Wasted Creativity Museum

Idea: A museum based on the ideas that were brainstormed on this podcast, including a "Wes Wing" for Wes's ideas. Also: a few new ideas to put in the Wes Wing, including a toaster that stamps designs on your toast, a chainsaw whose speed is dependent on the volume of your screams, an alarm that wakes you up by insulting you, Bluetooth underwear, etc.; a museum/store for both silly patents/inventions and prototype inventions (so you can provide helpful feedback to the inventors); companies that blatantly steal the ideas/patents of other companies; Tom thinks a camera on a toothbrush is actually a good idea; in 50 years, the podcast will provide a unique perspective into the zeitgeist of the time

Erik Bauer (Facebook: @erikbauer)
Chris Young (chrisyoungcomic.com Instagram: @chrisyoungcomic)
Wes Allen (Facebook: @wes.allen.264240 Instagram: @wesallencomedy Email: wesallencomedy@gmail.com)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Shark Attack VR Fitness Goggles

Idea: Swim goggles to wear while exercising that use VR or augmented reality to make it look like you're being chased by a shark (or zombie or clown or whatever) to scare you to make you run or swim faster. Also: unlike a VR headset, you won't sweat in them and they won't break if you fall down; if you wore them in the ocean, you might misinterpret a real shark as a fake shark and get eaten, or they could augment your view of a dead coral reef to make it look prettier; Erik's "bacon-by-the-foot" patent

Erik Bauer (Facebook: @erikbauer)
Chris Young (chrisyoungcomic.com Instagram: @chrisyoungcomic)
Wes Allen (Facebook: @wes.allen.264240 Instagram: @wesallencomedy Email: wesallencomedy@gmail.com)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Clown Busses

Idea: To see how many clowns fit in a school bus and/or for clown cars/busses to be used for public transportation. Also: lots of dark humor about clowns; environmentally-friendly clown mass transit where you replace your carbon footprint with a giant clown shoe footprint; that time a group of clowns came to a local standup comedy open mic

Sherry Hoenicke (Instagram: @hobcomedy Facebook: @sherry.hoenickebarnes)
Donovan Tesin (Instagram: @donovantesin Facebook: @DonovanTesin)
James River (Instagram: @jamesrivercomedy Facebook: @jamesrivercomedy Cash App: $jamesrivercomedy)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Loud Bike Horn

Idea: A horn for bicycles which is less rude than a normal bike horn but also louder than a normal bike horn to get drivers to better notice the bicyclist for safety reasons. Also: maybe you need a quiet "excuse me" horn and a loud "oh, crap" horn; tricking out a bicycle with weapons like a James Bond car; poor sidewalks, traffic, and the danger of bicycling in the city; questioning whether you can you get a DUI on a bicycle (BUI?), the impossibility of being intensely drunk while riding a bicycle or motorcycle, and a bike horn that "sounds drunk" when the bicyclist is drunk

Sherry Hoenicke (Instagram: @hobcomedy Facebook: @sherry.hoenickebarnes)
Donovan Tesin (Instagram: @donovantesin Facebook: @DonovanTesin)
James River (Instagram: @jamesrivercomedy Facebook: @jamesrivercomedy Cash App: $jamesrivercomedy)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

"Boomer Ring" Rotary Cell Phone

Idea: A cell phone that is used exactly like an old-fashioned cordless phone or rotary phone so boomers who don't understand cell phones can still use the phone in nursing homes without land lines. Also: it would be better than kludging together Magic Jack with WiFi or a cell phone paired with a Bluetooth cordless phone; hipsters and recovering cell phone addicts might also want to use it; nursing homes might not supply phones to every room because their tenants would run up adult phone line bills or fall prey to scams; in the future we'll communicate directly with our minds and elderly Millennials/GenYs/GenZs in nursing homes who can't figure out the mind phones will have to buy special old-timey cell phones

Sherry Hoenicke (Instagram: @hobcomedy Facebook: @sherry.hoenickebarnes)
Donovan Tesin (Instagram: @donovantesin Facebook: @DonovanTesin)
James River (Instagram: @jamesrivercomedy Facebook: @jamesrivercomedy Cash App: $jamesrivercomedy)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Unibrow Story

