Can We Save the Cat?

Rabbit Rabbit! It's time to gather all ye gamers and those who wander, because this episode is for you! On this week's episode, Bryan, Dani, and Justin discuss tea-nuts, the joys of reality tv, and a pitch about a gamer who just can't help but try and min-max their life. Also, Dani draws kawaii pictures! Because that's a thing now, right?  Hosts IG: @bredacted, @justineugene, @officialdanihanks, @canwesavepod Originally Recorded: 02-21-2022 When a virtual reality headset shows up on his doorstep, a man dissatisfied with life discovers he can replay his past and make different choices. Can he play it right and min-max his existence, or will he lose it all trying to get the perfect run?

It's new episode day! On this week's episode, Andrew, Bryan, and Justin discuss Justin's quick-witted pitches, getting Witcher-blasted, and a pitch about a guy just trying to fit in with his new roommates. Hosts IG: @bredacted, @justineugene, @writerbrandt, @canwesavepod Originally Recorded: 02-14-2022 When a twenty-something finds himself in a new city and needing a place to stay, he ends up the new roommate of two LGBTQ individuals. Optimistic and eager, he tries everything he can to fit in, even if it's going too far. As the characters and their bonds as roommates grow, they find out just how much they truly have in common.

Happy Valentine's Day, dear listeners! For this year, we wanted to do something VERY special for our listeners. So, we gave you a murder-bride episode! Trust me, it will all make sense when you listen. Join Dani, Gracie, and Tiffany as they discuss scary potatoes, how much they hate Bryan, and a tale as old as time...scorned brides seek revenge against the horrible men they were set to marry. Happy Valentine's Day! :) A runaway bride and her maid of honor go on a quest to save fellow brides-to-be from the biggest lie of all: a happily ever after.

On this week's (nice) episode, it's all about the demons, baby! We talk succubi, gollums, girls in houses across streets from women in windows, and actual demons in this tale about a student who makes a deal with a devil...literally. Hosts IG: @bredacted, @therealgracegiffune, @justineugene, @canwesavepod Originally Recorded on 02-02-2022 Failing classes and out of options, a young college student finds themselves desperate to succeed. So, they do what any person would do...bind themselves to a demon and force them into their mundane tasks. Will they be able to maintain control of the demon, or will life lead them down a darker path?

Settle in with your favorite dinosaur-themed mug and wipe that murder board clean because today's episode is all about a wholesome friendship! Sure, we might talk about murder boards and impersonation/identity theft but that's just because we have an amazingly talented guest joining the group today as author of Hello, Transcriber, Hannah Morrissey brings Andrew and Dani a pitch about a best friend who just can't seem to catch that lucky break. Hosts IG: @hannahmorrisseywriter, @officialdanihanks, @writerbrandt, @canwesavepod Originally Recorded: 01-24-2022 When a down-on-her-luck hot mess living on the Upper East Side gifts her well-off best friend a winning lottery ticket, she tries to get a cut of the cash she thinks she’s entitled to.

I think we could have some more of the things. Okay, I can explain. On this week's episode, we go from toes to nose and craft interesting sentences with our predictive text pitches! Things get weird! Hosts IG: @bredacted, @officialdanihanks, @writerbrandt, @canwesavepod Originally Recorded: 01-17-2022 When a Cat-tholic kitten, Cleocatra, living in the alley of a church learns about Ancient Egypt, she starts to preach to her friends about this promised land where cats aren’t discarded or ignored, but revered. #Podcast #Movies #ComingOfAge #TV #Film #Religious #Animated #Comedy #Screenwriting #WritersRoom #Roundtable #Discussion #PredictiveTexts

Get ready folks, because on this week's episode we are going to steal the Alien Baby of Independence. Okay, not really. We actually just get really into Gracie's positivity on Instagram, struggle with movies about animal liberation, and discuss what would happen if Nicolas Cage is asked to take an alien baby across the country. It's a normal Tuesday on Can We Save the Cat? Hosts IG: @bredacted, @officialdanihanks, @therealgracegiffune, @canwesavepod Originally Recorded: 01-12-2022 When long haul truck driver Nicolas Cage discovers he’s transporting powerful alien cargo, he must make a choice: does he deliver the load to the government where it will certainly be destroyed, or try to save it from the evils of humanity? #Podcast #Movies #NicolasCage #NationalTreasure #TV #Film #SciFi #Action #Comedy #LongHaulTrucker #NicCage #CageRage

