Therapist For Reptiles

Idea: To become a scam therapist for pet reptiles. Also: a TV show like "The Dog Whisperer" for reptiles, but where you actually whisper to the reptiles, with your head right next to an alligator's jaws; Tim's anecdote of accidentally traumatizing a reptile; to make money helping reptiles relax before being "factory farmed" (so the meat tastes better) or before being smuggled into the US along with 40 other reptiles inside a guy's trench coat; to hire a former reptile hunter/catcher who had a career-ending injury and can no longer physically do his job as a reptile therapist

Michela VanDam (Facebook: @michela.vandam Instagram: @mkela17) 
Tim Russ (Instagram: @timrussacomic Facebook: @feerslugteacher)
Dan Feister (Instagram: @buddyfeastepisodetwo Podcast: Not Real)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Meat Gum

Idea (satire): Gum that tastes like meat or a savory, meat-based meal, to help you lose weight, enjoy the taste of foods you'd otherwise be allergic to, etc. Also: brainstorming silly flavors and product names, such as "Gum-A-Petit" and "Bluekake"; combining tomato gum, lettuce gum, and beef gum to create a burger taste; the risk of blowing bubbles with your meat gum and getting attacked by a dog or a bear; using toddlers to manufacture the gum because they don't have the teeth to chew (i.e. steal) the gum; you can leave the gum on a park bench and a deer will come take it (and later die) so you don't have to clean the bench

Greag Brown (Facebook: @gbcherub Podcast (Apple): The Gregs of Society)
Rye Grae (Instagram: @ryegrae81)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Delivery Person Yard Obstacle Course TV Show

Idea: A TV show where ordinary people build obstacle courses in their yards that delivery people have to traverse to get to the porch to drop off the package. If the delivery person succeeds (they don't drop it or give up or exceed a time limit), they get a reward (such as getting to pee in the house instead of into a bottle in the delivery truck), and if they fail, the homeowner who created the obstacle course gets a reward (such as choosing an additional package from the delivery truck). Also: examples of obstacles could include water or foam pits, tennis ball shooters, dogs, snakes, slides, and mousetraps; the employer would need to give the delivery person a break from their strict driving schedule to enable them to do an obstacle course; the obstacle course could double-up as yard decoration for an existing holiday, or "Prime Day" could be made into a new holiday where these obstacle courses are part of the festivities; an obstacle course could serve as a deterrent against package thieves

Chris Barnwood (Facebook: @chris.barnwood Instagram: @chrisbarnwood)
Alex Wilson (YouTube: @thedropoutprofessor Instagram: @thedropoutprofessor Email: alexwilsoncomedy@gmail.com)
Wes Allen (Facebook: @wes.allen.264240 Instagram: @wesallencomedy Email: wesallencomedy@gmail.com)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Stoner's Choice Chili

Idea: Cans of food sold in stores labeled as "Stoner's Choice chili" but actually containing corn or beef stew or other food (but not chili). Also: using trickery to prank your friends and/or profit off of selling unwanted or nearly expired cans; mixing all of the cans of other foods so that it becomes chili; using "Stoner's Choice" as a brand for all sorts of intentionally mislabeled products such as soda, T-shirts, music CDs, pets/pet food, etc; simulating "Stoner's Choice" by wearing a blindfold or augmented reality glasses; discussing weird foods/drinks such as ginger ale, cream soda, and the Jelly Belly "Bean Boozled" game

Idea: Cans of food sold in stores labeled as "Stoner's Choice chili" but actually containing corn or beef stew or other food (but not chili)
Also: mixing several cans so that it becomes chili; using "Stoner's Choice" as a brand for all sorts of intentionally mislabeled products pic.twitter.com/YFHeB6Q6Su

— Creativity Wasted Podcast (@creativitywaste) October 26, 2025

Chris Barnwood (Facebook: @chris.barnwood Instagram: @chrisbarnwood)
Alex Wilson (YouTube: @thedropoutprofessor Instagram: @thedropoutprofessor Email: alexwilsoncomedy@gmail.com)
Wes Allen (Facebook: @wes.allen.264240 Instagram: @wesallencomedy Email: wesallencomedy@gmail.com)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Puppers Puppy Rental Service

Idea (dark humor): A short-term puppy rental service where the puppy is put down and made into soap (or other things) if the renter doesn't pay a large amount of money to buy it when the rental period expires. Also: calculating how much emotional attachment the renter has with the puppy to determine how much money you can squeeze out of them to save their puppy's life; renting a new puppy each season or to match your outfits; accidentally crushing pets and coming up with inventions to prevent that from happening; when a vegan Buddhist hippie thought this idea was real

Kristopher Allen Brown (Instagram: @kristopher_allen_brown Facebook: Prison City Comedy Open Mic)
Jake Mattes (Instagram: @jake_mattes YouTube: 4th & Funny Podcast Spotify: Barry Good Podcast)
Alfons Mueller (Web: alfonsmueller.com Linktree: @kolossus Instagram: @kolossus)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

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
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Skin Pocket

Idea: A storage pocket grafted into your body and made out of your skin, so you can, for example, store things while in the shower. Also: brainstorming where on your body to put a pocket; it should look more like a pocket and less like a sphincter; women storing things between their breasts; magicians who stab needles through their arms might know good places to put skin pockets; maybe you could graft muscles into the skin pocket so you can hold the pocket closed and also ensnare pickpocketers

