Tom Walma

Silliness

Pedophile Brain Scans

Futuristic, Silliness, Tech, Politics and Social IssueAndrew YangComment

Idea: Brain scanning of pedophiles and other criminals to check for and remove brain tumors which might be causing their criminal impulses. Also: a supervillain injecting brain tumors to cause criminal impulses, giving kids chemotherapy guns to protect them from the zombie-like brain tumor criminals, fine-tuning the pedophile-causing brain tumors to make everybody attracted to you instead

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 32

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Mike Ball (Twitter: @IamMikeBall)
Markus Olind (Twitter: @BeardVonMarkus)
Andrew Yang (Instagram: @ndrw.yang)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Lego-izing Every Movie

Movie, SillinessBret HaydenComment

Idea: To make Lego versions of all movies (because the first two Lego movies were so awesome). Also: Lego Citizen Kane, Lego 13 Going on 30, a Lego Instagram filter for all existing movies, Lego standup comedy; a real-life Lego person (a guy in a Lego costume) would be terrifying

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 31

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Diego Attanasio (Twitter: @DiegoComedy)
Justin Covington (Twitter: @JCov1 )
Bret Hayden (Twitter: @ComedyRumble)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Mandatory Texting Car

Cars, Evil, SillinessDiego AttanasioComment

Idea: A car which requires you to be texting the entire time you drive it. Also: waiting to check your texts until you're driving, questioning whether you'd be allowed to drive if you didn't have friends to text, texting at parties to cope with social anxiety, autonomous cars forcing you to text if you're drunk to keep you from trying to drive

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 31

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Diego Attanasio (Twitter: @DiegoComedy)
Justin Covington (Twitter: @JCov1 )
Bret Hayden (Twitter: @ComedyRumble)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Ballpit Moon Dome

SciFi, Silliness, Tech, FuturisticTom WalmaComment

Idea: A colony inside a moon crater where the roof is self-repairing and is made out of small balloons. Also: questioning whether the idea makes sense, a roof collapse where the balloons fall into the crater and everyone suffocates would look like the most horrific birthday party of all time

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 30

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Bree Pratt formerly Brian Pratt
Joe Morgan (Instagram: @jomoworx4u )
Peggy Beattie (Twitter: @Peggy4859)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Pot Paranoia Reduction App

App, SillinessDC BradleyComment

Idea: An app to remind people who are smoking weed or eating edibles not to freak out, i.e. no cops are coming to get them (unless, of course, the cops are coming to get them). Also: friends could alter the app to prank you, the app might backfire and freak you out more if you're on LCD

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 28

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Robert Johnson (Twitter: @blackrob2006)
DC Bradley (Instagram: @dcbradleyonig)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Raciogastrointestinal Harmony

Food, Politics and Social Issue, Silliness, TechDave CrumbleyComment

Idea: To solve racism by forcing everybody to wear augmented-reality race-swapping glasses which cause them to see their family and their favorite celebrities as the race that they hate the most. Also, a theory that the reason it's hard to digest "ethnic food" (or food from other cultures/races) is racism, and therefore that ending racism will cause both racial and gastrointestinal harmony

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Jason Gilleran (Instagram: @hardgcomedy)
Dave Crumbley (Instagram: @davecrumbley)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Recorded at Broken Knuckle Studio

Sponsor-A-Millennial

App, Business Idea, Social Media, SillinessMichael DinkelisComment

Idea: A service for wealthy old people to send money to unemployed millennial hipsters and art students to feel young and cool again. Also: taking old people to parties and pretending they fit in, the old person can teach the millennial about money and the young person can teach the old person how to use an iPhone, what to do if the unemployed millennial isn't cool enough to attract wealthy old people

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 27

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Felicity Blue (Twitter: @FelFelBlue)
Sai Dharmarajan aka "Sai-D" (Twitter: @saidee27)
Michael Dinkelis (Twitter: @MichaelDinkelis)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Fart-Catching Underwear

Silliness, NSFWSai-DComment

Idea: Underwear which captures farts and releases them on demand, which is a silly idea that might help save the world from global warming. Also: getting out of boring work tasks, holding farts to be released later during police pat-downs, catching and bottling fart bubbles when in a bathtub or when wearing fishtank pants

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 27

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Felicity Blue (Twitter: @FelFelBlue)
Sai Dharmarajan aka "Sai-D" (Twitter: @saidee27)
Michael Dinkelis (Twitter: @MichaelDinkelis)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Spheres-Are-Us and Death Contracts

Silliness, PrankJoey DerderianComment

Two idea: 1) Two sharp blades connected by a pivot point and used to cut paper, 2) house payment contracts which are meant to be paid until you die. Also: totally-not-invented-before ideas, the origins of the word "mortgage", quitting a job out of moral principle

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 26

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Steve Hansen (Twitter: @StevenRHansen)
Branden Milsk (Twitter: @BrandenMilsk)
Joey Derderian (Instagram: @derderianjoey)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Archimedes Death Mirror

Evil, Cars, Silliness, TechSteve HansenComment

Idea: To somehow use your rear-view mirror to blind people who are driving behind you with their brights on. Also: the poetic justice of blinding someone with their own light, intentionally becoming a victim so you can justifiably take delicious revenge

