I've been nursing a new concept for television situational comedy. It's a vehicle for one of the greatest actors of our generation, and surely our most prolific nude bongo player; his prowess in netting the hottest of Hollywood's starlets precedes him, and he, like Madonna, Prince and Mr. T, need only be known by one name: McConaughey.
The gist: Three's Company meets Dharma & Greg meets Joey meets Growing Pains meets Two and a Half Men.
McConaughey is a highly successful day-trader in New York when a brush with death (he finds himself trapped in an elevator for 40 hours that nearly plummets 60 stories) sends him questioning his life and his identity. It sends him all the way back to live above the garage of his Aunt Sarah (Mary Steenburgen) and Uncle John (John Lithgow) back in Portland.
While living in Portland, Matt (Mathew McConaughey) experiments with new ways of living, like being vegan (ewww), riding a bicycle everywhere (weird!) and wearing only organic clothes. (as if!) While Matt struggles, hilariously, with his new lifestyle, he also begins to fall in love with his Aunt and Uncle's next door neighbor, Alice the high school principal (Josie Davis, aka Sarah Powell from Charles in Charge -- what a comeback!) and becomes a mentor to the neighborhood hooligan, Jimmy (Haley Joe Osment).
Although Matt feels a deeper connection with Alice and Jimmy, he still gets in trouble with his old ways of sleeping with beautiful strangers, drinking and covorting with his famous friends (Lance Armstrong makes an appearance in the pilot), and generally being a shallow but always lovable human being.
I even have the theme song picked out. Here's a taste:
Replace the low "ma na ma na"s with "McConaughey"
Listen to it and hum it to yourself and see if you can get it out of your head.
Now I need your help to make this over-indulged dream a reality! Pass on this link, Digg this page, Stumble it, send it to all of your TV exec friends, etc, etc.
And Matthew, I'm in no way dimishining your talents by putting you on the small screen. Consider it an option for later in your career, when you get tired of all those amazing movie offers.
The gist: Three's Company meets Dharma & Greg meets Joey meets Growing Pains meets Two and a Half Men. McConaughey is a highly successful day-trader in New York when a brush with death (he finds himself trapped in an elevator for 40 hours that nearly plummets 60 stories) sends him questioning his life and his identity. It sends him all the way back to live above the garage of his Aunt Sarah (Mary Steenburgen) and Uncle John (John Lithgow) back in Portland.
While living in Portland, Matt (Mathew McConaughey) experiments with new ways of living, like being vegan (ewww), riding a bicycle everywhere (weird!) and wearing only organic clothes. (as if!) While Matt struggles, hilariously, with his new lifestyle, he also begins to fall in love with his Aunt and Uncle's next door neighbor, Alice the high school principal (Josie Davis, aka Sarah Powell from Charles in Charge -- what a comeback!) and becomes a mentor to the neighborhood hooligan, Jimmy (Haley Joe Osment).
Although Matt feels a deeper connection with Alice and Jimmy, he still gets in trouble with his old ways of sleeping with beautiful strangers, drinking and covorting with his famous friends (Lance Armstrong makes an appearance in the pilot), and generally being a shallow but always lovable human being.I even have the theme song picked out. Here's a taste:
Replace the low "ma na ma na"s with "McConaughey"
Listen to it and hum it to yourself and see if you can get it out of your head.
Now I need your help to make this over-indulged dream a reality! Pass on this link, Digg this page, Stumble it, send it to all of your TV exec friends, etc, etc.
And Matthew, I'm in no way dimishining your talents by putting you on the small screen. Consider it an option for later in your career, when you get tired of all those amazing movie offers.
Bud this is really great. I'd watch it. :) Matthew, if you are listening, I love you.