Prank For Hire Business

Idea: A business that you can hire to perform a prank on someone (like in the Norm MacDonald movie "Dirty Work"). Also: prank examples such as fish in cars, "Zoombombing", faking charitable donations on someone's behalf, tricking a public figure like in the movie "Borat", etc.; brainstorming a business name, such as "Leach's Pranks For Hire: For People Who Suck"; using leverage to break the law when pranking people to avoid getting ratted out; the risk of giving overly vague instructions to employees (like "take care of this guy") and accidentally causing a mob-style hit

Dan Leach (Facebook: @dan.leach.94) 
Lisa Green (Instagram: @lisagreencomedy Linktree: @depottowncomedy)
Steve Pierce (Facebook: @steve.pierce.905837)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Rug Tufting Machine (and Other Crafting Machine) Rental Service

Idea: A rental service for large and/or expensive crafting equipment, such as rug tufting machines, 3D printers, and metalworking machines. Also: dreaming for years about rug tufting or doing out-of-reach crafting projects; joking about rug tufting risks, possible injuries, and whether training and insurance ("Tuft Break") are required; tufting a soft comfy rug onto a T-shirt or the butt of your pants ("Rug Tuft Jeans"); a crafting scandal involving stolen painted rocks

Emily Clark (Facebook: @emily.clark.798 Linktree: @do.you.know.your.emily)
Tom Brown (thetombrown.com Facebook: @thetombrown)
Ricarlo Winston (Facebook: @Ricarlo.thecomedian Laughter on the Lakeshore Comedy Fest (Facebook))
Scott Fischer (Facebook: @scott.fischer.980)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

De-Shelled Non-Beaten Eggs Sold in a Bottle

Idea: To sell de-shelled (but not beaten) eggs in a small plastic or glass bottle (like a Sunny D or Snapple bottle) so people don't have to worry about accidentally cracking the shell while making eggs. Also: people are lazy enough to buy de-shelled eggs and might even start associating "shelled eggs" with poor people; putting real eggs in toy plastic egg shells and then ruining a kid's Easter; breaking glass bottles containing eggs and recreating the movie "Die Hard" but with eggs; why Cheryl's mind is blown by chickens

Eric Wilson (Facebook: @eric.wilson.712 Instagram: @ericwilsonlive)
James River (Facebook: @jamesrivercomedy Instagram: @cesarspubcomedy)
Cheryl Stoner (Facebook: @cheryl.stoner.comedian Instagram: @cherylstonercomedian)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

1980s Action Fitness

Idea: A 1980s-themed fitness center/camp, including Rocky/Rambo/Schwarzenegger movies on all of the TVs and inspirational "Eye of the Tiger"-style songs for all of the music, old-school karate and martial-art classes which have been made obsolete by MMA, Footloose-"Dirty Dancing" themed dance classes and dance-offs, etc. Also: a "Point Break"-themed pool, a Deathsport-style underground fighting tournament, breakdancing, instructors wearing blue jeans and smoking cigars, etc.; a real-life roller derby "running of the bulls" bar crawl where the derby girls smack people with pool noodles

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)

Diverse Mall Santa Service

Idea: A service that provides multiple mall Santas of different races, genders, cultures, etc. Also: unique characteristics of the different flavors of Santa, such as an Irish Santa with a red beard and a thick accent that the kids can't understand; kids choosing a race of Santa that they think will give them the most presents or switching Santas if they didn't get the present they wanted the previous Christmas; a SantaBot controlled remotely by someone of the desired race from a call center; this idea must be implemented quickly before DEI goes away

Idea: A service that provides multiple mall Santas of different races, genders, cultures
Also: characteristics of the different flavors of Santa: an Irish Santa with a red beard and thick accent the kids can't understand; kids choosing the Santa they think will give more presents pic.twitter.com/2S0qa58kCs

— Creativity Wasted Podcast (@creativitywaste) December 7, 2024

Donte Lillard (Linktree: @dontelillard Facebook: @DogComicProductions)
JT Motley (YouTube: @JTMotley Facebook: @jamie.kidmoten)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Car Wind Chimes

