as the group torments, laments, and whines their way to an eventually winner! Thanks for…
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It's our last true episode of the season and the gang has taken it upon themselves to do something they have never done before! Okay, they've done it 48 other times but this time they are ACTUALLY saving the cat with a special episode all about cat-themed pitches. Join along as the group discuss which food's texture turns them off, Justin has a ful…
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Where in the world is...our con artist on the run? In this week's episode, the group discuss big changes on the horizon, the POG world championships, and a con artist who eludes the "love" of her life in favor of the next big score. CONditional Love is a one hour mystery dramedy series where a lovestruck man goes on an international search for his …
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Get ready for a wild ride filled with twists, turns, and tons of running around in circles! On this week's episode, special guest Sydney Clara Brafman joins the podcast to discuss her pitch about a serial killer who "falls in love" with the girl next door. Don't worry, on the way there is plenty of talk about ranch dressing taste tests, who has the…
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Weird title, great episode. The group welcomes writer & director Tiffany Albright to the podcast and discuss Justin's uncanny ability to pull pitches out of nowhere, one-armed massage therapist Aaron Soertaert, and a woman who is found in the woods with no recollection of how she got there. Buckle up because this one gets VERY wild! Tahquamenon Fal…
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In this episode, the group try really hard to guess Justin's pitch, discuss fashion and the modern-day worker, and a pitch where a woman on the run from the law cozies up with a suburban family. When an escaped convict gets mistaken as a suburban mom’s long-lost sister, she decides to embrace this new identity as “Miss Martha,” a first grade teache…
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In this week's episode, we are joined by very special guest Aline C Weiller, comedian and author of the upcoming book, Fun: Essays on a Life Embraced. Also, things get weird as the four discuss their confusion on Venmo, the original Lost episode (it was Michael Keaton, Bryan! Duh!), and a stay-at-home mom who decides to put herself back out there i…
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On this week's fun-filled episode of Can We Save the Cat?, Bryan and Justin bond over their shared Michael experiences, Dani absolutely doesn't whine whatsoever about her chronic illness, and the gang as a whole discuss a fantasy epic that sees a young girl finding out who she is and where she comes from. Justin Eugeneeee, OH, you know what I meaaa…
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On this week's episode, one of the hosts messes up the intro, one of the guests does a complete 180 on the pitch, and the other is a beautiful, beautiful ginger. We will let you decide who is who! Also, Justin gets WEIRDLY into killing everyone but the person they decide to kill...wut. When a large pharmaceutical corporation publishes a study that …
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What kind of items would you bring to a housewarming party? A white elephant party? A...funeral...party? In this episode, the group discuss a pitch of possessions and the value that they bring (oh, and Josh Hartnett). Recycled Stories is a dramedy anthology series. Each episode, we learn the story behind a beloved object being sold at a yard sale. …
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On this brand new episode, the group stands on the edge of teen soap dramas with this spiritual successor to 'The O.C.' and discuss everything from overrated and underappreciated candies (Now and Laters are the actual worst) to T.V. shows that just didn't quite do it for us. Join along and enjoy the view on The Peninsula! The Peninsula is a dramedy…
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It's another beautiful dystopian day for our crew as they welcome producer Bianca Serafini into the writer's room for some SERIOUS Josh Schwartz love, Brighton love, and genetic manipulation love. Okay, maybe not so much the last one but they do discuss a pitch in which a bright young mind gets the opportunity of a lifetime to develop a new technol…
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#MayTheFourthBeWithYou ! Happy Tuesday everybody! On this episode, Bryan gets braces, Justin forgets the order of the episodes, and Dani brings the heat with her pitch about an artist who fakes their death and becomes famous in the process. Join along as the group discuss the rise and fall of a social media megastar who is #CrushingIt while being #…
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It's about to get vintage! On this week's episode, the group discuss a winner-take-all tournament for the episodes, the oddities of American football, and...speaking of sports...a pitch about a woman on a mission who winds up in the 90s, when life was simpler and technology more frustrating. Retro is a one hour sci-fi dramedy series about a young q…
