The Writers Room Game Show – Details, episodes & analysis

Seth and Ryan give a podcast update, talk about their movies, answer listener questions, and share their favorite films and tv of 2023!

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Favorite Movies of 2023:

RYAN

1. The Holdovers
2. Asteroid City
3. Past Lives
4. Bottoms
5. Godzilla Minus One / Poor Things (tie)

SETH

1. Oppenheimer
2. Blackberry
3. The Killer
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
5. STILL: A Michael J. Fox Story

Favorite TV of 2023:

SETH

1. The Bear
2. Poker Face
3. The Afterparty
4. The Last of Us
5. Paul T. Goldman/Jury Duty (tie)

RYAN

1. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
2. Poker Face
3. Reservation Dogs
4. Succession
5. Yellow Jackets

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CREDITS
Hosts/Contestants: Ryan Polly (ryanpol.ly) and Seth Worley (sethworley.com) 
Key Art: Meg Lewis (meglewis.com)
Original Music: Bex Worley (bexworley.work)
Executive Producers: Grant Wakefield at Weekend Video and Anne Fogerty at Plot Devices

Seth and Ryan talk about movie theater experiences!

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CREDITS
Hosts/Contestants: Ryan Polly (ryanpolly.net) and Seth Worley (sethworley.com) 
Edited by: Rene Gomez (renegomez.net)
Key Art: Meg Lewis (meglewis.com)
Original Music: Ben Worley (benworley.work)
Executive Producers: Grant Wakefield at Weekend Video and Anne Fogerty at Plot Devices

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Seth and Ryan talk making movies in this week's Writers Room Talk Show!

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CREDITS
Hosts/Contestants: Ryan Polly (ryanpolly.net) and Seth Worley (sethworley.com) 
Edited by: Rene Gomez (renegomez.net)
Key Art: Meg Lewis (meglewis.com)
Original Music: Ben Worley (benworley.work)
Executive Producers: Grant Wakefield at Weekend Video and Anne Fogerty at Plot Devices

Join the WRGS Discord! https://discord.gg/CnKS4qSNJf

Check out writersroomgame.show to listen to all of our episodes and keep in touch. You can even submit some of your own studio mandates for us to add to the generator.

And don’t forget to rate and review our podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!

Ryan and Seth return next week! New episodes of The Writers Room Game Show every Wednesday wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Writers Room Game Show is a Weekend Video Production in association with Plot Devices

CREDITS
Hosts/Contestants: Ryan Polly (ryanpolly.net) and Seth Worley (sethworley.com) 
Edited by: Rene Gomez (renegomez.net)
Key Art: Meg Lewis (meglewis.com)
Original Music: Ben Worley (benworley.work)
Executive Producers: Grant Wakefield at Weekend Video and Anne Fogerty at Plot Devices

Join the WRGS Discord! https://discord.gg/CnKS4qSNJf

Check out writersroomgame.show to listen to all of our episodes and keep in touch. You can even submit some of your own studio mandates for us to add to the generator.

And don’t forget to rate and review our podcast on Apple Podcasts!

Originally published February 23, 2022 | GENRE: Courtroom Drama / TONE:  Laugh Out Loud / DEMO: Fans of Tim Burton / MANDATE: Three villains. 

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CREDITS
Hosts/Contestants: Ryan Polly (ryanpolly.net) and Seth Worley (sethworley.com) 
Edited by: Rene Gomez (renegomez.net)
Key Art: Meg Lewis (meglewis.com)
Original Music: Ben Worley (benworley.work)
Executive Producers: Grant Wakefield at Weekend Video and Anne Fogerty at Plot Devices

Got a better idea? We now have a Notes Hotline! Call 1 (866) HEY-WRGS and leave your name,  which movie idea your notes are regarding, and your notes! We want to hear how you would do the assignment better. By leaving a message you're consenting to us possibly playing your recording live on the air.

Join the WRGS Discord! https://discord.gg/uxqAxybWJj

Check out writersroomgame.show to listen to all of our episodes and keep in touch. You can even submit some of your own studio mandates for us to add to the generator.

And don’t forget to rate and review our podcast on Apple Podcasts!

Originally published November 10, 2021 | GENRE: Legend / TONE:  Thrilling As Hell / DEMO: Fans of the Jump Street franchise / MANDATE: Must have several 3D out of screen moments.

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CREDITS
Hosts/Contestants: Ryan Polly (ryanpolly.net) and Seth Worley (sethworley.com) 
Edited by: Rene Gomez (renegomez.net)
Key Art: Meg Lewis (meglewis.com)
Original Music: Ben Worley (benworley.work)
Executive Producers: Grant Wakefield at Weekend Video and Anne Fogerty at Plot Devices

Got a better idea? We now have a Notes Hotline! Call 1 (866) HEY-WRGS and leave your name,  which movie idea your notes are regarding, and your notes! We want to hear how you would do the assignment better. By leaving a message you're consenting to us possibly playing your recording live on the air. 

