About this season
Everyone moves to Hollywood with a dream and a script. In this series, celebrities reveal the movies and TV episodes they wrote before they were famous, and - spoiler alert - they are not all winners. The stars explain the plots, their inspirations, and why their dream projects never got made - before scenes are brought to life for the first time ever.
Episodes (4)
1. Rainn Wilson's "Assisted Living"
Aired 16 January 2019 • 6 min
Long before "The Office," Rainn Wilson tried creating his own TV series. He reveals the first idea he ever pitched, a TV series called "Assisted Living," where two slackers inherit an old-folks home. Never picked up, the show now sees the light of day for the first time ever.
2. Kristen Schaal's 'Avant Garde'
Aired 16 January 2019 • 6 min
When Kristen Schaal was in college, she came up with the idea for a short film called 'Avant Garde' that, yes, lived up to its name. The film never got made ... until now.
3. Jay Chandrasekhar's 'Mickleberry: Cat In Space'
Aired 16 January 2019 • 6 min
A movie studio once told Jay Chandrasekhar and his Broken Lizard comedy troupe to write any movie they wanted. So, naturally, they created a film with an astronaut who was a cat and called it 'Mickleberry: Cat in Space.' The studio ended up passing on the project, but we said, "Yes!"
4. 'Weird Al' Yankovic's 'Accordion Repo Man'
Aired 16 January 2019 • 6 min
It may come as no surprise that 'Weird Al' Yankovic was once an accordion repo man ... for real. But what might be a little more shocking is that he created an action-hero movie based on his experience. Now the movie is brought to life for the first time ever: 'Weird Al's' 'Accordion Repo Man.'