An episode where the idea was a short story about a woman with a unibrow, but we mostly forgot to talk about the story and instead comedically riffed about unibrows the entire time. Also: the character with the unibrow could be the unwanted person who holds people together (just like the hair connecting their eyebrows); nose hair that sticks out and becomes part of a mustache; having a unibrow is a conscious choice; a hairstylist being unable to talk people out of unibrows and bald spot mullets and other bad hair decisions

Lucky Lee (Instagram: @luckyleecomedy Web: chelsealuckyleewoudstra.weebly.com)
David Carson (Email Newsletter: david-carson.com Blog: dumbify.beehiiv.com)
Carl Sobel (Linktree: @Carl_Sobel_Comedy Open Mic facebook.com/ComedyNightAtRiverCitySaloon)
Krinker (Facebook: @ryan.krinker)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Hi-Tech Neighborhood Watch

Idea: Mini local surveillance networks where people in a neighborhood share access to their outdoor cameras with each other and use state-of-the-art software to detect gunshots, follow people from camera to camera, etc. The police wouldn't have direct access to the video, but the people could manually send video to the police if they choose to do so. Also: it is meant to be the opposite of "big brother" mass surveillance; people in the neighborhood might provide more humanity and understand the context of a situation better than police doing "big brother"-style mass police surveillance (for example, people in the neighborhood might only report the most dangerous criminals); watching your loved ones from camera-to-camera as they walk to the bus to make sure they're safe

Rishabh Heer (Instagram: @rishheer Facebook: @rish.heer)
Norman Dwayne (Instagram: @normandwaynecomedy Facebook: @norman.dwayne.365305)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Slower Lawn Growth Ideas

Brainstorming ideas to slow lawn growth so you don't have to mow the lawn as often, such as pouring coffee on it, having weedwackers that come out of the ground, shocking the grass with freezing cold water, etc. Also: people in the past and people in the future will be shocked that we spent so much time and labor on our lawns; using humanoid robots to do Flintstones-like manual labor (like using "washing boards" to wash clothes by hand) instead of using machines like dishwashers, washing machines, and even weedwackers; the risk of ruining the ground and creating a sinkhole that destroys your house while trying crazy things to try to slow down the lawn growth

Rishabh Heer (Instagram: @rishheer Facebook: @rish.heer)
Norman Dwayne (Instagram: @normandwaynecomedy Facebook: @norman.dwayne.365305)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

IRL Chat Finder App

Idea: An app in which you electronically connect with (or match with) nearby strangers when you're in a public social venue (like a bar) so then you can more easily physically approach them to chat, make friends, flirt, etc. Also: there could be a feature to pay the stranger to talk to you (instead of buying them a beer); the app could have venue-specific features such as to join a group at a "board game bar" or join a team or find an opponent at a sports complex; the app could have you list favorite conversation topics and/or the type of people you want to talk to (such as women who only want to talk to other women); possible downsides of the app, such as coming off as desperate and how paying for conversations could encourage fake non-sincere social interactions

Rishabh Heer (Instagram: @rishheer Facebook: @rish.heer)
Norman Dwayne (Instagram: @normandwaynecomedy Facebook: @norman.dwayne.365305)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Text Editor That Only Allows Words From Language Translation Databases

Idea: A text editor that enables exact language translation of text by only allowing you to type words contained in a series of small language translation databases (basic words, words related to a particular business, etc.) Also: there would be no need for AI to make guesses regarding language translations; it'd take longer to write because if you wanted to use a word that wasn't in one of the translation databases you'd have to figure out a different way to say what you want to say; the translation databases could be transmitted as an attachment with the email or text file

Tyler Beans (Facebook: @tyler.warmbein.3)
Emeka Nriagu (Facebook: @emeka.nriagu Instagram: @emurkadurk)
Ben Champion (Instagram: @_champ_is.here Facebook: @ben.champion.39)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Tornado Lights

Idea: To fly swarms of tiny drones with bright lights on them into tornadoes so people can easily see the tornadoes for safety reasons. Also: the tiny drones could be released from self-driving large military drones or self-driving cars; some of the drones could have audio sirens (for rural areas without tornado alarms) and some could make a line in the sky to show the projected future path of the tornado; if the tornado lights were too pretty people would walk outside to see them and get killed (kind of like bugs flying into a bug light)