Jeff Teed (Instagram: @jeffteed23 Instagram: @say_what_open_mic_at_hearsay)
Jack Cuncannan (Instagram: @jackc_comedy)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Fat Squirrel Documentary

Idea: A comedic documentary about the growing problem of obese squirrels. Also: Carl's obese pet squirrel; using the documentary to fund squirrel weight loss and longevity research; the impressive athleticism of obese squirrels; the risk of obese squirrels screwing up the ecosystem and leading to obese bald eagles (which would be the most American bald eagles)

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)

Chance Social Encounter Avoidance App

Idea: An app that warns you if people you know are nearby in a public place (such as a grocery store) so you can avoid bumping into and having unwanted 10+ minute conversations with them. Also: ways to avoid people, such as wearing Mrs. Doubtfire masks, hiding behind bulk toilet paper, and running through the grocery store aisles like Pac-Man; maybe we should invent a hand gesture for "hi but let's not talk very long" (or just use the middle finger); some occupations (dentist, handyman, etc.) cause you to meet so many people in your neighborhood that running errands without getting trapped in unwanted conversations is difficult

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)

Screwber

Idea: A dating/hookup app combined with a food delivery app where one party (usually the male) arrives at their date's house with their date's food order for an at-home dinner date with the expectation of likely hooking up afterwards. Also: a more wholesome version ("Chef's Kiss") where the date brings a home-cooked meal; it would be good for guys who have body odor, because the food smell would mask the B.O.; Carl's app prototype called "Taco Meet" to help friends collect taco orders for a group order; multiple guys competing to deliver "Five Guys" to one woman, which would be "so many guys"

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)

Mouth Vibrator

Idea (NSFW): Replacing teeth or part of your jaw with a vibrator to enhance (or automate) your oral pleasuring skills. Also: swapping between normal dentures and softer vibrating teeth or having teeth that can deflate to soft pleasure mode and inflate to hard chewing mode; questioning the need to do oral if you've got a vibrating device; if bone conduction headphones cause headaches, imagine the headaches from a vibrator built into your mouth

Idea: Tooth/jaw replacements that vibrate to enhance/automate your oral pleasuring skills
Also: vibrating teeth that deflate to soft pleasure mode & inflate to hard chew mode; if bone conduction headphones cause headaches, imagine the headaches from a vibrator built into ur mouth pic.twitter.com/9G0pJknapr

— Creativity Wasted Podcast (@creativitywaste) February 14, 2025

Josiah Garcia (Instagram: @the_not_so_good_wrestler Linktree: @AllendaleComedyOpenMic)
Tyler "T-Dog the Unfathomable" Caldwell (Instagram: @thetac32 X: @TheTAC32)
Dylan "The Autistic Spitfire" Farr (Instagram: @autisticspitfirecomedy, Facebook: @dylan.p.farr, Spitfire Comedy at Sticks in Ypsilanti)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

One Dimensional Movies

Idea: Movies that are only shown in one physical dimension (1D) e.g. width. Also: instead of watching 3D movies by wearing 3D glasses, you'd watch 1D movies by wearing an eye patch; 3D schlock horror movies from the 1970s where it looks like the axe is flying towards you; storing 1D movies on cylindrical discs; remaking 2D movies in 1D; using wormholes and time travel to show movies in 4D

Abbie Lemke (Facebook: @abbie.lemke Comedy Show: @garagebaropenmic)
Jeffrey Scott (Facebook: @JeffreyScottComedy)
The Beaveman (Facebook: @Beavemancomedy Comedy Shows: @slaptail.squad Podcast: theslaptailsquad.buzzsprout.com)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Animal Language Interpretation Device

Idea (NSFW): A device that allows you to interpret the language/feelings of animals and also maybe speak their languages. Also: the risk of such a device turning people into "crazy cat ladies" who no longer talk to people; our "innocent" pets might actually be disgusting perverts; being bitterly jealous of the main character of the cartoon "The Wild Thornberrys" because she can communicate with animals and you can't

Abbie Lemke (Facebook: @abbie.lemke Comedy Show: @garagebaropenmic)
Jeffrey Scott (Facebook: @JeffreyScottComedy)
The Beaveman (Facebook: @Beavemancomedy Comedy Shows: @slaptail.squad Podcast: theslaptailsquad.buzzsprout.com)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)

Skin Shirts

An absurd brainstorming session on how to create T-shirts that you can wear for a week or more (because you're too lazy to pick out and/or change your clothes), including making T-shirts out of human skin so you can wear them and wash them while you shower. Also: multi-layered T-shirts where you can remove (or dissolve) the innermost layer which collects sweat before it starts to smell bad; tattooing someone else's skin and then grafting it onto your body (as an additional layer of skin) so you can remove it later and so you don't have to experience the pain of getting a tattoo; a failed prediction on what Nicole's podcast idea would be

Jay Eoff (Facebook: @jay.eoff.3)
Nicole Melnyk (Linktree: @nicooldude420 Instagram: @mcfancyvonpants TikTok: @nicolemelnyk)
Tom Walma (X: @thomaswalma Twitch: @gameymcfitness)