In each episode, the C.E.O. of WILDsound, Matthew Toffolo, chats about all things storytelling and film. Conversations with talented individual from all around the world.
KURT & BLEST is a winning COMEDY Festival TV screenplay.
Conversation with screenwriter David Gray on his journey as a writer.
When an Angel and a Demon decide to open a restaurant, they did not expect that working with humans would be their biggest challenge.
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CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
LIVE: Hannah Ehman
IZZY: Sean Ballantyne
BOY/JAKE: Steve Rizzo
MOTHER/GOD: Kyana Teresa
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She’s a journalist, a future politician and a full fledged nerd of the Star Wars universe. Valeran Lotaniel is also the FAN FICTION Screenplay winner for her Season 3 Episode 1 version of THE MANDALORIAN. Great interview on the process writing this film.
Listen to the audio version best scene reading of her Mandalorian script.
WATCH NOW the video best scene reading.
Four years after returning the child Grogu to the Jedi, the lone Mandalorian warrior Din Djarin faces his greatest challenge yet: protecting four foundlings from conflicting Galactic forces, and raising them in the way of the Mand’alor.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Kyana Teresa
Cobb Vanth: Allan Michael Brunet
Mandalorian: Allison Kampf
Voice on the Comlink: Andy Camp
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“When the north and south magnetic poles flip overnight, people’s innate personalities are revealed.” - That is the teaser of the winning SCI-FI/FANTASY Festival TV PILOT screenplay by Daniel Roche.
Great chat with the writer on the process of working on this script, plus the audio version best scene reading after the interview.
Watch the winning Script Reading HERE
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Alexander: Allan Michael Brunet
Dr. Fields: Sean Ballantyne
Grayson: Andy Camp
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The art of writing a screenplay: Hunker down and get the words on the page. Go back and edit.
Great chat with winning screenwriter Sierra Hall on the process of writing her TV PILOT script SWEET VALLEY SPY, loosely based on the “Sweet Valley High” novel series. Now the characters have grown up!
Watch the Best Scene Reading HERE
Liza has a budding career at a pharmaceutical company. Her twin sister, Jess, talks to a bottle of tequila and dates a guy who tells dead-baby jokes. When Liza mysteriously disappears, Jess gets a crash course in the family business – espionage.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison
The Narrator: Geoff Mays –
The Spy: Andy Kamp
Rick Astley: Rick Astley
Jess: Hannah Ehman
Liza: Julie Sheppard
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The art of writing a spec screenplay from an existing television show. Great chat with screenplay writer Alberto “Mojo” Pena on the process writing an episode for the TV show Peaky Blinders.
Alberto talks about the process of writing a spec script. The greatness of Peaky Blinders. And how he got the nickname “Mojo”.
Watch the best scene screenplay reading of Peaky Blinders HERE
Tommy Shelby is missing, Shelby Limited is financially broke and Michael has teamed with the Billy Boys to take over and absorb the Peaky Blinders gang.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Jimmy: Geoff Mays
Michael: Sean Ballantyne
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The art of writing a spec screenplay. Jay Servedio is just starting out in his career and he just won our TV SPEC Screenplay contest for his script based on the LETTERKENNY television show.
WATCH the winning 1st scene reading.
The hicks help Dary write a poem to woo a “cultured lass”; The hockey players run a bake sale for new jerseys.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
Wayne: Allan Michael Brunet
Daryl: Steve Rizzo
Squirrley: Bill Poulin
Katy: Kyana Teresa
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Larry gets a phone call from his old friend, NFL Network legend, Rich Eisen. He is asked to attend Colin Kaepernick’s press conference revealing his new Athletic Shoe; by Colin’s request. Larry causes an uproar when he inadvertently takes a knee at the event. Anchovies and Humble pie save the day.
That is the summary of this amazing TV SPEC script on the CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM HBO show. Great chat with the writer Lance Barnett.
Watch the Best Scene Script Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnjQsjL9MfE
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Richard Lewis: Shawn Devlin
Larry: Steve Rizzo
Mail Courier: Kyana Teresa
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IMAGINATION PARK is a winning TV PILOT sitcom screenplay loosely based on the writer’s time as a performer for the Disney theme parks, and the friendships he made that became like family over 25 years later.
Great chat with writer Barry J. Smith. Audio version best scene reading after the interview.
Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://youtu.be/AQfayd_plLU
CAST LIST:
Narration: Allison Kampf
Aiden/Young Aiden: Bill Poulin
Girl #1/Gloria: Kyana Teresa
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Great chat with the writer who is becoming the master of writing a TV SPEC screenplay from an existing show. Already in 2020 Shane Walsh-Smith has won awards for writing three SPECS: “Farscape”. “Black Mirror”. “Bojack Horseman”.
We tackle the art of writing a great TV spec and what the purpose of writing them.
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DRUNKEN NOODLES is a TV PILOT about a personal chef who keeps running into trouble with her clients. Great chatting with the screenwriter Paul Hewitt about his process and how he came up with the idea for this winning teleplay. With audio version reading of the script after the interview.
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Interview with all around creator Jay Strong who wrote a terrific TV SPEC screenplay on the classic show GREEN ACRES. It’s a new take on the show - the moments that took place when the cameras weren’t on. Listen to best scene “audio version” reading after the interview.
Watch GREEN ACRES "Hooters to Hooterville" best scene reading: https://youtu.be/kdGDmHQmq00
Oliver and Lisa deal with the Ziffels shooting a porno in their barn.
CAST LIST: Narrator: Allison Kampf
Oliver: Bill Poulin
Eb: Scott Beaudin
Lisa: Alicia Payne
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The Animation Festival winner for his TV PILOT screenplay UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, Paul Raasch wrote an amazing & timely screenplay. Great to chat with him about his process and where this idea came from. Audio version of his best scene reading after the interview.
Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://youtu.be/bQGZsRr2msQ
Set in a future version of North America where all law enforcement is replaced by a single security firm owned by a large family, an aspiring entertainer, and her half-brother, befriend the daughter of a distinguished member of the family. However, the three get tangled up in a conspiracy against the firm when one of the firms' high ranking members is murdered.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Yoldana: Hannah Ehman
Veronica: Kyana Teresa
Jason/Jason Scott Beaudin
Cashier: Bill Poulin
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Matthew Toffolo chats with winning screenwriter Marko Amato about his all-time favorite television episode of all-time. The first in our series of interviewing people in the industry about their “Top TV Episode”.
Marco picks: MR. MONK TAKES HIS MEDICINE. Season 3 Episode 9.
August 20th 2004. First premiered on the USA Network.
IMDB Synopsis: A woman commits suicide and minutes later Captain Stottlemeyer is shot nearby. Monk needs to determine if the two events are related, but his new medication has turned him into an obnoxious jerk who can't concentrate on the case.
October 24th 2020 this day in history:
1962 "The Manchurian Candidate", directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey, is released.
1973 John Lennon sues US government to admit FBI is tapping his phone.
1992 World Series Baseball: Toronto Blue Jays beat Atlanta Braves, 4-3 in Game 6 at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium to win their first-ever title.
2018 Pipe bombs sent to prominent US Democrats including the Obamas, Clintons, John Brennan and CNN, but safely defused.
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Today is Television Day. This day in history:
1957 - "Leave It to Beaver" debuts on CBS
1990 - “Beverly Hills: 90210” debuts on the new TV network FOX
2000 - The highly anticipated season 2 premiere of The West Wing: In the Shadow of Two Gunman, two hour special takes place.
This is today’s focus. The West Wing Season 2 Episode 1. There were gunshot fires during a President Bartlett rally as Season 1 faded to black. All summer long the question was - who was shot? A very network TV cliffhanger cliche on a very non-network television show.
Bradley Whitford (playing Josh Lyman) would go on to win the Best Supporting Actor Emmy for this season, plus The West Wing would beat the powerhouse HBO show “The Sopranos” and win the Emmy for Best Television series.
20 years ago the TV landscape in comparison to today’s television world is completely different.
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An episode so strong there is an entire website about it: http://seventeenpeople.com/
Called a “BOTTLE” episode. Is produced cheaply and restricted in scope to use as few non-regular cast members, effects, and sets as possible. Occurs when the show is over-budget and they need to shoot a cost saving episode.
Today’s TV Episode of the Day comes to you from March 28, 2004.
The season about Tony and his relationship with his “friends”.
Episode about how you can’t be a boss and a friend at the same time.
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That's right we are going there. Let's take a walk down the long road of Token Best Friend characters and dive into what makes them work and what happens when they don't.