Melissa Brandt (Instagram: @melissabrandtraps Facebook: @melissa.beaver.94)
Heather VanGheluwe (Instagram: @heathervangiggles Tiktok: @heathervangiggles Facebook: @comedian.heather.vangheluwe)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Alliance of Lazy Substitute Teachers

Idea: For substitute teachers to work together to leverage the teacher shortage to pressure schools to let them show videos or do easy teaching instead of having to quickly learn complex lesson plans. Also: a designation after the lazy substitute teacher's name that is "the opposite of a doctorate" (ex: "Melissa Brandt, ZZZ"); getting lost in the school trying to take the students to the gym; trying to teach music when you don't know how to play an instrument

Melissa Brandt (Instagram: @melissabrandtraps Facebook: @melissa.beaver.94)
Heather VanGheluwe (Instagram: @heathervangiggles Tiktok: @heathervangiggles Facebook: @comedian.heather.vangheluwe)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Nose Ring Prank

A prank idea that Heather is planning for this year's April Fools Day, which is to trick her husband into thinking she got a nose ring. Also: ideas to enhance the prank, such as to make it a septum ring, make her voice sound funny, wear a full goth outfit with it, etc.; the risk of her husband liking it and wanting her to keep it; piercings and their issues, including infection, smelling bad, etc.; previously performed pranks, including a kitchen sink prank and a prank-like surprise trip

Melissa Brandt (Instagram: @melissabrandtraps Facebook: @melissa.beaver.94)
Heather VanGheluwe (Instagram: @heathervangiggles Tiktok: @heathervangiggles Facebook: @comedian.heather.vangheluwe)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Stadium Cable Cars and Ferris Wheels

Idea: To build cheap sports stadiums with no upper deck and instead to surround the stadium with machines or rides to lift people up to view the game, such as cable cars, Ferris wheels, swing set swings that go straight up and down, etc. Also: drone vendors to bring food to people sitting in these machines; bussing the machines between stadiums (like a traveling carnival) based on ticket demand; lengthening time between innings or quarters to give people sitting in these machines more time come down and go pee; fun over-the-top ideas such as tour busses that become a row of seats, human pneumatic tubes, and giant balloons; the weird baseball stadium vendor accent vs. the Boston accent and discussing the Midwestern/Michigan accent

Turbulence Tyme (Facebook: @Turbulencetyme Instagram: @turbulencetyme Instagram: @newworldcomedynwc)
Dave Jones (Facebook: @comedian.davejones.5 Instagram: @comediandavejones Facebook: New World Comedy)
Kate Doré (Facebook: @katredhatred Instagram: @katredhatred Podcast (Spotify): 3 Shots Down)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Social Media Positivity Filter or App

Idea: A social media app or filter which blocks or limits the amount of negative news stories and negative social media posts you can view, for the sake of your mental health and happiness. Also: it could display a hint/preview of a negative story with the sad details hidden behind a cute puppy photo, in which case you'd have to "click to expand" to see the sad details; the desire to still be shown "funny bad news", such as a 100-car pileup where nobody died; our hatred of "vagueposting" when we're trying to limit our exposure to the news; an idea for a social network that is only about pets and animals; the need for more templates (similar to "reported safe from xxx" or "happy birthday" reminders) to coax/help people post different types of good personal news (for example, to remind people to take a "before" picture for their "weight loss journey" and to store that picture for later, i.e. when they want to announce that their weight loss goal was achieved)

Turbulence Tyme (Facebook: @Turbulencetyme Instagram: @turbulencetyme Instagram: @newworldcomedynwc)
Dave Jones (Facebook: @comedian.davejones.5 Instagram: @comediandavejones Facebook: New World Comedy)
Kate Doré (Facebook: @katredhatred Instagram: @katredhatred Podcast (Spotify): 3 Shots Down)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Pawn Shop Cartoon

Idea: A cartoon series set in a pawn shop where the items in the shop talk to each other, tell stories of their past, and speculate about their former and future owners. Also: showcasing diverse cultures, languages/accents, and time-specific cartoon/art styles based on the origin of the item; story lines such as paired items being separated, fake gold jewelry telling lies (because they're fake), an owner repeating pawning and buying back an item, etc; a mix of weird items such as musical instruments, grandfather clocks, fake jewelry, beekeeping poles, etc.