On this Award-Winning episode of the Award-Winning podcast, three Award-Winning hosts discuss Award-Winning ideas such as their awkward accomplishment moments, their obsession with Award-Winning Actor Ethan Hawke, and discuss a pitch about roommates in a railroad-style apartment who just want to be left alone and commit murders. What an Award-Winning Concept! Railroaded is a dark sitcom that follows a serial killer living in the middle room of a railroad apartment who has to keep his organ harvesting business a secret when a crime novelist moves into their third room.

Holy goodness, it's about to get dark on this week's episode as Andrew, Bryan, and Tiffany discuss existentialism, Spider-Man, and sentient teddy bears with a penchant for killing. NOTE: Light spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home. NOTE #2: No Teddy Bears were harmed in the making of this pitch.Hosts IG: @bredacted, @tiffany.a.albright, @writerbrandt, @canwesavepodOriginally recorded on: 12-27-2021.MURDERBEAR is an edge of your seat action-thriller. When a sentient teddy bear's entire family is murdered, the lonely bear sets out on a tale of revenge in the mean streets of Miami. Along the way, he meets a wise old mentor, a low-level sidekick, and the love of his life with a secret of her own. As he gets closer to the truth of his family, will he let his rage consume him or will he find a stronger power within?

It's a new year and to celebrate, we are giving some old pitches a "glow up!" On this week's episode, the gang talks about voice jealousy, the art of the twerk, and a pitch about a dying father wishing to reconnect with his daughter via *checks notes* drugs? Okay, let's just see how this one turns out...Hosts IG: @bredacted, @officialdanihanks, @writerbrandt, @canwesavepodOriginally recorded on: 12-13-2021.When a recovering alcoholic gets a terminal liver cancer diagnosis, he convinces his estranged daughter to help him safely check a smorgasbord of drugs off his bucket list.

Ho! Ho! Ho! It's that special time of year to bust out the eggnog, diet coke, and BONE BROTH! That's right, it's Holiday Episode time! On this week's episode, Bryan, Dani, and Tiffany discuss (and spill) their favorite beverages, the well-known CowValley, and a pitch about a family trying to live with their friendly until their not spirits!Hosts IG: @bredacted, @officialdanihanks, @tiffany.a.albright, @canwesavepodOriginally recorded on: 12-08-2021.When an older brother invites his occultist roommate home for Christmas, all hell breaks loose as the family learns to communicate with spirits that have been lurking in their house for decades.Happy Holidays from everyone at Can We Save the Cat!!

Ah yes, here lies the drug wrappers! On this week's episode, the group of Andrew, Bryan, and Gracie discuss what it truly means to be a gaffer, the unnecessary hate for Marvel's Eternals, and a pitch about a group of people blissfully happy in their life's patterns...until one of them starts to question it altogether.Hosts IG: @bredacted, @therealgracegiffune, @writerbrandt, @canwesavepodOriginally recorded on: 12-01-2021.In a utopian society where everything is perfect and everyone has a role to play, one person finds themselves convinced that the reality around them isn't quite what it seems and attempts to dig further into the truth.

This week on Can We Save the Cat, it's all about the egg, baby! Okay, well, not really. It's ashes and it's not the ENTIRE episode. This week, the writer's room of Bryan, Dani, and Justin discuss being home alone, an infamous Risky Business scene, and a story about a couple of schmucks who can't help but get in way over their heads.Hosts IG: @bredacted, @justineugene, @officialdanihanks, @canwesavepodOriginally recorded on: 11-21-2021.When a viral documentary brings light to an unsolved mystery, two nobodies discover they accidentally stole the president’s ashes and must figure out how to return them.

