Now that Lucasfilms has the ambition to make two to three Star Wars related movies a year, I’m closer to being able to pitch my pilot project, “Chewie and Joey.” “Chewie and Joey” is a sitcom starring Chewbacca from Star Wars and Joey Lawrence from Blossom, living together as roommates in an apartment (Joey and Chandler’s apartment from Friends, specifically). Hi-jinx ensue.
Here’s a sample of some dialogue:
Joey: “Hey Chewie, the shower drain is clogged full of hair!”
Chewie: “Rwarrrr!”
Joey: “Whoa!”
Their landlord will be Holographic Don Knotts, who doesn’t like Wookies and doesn’t know that Chewie is one, and so Joey has to dress him in a variety of disguises. Their wacky neighbour will, of course, be Kramer, as I’m pretty sure he’s not doing anything with his career right now. Only now, he’s addicted to crack, and is often caught stealing things from their apartment. Sometimes he’ll just burst into the room and start spouting out racial slurs.
The lyrics to the theme song will be, “Chewie and Joey! A-a-a-a-a-a-aaa…” sung to the theme from, “The Never Ending Story.”
When Chewie and Joey go to hang out, they head down to the Canatana where Chewie has a crush on one of the girls who works there, who’s inexplicably one of the green alien chicks from Star Trek, but he’s too shy to ask her out. Too bad she’s dating Boba Fett, who’s essentially the dick boyfriend from every 80’s movie. Chewie tries to take dating tips from Joey, but most involve being ridiculously good-looking.
Plus the Empire is out to get them, and they’re frequently attacked by bumbling, incompetent Storm Troopers.
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