7 Spin-Off TV Show Ideas For When The GOP Debates End
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The golden age of television has brought us some compelling dramas about bad men in a tough world. Our favorite: the GOP debates.
It exposed the hypocrisy behind American businessmen like Mad Men; asked troubling societal questions like The Wire; and featured more gruesome exits than Game of Thrones.
As we approach the series finale, there are lingering questions, like who will survive the bloody final battle: Donald Trump or America? And what about all of the friends we made along the way—what happens to those guys, like Jeb, Doc and Little Marco? They may not all win in the end, but that doesn’t mean their story has to be over. We’re hoping to see a tasteful spin-off that complements the journey we just went on, like a Better Call Saul to the Breaking Bad that was the GOP debates. And to help Hollywood out, here are a few pitches.
1. Jeb Bush: Nobody Loves Jeb!
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Jeb’s dumb doughy face and irrepressible earnestness makes him perfect for a traditional sitcom on CBS.
The premise will be based on his real-life—he’s a guy who lost everything and now has to move back in with his parents, George and Barbara, while putting up with his dim-witted younger brother W., who won’t stop teasing him over being the only Bush to run for president and lose. Eventually, the studio audience will itself become a character when Jeb eventually cracks and starts screaming for everyone to please, please clap, just for once, please fucking clap. We’ll pan to reveal the studio audience has been mannequins the entire time and cut to black. That’s how every single episode ends.
2. Ben Carson: Dr. Ben
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A medical drama starring Ben Carson? Sounds like a sure-fire success to us, eh networks?
Here’s how we see it: Dr. Carson is an amnesiac surgeon who might be mentally handicapped. He wanders throughout the hospital utterly confused at all times. The opening titles tell us he once separated conjoined twins and he will mention this at least once per scene, too. Each episode will culminate in a dramatic surgery. First, Dr. Ben will save the hospital money on anesthesia by using the natural rhythm of his voice to lull patients into a deep sleep. Then, Dr. Ben will spend the entire surgery indignantly asking the other doctors why they aren’t paying enough attention to him despite his contributing nothing.