Happy Charlotte's Web week on Can We Save the Cat! Okay, it's not really but you would think it was based on the way Andrew, Bryan, and Dani talked this week. It's actually Thanksgiving week and the writers talk about the beloved children's book, what it means to be family, and an alien invasion that happens during a "friends"giving. It's...ThanksTAAAKIIING!!!Hosts IG: @bredacted, @officialdanihanks, @writerbrandt, @canwesavepodOriginally recorded on: 11-15-2021.Thankstaking is an irreverent comedy about a group of two-faced twentysomethings at Friendsgiving who must work together to escape a colonialist alien genocide.

It's a new week for Can We Save the Cat and love is in the air with this rom-com pitch! Well, in the air for everyone except the producer aka Bryan (it's fine, I'm fine, everything's FINE) and Dani's friend from high school. Join Andrew, Dani, and Tiffany as they discuss a modern-day, transgender love story full of Disney, Dallas, and Doug the douchebag.Hosts IG: @officialdanihanks, @tiffany.a.albright, @writerbrandt, @canwesavepodOriginally recorded on: 11-08-2021.#TransMenAreMen #TransWomenAreWomenWhen socially awkward music promoter Bryce meets the love of his life, Jake, he realizes they met once before as teenagers. A few decades and a gender transition later, can they both finally be themselves, without caring what other people think?

Well, talk about misleading episode titles! This pitch might actually be more terrifying than our Halloween episode! This is one for the creep-out books as Andrew, Dani, and Tiffany join the writer's room to talk the BFF After School Program (it's gonna be a thing, people), Dani's lack of 90s technology knowledge, and a genuinely creepy pitch about a girl who just wants to reconnect with her mother and the woman who pretends to be exactly that.Hosts IG: @officialdanihanks, @tiffany.a.albright, @writerbrandt, @canwesavepodOriginally recorded on: 11-03-2021.The Mommy is a dramatic thriller. When a pregnant teen goes to meet her birth-mother IRL, she finds out that people aren't always who they say they are on the internet.

Heeeeeello everybody to a NEW episode!...Okay, that was my radio voice. How did it sound? ANYWAYS, on this brand new episode, the writer's room gets unintentionally science-fiction on your butts with this pitch about tv series where your past will continue to shape your many, many futures.Hosts IG: @bredacted, @justineugene, @therealgracegiffune, @canwesavepodOriginally recorded on: 10-27-2021Born Again is an hour-long drama series taking place over multiple, interwoven timelines where a common worker is sentenced to do time for crimes committed in their past. Can our hero discover the truth in the puzzle their past self left them, or will time finally catch up with them?

Månestein - Norwegian for "moon rock", CWSTC for "spooky pitch." On this special Halloween episode, the group discuss spoopy season, having a bones or no bones day, and have a very roundabout conversation on time-travel and having to kill your former self in this wild and terrifying pitch about a young boy who just won't die and the person tasked with trying to kill them.Hosts IG: @bredacted, @crooklyncat, @officialdanihanks, @canwesavepodOriginally recorded on: 10-20-2021When a ten year old boy gets struck by a tiny meteor that embeds into his brain, his small Minnesota town notices that he’s different and must figure out how to get rid of him…by killing him over, and over, and over again.

It's officially Season Two time, y'all! Up first in the writer's room is Bryan, Gracie. and Justin as the trio discuss unique living room setups, Justin's pitch abilities, and eventually settle on the tale of a woman finding herself and love while dealing with a cancer diagnosis. Hosts IG: @bredacted, @therealgracegiffune, @justineugene, @canwesavepodOriginally recorded on: 10-13-2021Recently divorced and ready for life's next chapter, a self-described 'realist's' life is put on hold when she receives a devastating diagnosis: cancer. Left in the care of a younger, fresh out of residency doctor, she finds herself coming to term with life and the love you can find along the way.

It's a celebration episode as Bryan, Dani, and Justin are joined by Gracie Giffune and Tiffany Albright in this very special, live episode. Join along as the group discuss the history of the podcast, have a trivia competition, and take part in a writer's panel discussing writing during the pandemic and in general!