Check out writersroomgame.show to listen to all of our episodes and keep in touch. You can even submit some of your own studio mandates for us to add to the generator.

And don’t forget to rate and review our podcast on Apple Podcasts!

Originally published October 20, 2021 | GENRE: Cyber-Thriller / TONE: Inspiring / DEMO: Fans of Buster Keaton / MANDATE: Must be Rated-R.

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CREDITS
Hosts/Contestants: Ryan Polly (ryanpolly.net) and Seth Worley (sethworley.com) 
Edited by: Rene Gomez (renegomez.net)
Key Art: Meg Lewis (meglewis.com)
Original Music: Ben Worley (benworley.work)
Executive Producers: Grant Wakefield at Weekend Video and Anne Fogerty at Plot Devices

Got a better idea? We now have a Notes Hotline! Call 1 (866) HEY-WRGS and leave your name,  which movie idea your notes are regarding, and your notes! We want to hear how you would do the assignment better. By leaving a message you're consenting to us possibly playing your recording live on the air. 

Check out writersroomgame.show to listen to all of our episodes and keep in touch. You can even submit some of your own studio mandates for us to add to the generator.

And don’t forget to rate and review our podcast on Apple Podcasts!

Originally published July 21, 2021 | Genre: Martial Arts Movie / Tone: Quiet / Target Audience: Males 60+ / Studio Mandate: Studio needs this to be written for two Oscar winners from the past 10 years.

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CREDITS
Hosts/Contestants: Ryan Polly (ryanpolly.net) and Seth Worley (sethworley.com)
Focus Group: Katy Drake Bettner (https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm9587584?s=94b9ea86-f7b5-c11b-d277-3dec5cbf05a3&site_preference=normal)
Key Art: Meg Lewis (meglewis.com)
Original Music: Ben Worley (benworley.work)
Executive Producers: Grant Wakefield at Weekend Video and Anne Fogerty at Plot Devices
 

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Originally published September 8, 2021 | GENRE: Fantasy / TONE: Ironic / DEMO: Podcast Hosts / MANDATE: After seeing some huge success with lega-sequels, the studio is demanding this script be a direct sequel to a beloved 80s blockbuster set in modern day.

GOOGLE SEARCHES:  80s movies, legasequel, gremlins, ferris bueller release date, 2021 minus 1986

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CREDITS
Hosts/Contestants: Ryan Polly (ryanpolly.net) and Seth Worley (sethworley.com) 
Edited by: Rene Gomez (renegomez.net)
Key Art: Meg Lewis (meglewis.com)
Original Music: Ben Worley (benworley.work)
Executive Producers: Grant Wakefield at Weekend Video and Anne Fogerty at Plot Devices

Got a better idea? We now have a Notes Hotline! Call 1 (866) HEY-WRGS and leave your name,  which movie idea your notes are regarding, and your notes! We want to hear how you would do the assignment better. By leaving a message you're consenting to us possibly playing your recording live on the air. 

Check out writersroomgame.show to listen to all of our episodes and keep in touch. You can even submit some of your own studio mandates for us to add to the generator.

Today's ad music was provided by MusicBed. License unlimited music for your projects by subscribing to  MusicBed with our special Writers Room Game Show link: http://share.mscbd.fm/writersroomgameshow

And don’t forget to rate and review our podcast on Apple Podcasts!

Originally released August 25, 2021
Oscar winner Josh Cooley (Toy Story 4, Inside Out, the upcoming Tower of Terror and Transformers) joins us to write a murder mystery based on a Bob Dylan song!

GENRE: Murder Mystery / TONE: Tongue-In-Cheek / DEMO: Dads / MANDATE: Studio has acquired the entire Bob Dylan library and wants us to title the movie after one of his songs.

GOOGLE SEARCHES:  Bob Dylan songs, top Bob Dylan songs, do dads love farms, murder mystery movies, events on a farm, person killed by rooster?, Chuck E. Cheese characters, Mr. Munch

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Got a better idea? We now have a Notes Hotline! Call 1 (866) HEY-WRGS and leave your name,  which movie idea your notes are regarding, and your notes! We want to hear how you would do the assignment better. By leaving a message you're consenting to us possibly playing your recording live on the air. 

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Sponsored by Plot Devices
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CREDITS
Hosts/Contestants: Ryan Polly (ryanpolly.net) Seth Worley (sethworley.com) and Josh Cooley (shorturl.at/gltDV)
Edited by: Rene Gomez (renegomez.net)
Focus Group: Courtney Ware (shorturl.at/wFXY7)
Key Art: Meg Lewis (meglewis.com)
Original Music: Ben Worley (benworley.work)
Executive Producers: Grant Wakefield at Weekend Video and Anne Fogerty at Plot Devices

Check out writersroomgame.show to listen to all of our episodes and keep in touch. You can even submit some of your own studio mandates for us to add to the generator.

And don’t forget to rate and review our podcast on Apple Podcasts!