Idea: Wind chimes that hang from the rear-view mirror of your car, which was a business idea his mom had when he was a kid. Also: questioning whether a wind chime clanging every time you use the brakes would be annoying; worrying that your mom's bad business idea will bankrupt the family

Idea: Wind chimes that hang from the rear-view mirror of your car, which was a business idea Steve's mom had when he was a kid. Also: clanging every time you brake might be annoying; worrying that your mom's bad business idea will bankrupt the family pic.twitter.com/0aCk8c0OQg

— Creativity Wasted Podcast (@creativitywaste) October 29, 2024

Fat Steve (Instagram: @fatstevecomedy)
Emmanuel Lechuga (Instagram: @emmanuel_lechuga_comedy)
Ryan Brown (Linktree: @brownryancomedy Instagram: @brownryancomedy)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Family Tree Rotten Apple Finding Service

Idea: A semi-satirical DNA-analyzing and family tree investigation service that only tells you negative aspects of your family tree, such as ancestors who did evil things, parents who aren't actually your biological parents, and inherited diseases that will probably kill you. Also: it could "unite everyone in hating where we come from"; maybe everyone should be forced to use this service in order to "air out everyone's dirty laundry" all at once; it might backfire if teenage boys find it "metal" and exciting to be related to a historical villain; this service could also solve historical crimes "for evil reasons" i.e. to bum out the murderer's descendants

Pam Palmieri (Facebook Personal: @pam.palmieri Instagram: @pampalmiericomedy Comedy Shows (Facebook): @Comedy/Productions Pam Palmieri)
Alex Wilson (Facebook: @mralexwilson YouTube: @thedropoutprofessor Web: the-dropout-professor.medium.com)
Bryan Deuchler (Facebook: BryanDeuchler Podcast (Web): cartoontonic.buzzsprout.com)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Corgis and Comedy

Idea: A standup comedy show in a "corgi cafe" where comedians have to compete with corgis for the audience's attention. The corgi may be on stage and there may be a vote or a penalty (such as reduced stage time) for losing against the corgi. Also: corgi vs. doge; the corgi and the comic must abide by the same rules (ex: if the dog barks, the comic can bark); unusual and nightmare comedy shows, such as a show where they shock the comic, a show in an insane asylum, and a show where a baby threw a diaper at the comic

Jen Frissina (Facebook: @jen.frissina)
Steve Smargon (Facebook; @steve.smargon Intagram: @bipolarmarine)
Bruce Umpstead (Facebook: @umpstead Instagram: @bruceumpstead)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Lucky Undy

Idea: Underwear with sports team logos or colors on them to be worn on game nights for luck. Also: making your friend wear your team's underwear on the outside of his pants as a penalty for losing a bet; giving yourself a wedgie to show your team spirit; complementary undies for couples; questioning whether "undy" is a real word or whether it's always plural, i.e. a "pair of undies"

Jen Frissina (Facebook: @jen.frissina)
Steve Smargon (Facebook; @steve.smargon Intagram: @bipolarmarine)
Bruce Umpstead (Facebook: @umpstead Instagram: @bruceumpstead)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Junk Mail Prevention Service

Idea: A service where the post office filters out your junk mail for a monthly fee (either all junk mail or junk mail from specific companies that you specify). Also: maybe a kid could drive through the neighborhood after the mailman, filter out the junk mail, and give it to the homeless, or to someone else to use as insulation or something useful; a trenchcoat or puffy coat that allows you to add padding, such as junk mail or other clothing (to allow you to travel without bringing a suitcase); Skippy is shocked that Tom gets almost no junk mail

Niko Lukoff (Linktree: @LaughYourLukoff)
Justin Hicks (Facebook: justin.hicks.92798)
Skippy Rose (Instagram: skippyrosecomedy YouTube: @SkippyRoseComedy)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

