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October 13, 2011 at 1:38pm
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A gay Watermelon Man

My partner and I were pitching our ideas for action comedies to a development exec. At the end of the session, he sat back in his chair.

Exec: Those were fun, but you know what I’d like?

Us: No, what?

Exec: A gay ‘Watermelon Man.’

Us: You mean like the Godfrey Cambridge thing?

Exec: Yeah, except gay. No one’s ever pitched me that.

Notes

  1. Roger Eschbacher submitted this to storynotesfromhell