Turbulence Tyme (Facebook: @Turbulencetyme Instagram: @turbulencetyme Instagram: @newworldcomedynwc)
Dave Jones (Facebook: @comedian.davejones.5 Instagram: @comediandavejones Facebook: New World Comedy)
Kate Doré (Facebook: @katredhatred Instagram: @katredhatred Podcast (Spotify): 3 Shots Down)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

New Noah's Ark Livestream and TV Show

Idea: To try to recreate Noah's Ark on a giant ship and show the 40-day voyage attempt on a continuous livestream and a TV show. Also: it could use a modified cruise ship, a floating biodome, or maybe even a spaceship; using horses and other animals to do work (such as pulling carts full of food or poop) to allow 2 people to run the Ark; the ridiculously large number of species of beetles, the possibility of that being scientific fraud, and skipping similar species for the Ark if little kids can't tell the difference between them; you could record how many species survive the 40 days and try again every year, learning from mistakes and iteratively improving the Ark

Turbulence Tyme (Facebook: @Turbulencetyme Instagram: @turbulencetyme Instagram: @newworldcomedynwc)
Dave Jones (Facebook: @comedian.davejones.5 Instagram: @comediandavejones Facebook: New World Comedy)
Kate Doré (Facebook: @katredhatred Instagram: @katredhatred Podcast (Spotify): 3 Shots Down)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Toilet Table

Idea: A small foldable table to be used while sitting on the toilet and that can be stored on the toilet when not in use. It could replace the toilet seat lid, replace the toilet tank lid (or mount on top of a special toilet tank lid), or be stored in a slot behind the toilet tank. Also: some items such as coffee cups can be placed on a wet bathroom sink, but other items like your phone or a magazine cannot be placed on a wet sink and would be more appropriately placed on a small table; questioning whether you would be socially punished if people found out that you had a table in front of the toilet; giving it an exotic European-sounding name (like "Skorza") and then pretending that toilet tables are common in Europe

Ken Carlson (Facebook: @KenCarlsonCT)
Justin Chupp (Facebook: @justin.chupp.346521 Instagram: @straightwhitemayo Open Mic (Facebook): @spicystandup)
Kevin Kelling (Facebook: @kevin.kelling.52 Instagram: @kevin.kelling.52 Instagram: @comedy.at.boldgr)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Urban Agricultural Pyramids

Idea: To build giant hollow mountain-sized pyramids in large cities and grow food on flat terraces on the outside of the pyramids. Also: foods which require high elevation would be grown on the top of the pyramids; they could cause rain, shade cities, and/or block tornadoes from cities (or cause a deadly veggie tornado); using the pyramids for other stuff such as "pumped storage" power generators, cell phone towers (which might lead to a fear of eating "5G grapes"), tourism, etc.; once we have millions of robots that build everything, the cost of building a giant hollow pyramid could come way down

Ken Carlson (Facebook: @KenCarlsonCT)
Justin Chupp (Facebook: @justin.chupp.346521 Instagram: @straightwhitemayo Open Mic (Facebook): @spicystandup)
Kevin Kelling (Facebook: @kevin.kelling.52 Instagram: @kevin.kelling.52 Instagram: @comedy.at.boldgr)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Survivalist Duel-Use Foods

Ideas (both silly and serious) for foods which have additional practical uses during an apocalypse, such as inflatable bagels as flotation devices, sharp-edged foods as weapons, pop tarts as sticky notes, fruit roll-ups as clothing, etc. Also: Tom's apocalypse stash of greenhouse plastic; the problem of accumulating hair on 100 year spaceship journeys; garbage bags full of used toilet paper can be packed against the walls and used as insulation, which is a similar instinct to how birds use poop to hold together the straw or branches in their nests

Ken Carlson (Facebook: @KenCarlsonCT)
Justin Chupp (Facebook: @justin.chupp.346521 Instagram: @straightwhitemayo Open Mic (Facebook): @spicystandup)
Kevin Kelling (Facebook: @kevin.kelling.52 Instagram: @kevin.kelling.52 Instagram: @comedy.at.boldgr)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)