SpinTunes 15 Round 4 CHALLENGE
Darwin Awards: Write a song about something that seemed a good idea at the time, but ended very badly. Maybe you should have given it a little more thought...
This is a fictional network pitch for the teen drama Minnow, a modernized reboot of a famous 1960's sitcom. I'm trying to answer the challenge on two levels. In the text, we have a doofus who willingly maroons himself with a bunch of strangers to get laid. In the meta, we have yet another unfaithful cash-in franchise based on a 50 year old property unknown to the target audience.
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Robert Andrews has it made, fresh out of school and already first mate under the mysterious Captain Hale. As the show opens, Robert has convinced his high-school sweetheart Dawn to ride his tour boat before she leaves for the Ivy League. Along for the trip are Silicon Valley entrepreneur James Backer, esteemed author Doctor Russ Johnson, his wife Natalie, and introducing pop sensation Tyna, as herself.
When a storm appears on the horizon, Robert intentionally crashes their ship, the SS GILL LAGAN, in order to get intimate with Dawn. When their romantic advances accidentally foil the Captain's SOS, it becomes clear that Robert's last fling with Dawn will be much longer than they bargained for.
Can he swim with the sharks? Or his he just a Minnow?
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from SpinTunes 16,
released January 29, 2020
The following recording is used under a Creative Commons 0 License:
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