Hello, my name is Dan and this is my DT Log.

Well, I might as well open up the archive.

One night after heavy drinking and laser tag (well, heavy caffeine drinking), Brad, Jon and I began discussing plans for a third Kung Fools movie at the Sports Arena Denny’s.  Also in attendence was my brother Kody and my wife Bronwynn.

For those unfamiliar with Kung Fools, it was the high school video short that Jon and Brad made for creative writing junior year, and then I took over the sequel for English class (and never finished) senior year.

This would have been a professional style reboot, remaking the first one, with me presumably getting in UFC shape and playing Flow-Jo, and I would have asked my friend Andrew Wood to play Emperor Chong.

The project never got off the ground and a few months later I entered the Project Greenlight Contest, and abandoned this script.

So, what I have here is the “first ten pages” of that script, and I think I have some funny stuff in there.  By this time, I had already finished five screenplays, and I apply those Syd Fieldian techniques here:

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Introduction

In 2002, the year of the El Capitan High School 10-year reunion, I was all about optimism without much of a solid foundation amid turmoil with my immediate family.  This was easily a time when money was not a problem and Bronwynn and I were doing a good job wasting it.

So, my plan was to create a DT Log Book to distribute to a select few people at the reunion.

I don’t remember the circumstances, but this plan, along with attending the reunion, was canceled due to an unforeseen financial emergency.

So here I present the introduction to that document after the leap.

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Tonight, Wednesday Night

8:00 PM – Who Wants to Eat Silverware?

8:30 PM – Would You Date Marge Schott For $1 Million?

9:00 PM – Win Dan Touchette’s Money ($24.38)

9:30 PM – You Show Us Yours, We’ll Give You Money

Tomorrow, Thursday Night

8:00 PM – Pointless Chico and the Man Marathon

Friday Night

8:00 PM – Hollywood Cover Story: Don Swayze

9:00 PM – Behind Rock Music: Henry Lee Summer

9:45 PM – Cosmic Porpoise 15-Minute Reunion

Saturday Night

8:00 PM – CR: Life in the Cafeteria Room

8:30 PM – Office Monkeys in Action

9:00 PM – JanitorQuest

9:30 PM – Blade: The Art of the Knife Salesman

10:00 PM – Your Late Local News

11:00 PM – Friday Night After Dark : Sexy Ornithologists

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