DM's Sliders Restaurant

Idea: A restaurant that specializes in White Castle style sliders (which Brandon knows how to cook) and is themed around dirty jokes relating to "sliding into someone's DMs" and sexting, such as "DICK PICKles", ketchup packets labelled as "Sup?", and placemats with people's faces on them so you can get sauce all over them. Also: ordering the food via text using dirty talk and emojis; the wait staff could either "play it straight", talk dirty and use dirty jokes and puns, or act super offended; having a separate room behind a video store style beaded doorway for the more explicitly adult-themed jokes and menu, so normal people and maybe even kids can feel comfortable in the main area of the restaurant

Idea: DM's Sliders
A restaurant that specializes in sliders & is themed around dirty jokes relating to "sliding into someone's DMs" & sexting, such as "DICK PICKles", ketchup packets labelled as "Sup?", and placemats with people's faces on them so you can get sauce on their face pic.twitter.com/p0VCFxz9aq

— Creativity Wasted Podcast (@creativitywaste) April 14, 2024

Pam Krugman (Facebook: @pam.krugman YouTube: @pamkrugman6858)
Yogi Singh (Facebook: @theyogmeister Instagram: @theyogmeister)
Brandon Birk
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Foul-Smelling Scented Candles

Idea: Scented candles with scents that most people would find bad, but which you enjoy, such as gasoline, lawn clippings, Newports (which smell like home), etc. Also: a prank candle that smells like natural gas; using a foul-smelling scented candle to intentionally end a bad Netflix-and-Chill session; a scented candle made from belly button lint that sparkles when the small hairs ignite

Brian Atkinson (Web: brianacomedian Facebook: @BrianAcomedian)
Amanda VK (Instagram: @amandavk_does_comedy)
C-Dub (Instagram: @budsfromcdub)
Morgan Sterling (Facebook: @morgbot)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Weather Gambling

Idea: An app for gambling on the weather. Also: a racing-themed gambling game on when a storm will arrive and a dart-themed gambling game on where lightning will strike; the mob corrupting the weatherman and causingg him to lie during the weather forecast; predicting rainbows and a PSA warning people of the dangers of car accidents from watching rainbows while driving; elderly women dominating weather gambling by using weather-predicting birds and/or sensing the weather with their achy joints

Sarah Marchi (Instagram: @smartimarchi)
Jason Thompson (Instagram: @jason_thompson_comedy YouTube: @TAMMpON)
Calvin G Baker (Instagram: @calvinbakercomedy)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Remote Buffet

Idea: A buffet where you order your food by watching a live video feed (while you're at a drive-thru or using an app) and telling a worker who's at the buffet what foods to grab. Also: using robots to scoop the food and/or deliver the food; having it count calories as they scoop, and using the remote buffet for all of your meals to ensure portion control to lose weight; drive-thru liquor stores using "growlers" and other refillable containers to buy the exact quantity of alcohol that you want; an embarrassing childhood buffet incident at Ponderosa Steakhouse

Lisa Green (Instagram: @lisagreencomedy Facebook: @depottowncomedy)
Todd Garvey (Facebook: @todd.garvey.716)
Rio Riojas (Beacons.ai (similar to Linktree): @drdecide Podcast: Cornbread and Beans)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

International House of Toilets

Idea: A commercialized bathroom that contains different types of toilets from around the world (bidets, pit toilets, etc.), so you can try them out before traveling or before buying one, and to allow foreigners to use a familiar type of toilet. Also: extra clothes for the case of mishaps, such as a knee snapping and causing you to fall into a pit toilet; an "assport" as a souvenir with stamps indicating which nation's toilets you've successfully used; the World War 2 challenge; a "gravy enema" to "put one in the chamber" to try out the toilet; Tom didn't know how an enema works

Sean Francis (Facebook: @seanfrancisco27 Linktree: @comedyoutletmondays)
Rachel Santos (Facebook: @comedian.rachel.santos Instagram: @rachelskindafunny)
Johnny Santos (Linktree: @johnnyskindafunny)
James River (Instagram: @jamesrivercomedy)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Funeral Brigade