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With friends like these, who needs lovers? That's how the saying goes, no? NO?! Okay, well, on this week's episode, the group is joined by playwright and poet Rachel Goddard who pitches her concept about four friends who decide to raise a child together. Join along for Friends, superheroes, and more! It Takes a Village is a romantic comedy about fo…
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We're back with yet ANOTHER concept episode! This time, the group is taking previously pitched titles and reworking them into new and improved pitches! We take a few detours along the way, like listening parents, height discrepancies in dating, and the magic that is...#BigDaveHanks. When a group of aliens use mind control to brainwash parents in a …
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Would you listen to a podcast where we make Justin do random stuff? What about where Bryan and Dani nerd out on things? Hmm...how about one where we take three random ideas and turn one into a Hollywood project? Okay, good! This week, the group discusses all of the above and more in a pitch about a recently divorced dad tagging along for his daught…
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What's behind the cellar door? Is it mystery? Madness? History? Sadness? All of the above? Join us this week on this title-based pitches episode where the gang pitches three titles, pick one, and develop it into the next saddest hit! When a live-in nursing aid is hired to assist a winery owner who has dementia, she is told they both need to stay aw…
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Racist rats, trophy shops, and Tom Cruise, oh my! Okay, so we take a few detours along the way with this raunchy rom-com about two people just trying to make it work. It being the literal "it." Sex. We are talking about sex. A LOT. It ends up really sweet though, we promise! A woman looking for love finally meets the type of handsome, sensitive, an…
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It's a very exciting episode of Can We Save the Cat?, as award-winning writer Andrew J. Brandt joins the group to discuss their love for Richard Linklater, gold-digging daughters, and a man who just can't catch a break! Seven years into his picture-perfect, predictable, and entirely underwhelming marriage; run-of-the-mill accountant and wannabe roc…
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It's a hot one on this week's episode as the trio discuss a mother/daughter set of arsonists just trying to make it in this world. It, obviously, being a bit of extra cash. Join along as the group discusses their moms, if nuns are funny, and the documentary Framing Britney. Yeah, it's a pretty broad episode. Bringing the Heat is a dark comedy about…
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Who would have thought that baby names would turn out to be such a divisive idea! Well, good thing we didn't go with that and instead went with a pitch about...*checks notes*...Multi-Level Marketing. Okay, this isn't going well at all. Let's see what Bryan, Dani, and Justin can do when it comes to someone new and caught up with the glamor of an MLM…
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The gang is back this week to discuss one of the their most unique pitches to date. Inspired by beautiful artwork done by Twitter user, @Runesael, join along as Bryan, Dani, and Justin discuss synesthesia in a pitch that is as grand as it is colorful! The Color of Music is a romance movie-musical. When brain damage from a car accident causes a run-…
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Love is in the air on this Valentine's day themed-episode. In it, the group is taking previous pitches but adding a rom-com twist to them, and what a twist this one turned out to be! Let's just say quarantine has caused some weird situations to arise and none are more weird than The Hinge! When two roommates start to get thirsty three months into a…
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Welcome to the world of stooping. Here, anything found on the street can be turned into a new centerpiece for your home and you can find endless treasures just by walking out your front door. Take our friend here, Bartholomew. Bartholomew was found by Dani and her roommate and is the basis for this week's episode, all about the joys of stooping. Ta…
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Come along for the ride in this high-speed, high-stakes episode! This week, the trio discuss what happens when a fugitive on the run jumps into the cab of a regular delivery driver and the high-speed game of cat and mouse that ensues. On a typical Tuesday, a wannabe Instagram influencer and daytime UberEats delivery driver looks in his rearview mir…
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We apologize in advance...for how utterly awesome this episode is. In fact, I will only need to describe it in four words: The Rock punches sharks. Oh, you need me to go on? Okay, fine. In this episode, the hosts discuss what happens when sharks attack our most precious resource...the internet. When all hope seems lost, only one man with a heart of…
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Okay, as far as misleading title's go, this one might take the cake! Get your mind out of the gutters and into the boardrooms with this week's episode, Bryan, Dani, and Justin discuss the tale of a young girl on the cusp of a major decision...who to sell her world-changing invention to! As she navigates the business world, Mr. Wonderful and the peo…
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