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 26

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Steve Hansen (Twitter: @StevenRHansen)
Branden Milsk (Twitter: @BrandenMilsk)
Joey Derderian (Instagram: @derderianjoey)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Oceanic Voice Cancellation

Silliness, TechBranden MilskComment

Idea: Voice cancellation where a person's voice is replaced by the soothing sounds of the ocean. Also: it'd make you more likeable if you're an annoying person, the best way to get fired, ruining ocean vacations

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 26

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Steve Hansen (Twitter: @StevenRHansen)
Branden Milsk (Twitter: @BrandenMilsk)
Joey Derderian (Instagram: @derderianjoey)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Bondage Basement (Reality Show)

TV Show, Silliness, NSFWJason GilleranComment

Idea: A home renovation reality show where they build BDSM "dungeons" and deal with drama such as cost trade-offs, the structural support required to mount equipment on the walls or hang it from the ceiling, prudish contractors, etc. The idea is to be a parody of HDTV reality shows. Also: tiger cages, customized equipment for the obese, the "Silence of the Lambs" pit, a room full of dirty glass coffee tables

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Jason Gilleran (Instagram: @hardgcomedy)
Dave Crumbley (Instagram: @davecrumbley)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Recorded at Broken Knuckle Studio

Car Roof Holograms

Evil, Cars, SciFi, Silliness, TechTom WalmaComment

Idea: Holograms on the roofs of cars for expressing anger to nearby drivers. Also: sparkly ambulances in Japan, the 2Pac hologram, the Pepper's ghost illusion, mistaking the car roof hologram for a soul leaving the body after a car crash

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 25

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Ken Witzgall (Twitter: @KenWitzgall42)
Scott Fischer (Instagram: @scottimscott)
Justin Mcleod (Twitter: @jibtron_zero)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Family Leasing

Parenting, SillinessTeena GreenComment

Idea: A service for leasing or "time-sharing" spouses and/or children. Also: time-sharing pregnancies (what's an ovary amongst friends?), trading husbands to obtain the currently-needed carpentry skills, the three-husband theory

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 24

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Samantha Rager (Twitter: @SGRager)
Max Sheldrick (Instagram: @maxsheldrick)
Teena Green (Twitter: @TeenaMGreen)
Jeewan Gill (Facebook: @jeewan.gill.5)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Comedy Guerrilla Marketing Ideas

Silliness, Standup ComedyMax SheldrickComment

Idea: A brainstorming session for guerrilla marketing/promotion techniques for standup comedians, including skywriting, business cards exploding out of fake corpses, etc. Also: the famous bum of a small town

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 24

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Samantha Rager (Twitter: @SGRager)
Max Sheldrick (Instagram: @maxsheldrick)
Teena Green (Twitter: @TeenaMGreen)
Jeewan Gill (Facebook: @jeewan.gill.5)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Child Talkback Machine

Silliness, Tech, ParentingDustin "Lee"Comment

Idea: An electronic device to listen to and respond verbally to small children when parents are unable or unwilling to devote their full attention to them

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 23

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Dustin "Lee"
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Ted Moss (Twitter: @TedMossComedy Podcast: TEDTALKS2much Book: Look Out...I'm Parenting Here! A Survival Guide for the Single Parent)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Modular Skyscraper City Part 2

Futuristic, SciFi, SillinessTom WalmaComment

Idea: A futuristic city made out of movable cubes which can be made to be ultra-lightweight using a vacuum in the upper stories, allowing the buildings to be up to 3 miles high, to fly, and to control the weather (make it rain and stop tornadoes)

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 22

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Kerry McCabe (Facebook: @kerryalanmccabe)
Megan Cottington (Instagram: @megtasticmeg)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Steve Gay (Twitter: @sgaytwo)
Recorded at Hard Knocks Grill in Jackson, MI

Shoplifting-Based Economy

Futuristic, Silliness, EvilTom WalmaComment

Idea: A weird and possibly accidentally evil idea for a futuristic economy where shoplifting is not only no longer a crime, it's actually a completely acceptable method of commerce

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Scott Gaughan ("Free Netflix Online" Podcast)
Diego Attanasio (Twitter: @DiegoComedy)
Kevin Key (Instagram: @kevinjokeskey)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Broken Knuckle Studio in Waterford, MI (Facebook: Broken Knuckle Studios)

Trump and Drake Are The Same Person

Politics and Social Issue, SillinessKevin KeyComment

Idea: A conspiracy theory that Donald Trump and Drake are the same person, because Drake songs sound kind of like Trump speeches. Also: an impression of Trump singing a Drake song, questioning whether Trump is a reptilian, questioning whether successful draft-dodging makes you smart and if you'd dodge the draft

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Drake photo by The Come Up Show license CC BY (photo has been modified)

Trump photo by Gage Skidmore license CC BY-SA 2.0 (photo has been modified)

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Scott Gaughan ("Free Netflix Online" Podcast)
Diego Attanasio (Twitter: @DiegoComedy)
Kevin Key (Instagram: @kevinjokeskey)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Broken Knuckle Studio in Waterford, MI (Facebook: Broken Knuckle Studios)