SUPER SECRET ANNOUNCEMENT

[0:00] Psst. Hey, everyone. I don't have much time. I'm pretending that Elliot and Stuart don't

[0:11] know that I hijacked the feed to record this message. And I'm pretending that they'd be

[0:17] pretty mad at me if they didn't already know and approve.

[0:21] Dan? What are you doing in there, buddy?

[0:25] Oh, uh, I'm just, uh, masturbating.

[0:29] There. That ought to buy us some time. I wanted to tell you about a fun stretch goal for the

[0:34] MaxFunDrive. As many of you know, I'm an Emmy-winning TV comedy writer. I know. It's surprising

[0:41] to me, too. But the entertainment world right now is a little, well, let's be nice and just

[0:47] call it horrifically broken. But I keep writing. So, I'd like to offer one of my favorite projects

[0:54] that I did, one that may not otherwise ever be seen to you, the listener and MaxFun supporter,

[1:01] if we get 1,000 new or upgrading members during this drive. If we do that, I will take an

[1:07] original TV comedy script that I have written and turn it into a fully produced audio theater

[1:14] presentation, with sound effects, music, and the closest thing to a celebrity cast that

[1:20] I can assemble from people I personally know and are willing to do me a favor. What's the

[1:26] script? It's called Flyscraper.

[1:29] Flyscraper!

[1:34] It's about a failing PBS station that has banked its pledge drive on an unseen 70s TV

[1:40] show because that TV show was created by an esteemed American novelist. But they find

[1:46] out the show they've been counting on is a high-concept cheeseball disaster garbage

[1:51] piece of crap about a flying high-rise apartment building called a flyscraper.

[1:59] Does this script have a weird premise? Yes. Does it have a more nested narrative than

[2:04] your average Wes Anderson film? Yes. Does it have sophisticated and obscure jokes about

[2:10] actual science fiction authors who moonlighted as TV writers right next to dumb, broad jokes?

[2:16] Yes. Is it kind of like an American Garth Marenghi's Darkplace? Kind of yes, although

[2:21] I promise I only realized that after writing it. The point is, it's the kind of weird,

[2:27] specific script that was probably never going to be bought for TV anyway, but it's perfect

[2:32] for you beautiful weirdos and the listener-funded model at Maximum Fun.

[2:37] Will this be a lot of extra work for me? Yes. Which is why, as much as I'm excited

[2:42] about it, I'm only going to do it if we make that goal of 1,000 new or upgrading members.

[2:48] So if you have the means, go to MaximumFun.org slash join and become a supporting Flophouse

[2:55] listener today.

[2:56] Dan, what are you doing? Stuart says you're masturbating, but I don't think you have this

[3:01] much stamina.

[3:02] That's MaximumFun.org slash join.

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