Idea: A service to hire entertainers (celebs, magicians, etc.) for your funeral or a funeral of a loved one, so the funeral is less sad and has more of the feel of a social gathering that celebrates the life of the deceased. Also: secretly hiring celebrity actors to pretend that they were your friend; inappropriate laughter at a funeral; funeral pranks, such as hiring the "Weekend at Bernie's" actors or having the Publisher's Clearing House barge into the funeral and then say that they can't give away the money because the person is deceased

Chris Young (Web: crhisyoungcomic Comedy Special Video: Buoyant Mon on Dry Bar Comedy)
David Lesneiski (Instagram: @themexican734 Facebook: @ComedyByDavid)
Jon King (Facebook: @Kinetikai Instagram: @kinetikai)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

City Socks

Idea: Vending machines in cities that contain socks and other cheap items that you might occasionally need due to weather or other scenarios when you're out on the town, such as socks (if your feet got wet from stepping in a puddle or something), sticks of deodorant ("City Sticks), hairbrushes and dry shampoo, sunblock, tampons, etc. Also: putting a baby blue silhouette of your city's skyline on the socks; you could re-use the Japanese used-panty vending machines; questioning whether there would be a social stigma to be seen in public wearing "city socks"; this might cause alleys in cities to be strewn with used condoms and soggy socks

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Niles Nowak (Instagram: @nilestheriver Instagram: @dogcomicproductions)
Nicole Melnyk (Instagram: @mcfancyvonpants TikTok: @nicolemelnyk Facebook: @DogComicProductions)
Allison Armstrong (Instagram: @allison.alarmstro Facebook: @Alarmstro)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Get Out of N-Word Free Card

Idea: A physical card available for purchase which allows people who aren't black to say the N-word, such as when singing along with a rap song (but not in anger and not ending with a "hard R"). Also: participation may vary; a shockingly racist slang for a snack food, and whether or not the card will allow you to eat it; paying retroactively; would paying for permission ruin the fun of saying it

Shilpa Rege (Facebook: @shilparege Instagram: @shilparege)
Scott Sviland (Instagram: @allergy_probs Facebook: @scott.sviland)
Devarron Thomas (Facebook: @devarron Instagram: @skinnyfatdude1)
Chase Richard (Linktree: @imchaserichard YouTube: @dogcomicproductions)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Performance Venue Info and Signup App

Idea: An app to be used by amateur performers (primarily open mic comedians, but also maybe musicians, improv actors, etc.) to sign up to perform and to share info about the venue, including whether performers get a free drink (or have to buy drink(s)), whether it's safe for women, whether the bathrooms are clean, whether performers openly use drugs (and which drugs), etc. Also: how weird it is that everyone still uses Facebook to sign up for open mics; a feature to help you connect with other performers to hang out and/or to feel safe; brainstorming a title, such as Greenroom, Green Book, Mic Rate, etc.; merch for the app, such as a cup which performers could bring to the venue to get discounted drinks and so they don't have to drink out of a gross poorly-washed glass at a dive bar; passing a McDonalds burger backstage from person to person, each person taking a bite

Shilpa Rege (Facebook: @shilparege Instagram: @shilparege)
Scott Sviland (Instagram: @allergy_probs Facebook: @scott.sviland)
Devarron Thomas (Facebook: @devarron Instagram: @skinnyfatdude1)
Chase Richard (Linktree: @imchaserichard YouTube: @dogcomicproductions)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Chest Freezer Camping

Idea: To camp in a large insulated and temperature-controlled box which is similar to a chest freezer, because it'd be much cheaper than an RV, and because the only time you really need to be enclosed and comfortable while camping is when trying to sleep. Also: an extra-wide 2-person version; a duel-use chest freezer with a normal chest freezer lid and a special camping lid that allows you to breathe and/or pops up like a tent; a lifting accessory to help you get it into and out of the back of a pickup truck; protection from wolves, bobcats, and possibly even bears; the possibility of being mocked by or creeping out other campers

Dustin Cole (Facebook: @dustincolecomedy Instagram: @dustncole)
Casey Curran (YouTube: @Squavipwn Facebook: @casey.curran.54)
Darius Walker (Facebook: @darius.t.walker.1 Instagram: @the_dariuswalker)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)