Tom Walma

The Party Ship Sci-Fi Movie

Movie, Tech, FuturisticTom WalmaComment

A sci-fi movie, where, in the near future, an eccentric billionaire adventurer like Elon Musk leads the first mission to colonize a planet of a nearby star. They've figured out how to slow down aging via drugs and hibernation, so they age like 1/10 as fast as usual. So they can survive the entire 200-year journey, and still be young enough to have kids when they get there. But they can only hibernate for 90 days at a time. So every 90 days, they wake up, do a day of work, have an intense drug-fueled party, and then go back into hibernation before the hangover kicks in. So instead of space travel being logical and business-like and boring, it's the exact opposite, overflowing with fun and emotion and intense experiences. But will the people who signed up for a party be able to cope when things start to go wrong?

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Avery Sommerfeld (Facebook: @crazeecomedy)
Paul Pipitone (Facebook: @paul.pipitone.5)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Crime-Erasing Time Machine

Tech, NSFW, Politics and Social Issue, FuturisticPaul PipitoneComment

Idea: Time machines that allow people to go back in time and prevent horrible crimes which would've occurred by peacefully interfering and preventing the crimes. But there might be some unexpected downsides... (Note: NSFW)

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 64

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Avery Sommerfeld (Facebook: @crazeecomedy)
Paul Pipitone (Facebook: @paul.pipitone.5)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Shapeshifting Tech

NSFW, Tech, Futuristic, Body AugmentationAvery SommerfeldComment

Idea: A belt or suit that you can wear to allow yourself to temporarily change into any shape you want, like another person, an animal, an animated company logo, or a literal "fly on the wall". Also: a discussion on "invisibility cloaks" (Note: NSFW)

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 64

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Avery Sommerfeld (Facebook: @crazeecomedy)
Paul Pipitone (Facebook: @paul.pipitone.5)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Habitat for Hipsterity

Health, Tiny Houses, CharityTom WalmaComment

Exercising in a gym is selfishly controlling machines (i.e. exercise equipment) in a way that benefits nobody else, and therefore provides you no contentment. And even the selfish benefits aren't perceptible enough to motivate you to do it. Why not instead have a charity where you build tiny houses for exercise? You could make it convenient and build the tiny houses indoors in a gym-like building on your own schedule. And you could either donate them to charity, or work towards earning your own tiny house, which might allow you to quit your day job and pursue your hipster creative dreams

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 63

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Jason Alt (Twitter: @JasonEAlt)
Nick Earl (Twitter: @fakenickearl)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Fitness Cult

Evil, HealthNick EarlComment

Because health/fitness fads and cults both have extremely loyal followings, why not combine them together and create a fitness cult? Plus, if you're gonna be a sleazy cult leader who seduces all of his followers (like they tend to do), this is a great theme for the cult, because your followers would be fit and wouldn't be sexually repressed religious zealots

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 63

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Jason Alt (Twitter: @JasonEAlt)
Nick Earl (Twitter: @fakenickearl)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Benefits of Implantable Microchips

Tech, Body Augmentation, FuturisticJason AltComment

The three things men need to carry are phone, wallet, and keys. A sub-dermal microchip could eliminate 2 of those 3 things, and could also do other cool stuff, like store your customized settings for smart appliances. And security issues don't really matter because you're always carrying a cell phone anyway. The biggest downside is that somebody might cut it out of your body to steal it

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 63

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Jason Alt (Twitter: @JasonEAlt)
Nick Earl (Twitter: @fakenickearl)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Comedy Bracket Challenge

Event or Activity, Standup ComedyAdam WalshComment

A standup comedy contest where comics compete one-on-one in a tournament bracket. Each night, 8 comics compete in 3 rounds, until a winner for the night is declared. After 8 shows, the 8 past winners compete in the same fashion to declare an ultimate winner. The first two rounds of the night are decided by overall audience applause immediately after the two competing comics perform. The last round of the night is decided by 7 pseudo-random audience members, who are chosen to be voters because they do not appear to be brought to the show by either of the two comics who made it to the final round, thus ensuring a more honest vote

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Adam Walsh (Knuckleheads Comedy: IG: @khcomedy313 Twitter: @KnuckleheadsC)
Steve Kaz (IG: @kazthecomic)
Brandon Ponke (IG: @bponke Twitter: @BPonke)
Dale Murdock (IG: @dalelerious)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Broken Knuckle Studio in Waterford, MI

Bad Omen Cookies

Evil, FoodIan JamesComment

Fortune cookies which give you a bad fortune (for the sake of humor), such as "someone you love is gonna die soon", "you'll meet the woman of your dreams, but nightmares are also dreams", or a creepy picture of Bill Cosby's smiling face

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 62

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Trebuchet (Twitter: @trebuchetlol YouTube: TotallyAwesomeTrebuchetAwards)
Scott Wilding (Twitter: @Wilding138)
Ian James (Twitter: @dinosaurianjam)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Comedy Night Videogame Livestream

Social Media, Event or Activity, AppScott WildingComment

A standup comedy show on the Internet using the standup comedy videogame "Comedy Night" and the videogame livestreaming website Twitch. The show (which will probably be called "Nerdy and Dirty") will have a lineup of real standup comics. The comics will appear as avatars in the "Comedy Night" videogame. On Twitch, they'll also appear as avatars, possibly with additional video of their real faces as a picture-in-picture, and possibly with an additional pre-show interview. The audience will be real people, either the audience from the "Comedy Night" videogame (who can heckle), or, if the comics are performing in a real comedy venue in real life, the audience from that venue

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 62

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Trebuchet (Twitter: @trebuchetlol YouTube: TotallyAwesomeTrebuchetAwards)
Scott Wilding (Twitter: @Wilding138)
Ian James (Twitter: @dinosaurianjam)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Juggalo Sitcom

TV Show, Music, NSFWTrebuchetComment

A sitcom about a group of young juggalos (fans of the band "Insane Clown Posse", aka "ICP") growing up in the mid to late '90s. It would include things the wild and chaotic "Gathering of the Juggalos" concerts, backyard wrestling, and the political and pop culture context of ICP and the 1990s, such as music censorship, Columbine, and a feud with Eminem

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 62

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Trebuchet (Twitter: @trebuchetlol YouTube: TotallyAwesomeTrebuchetAwards)
Scott Wilding (Twitter: @Wilding138)
Ian James (Twitter: @dinosaurianjam)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Cat-A-Comb

PetsChris KarpinskiComment

A pyramid or box-shaped structure that you put over a cat litterbox, which has an opening on the side for the cat to climb through to get to the litterbox. The opening contains a system of brushes to comb loose hairs (and dingleberries) off the cat as it leaves the litterbox. Hopefully the cat doesn't enjoy it so much that it brushes itself until it goes bald, or decides it doesn't need you to pet it anymore

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 61

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Chris Karpinski (Twitter: @ComedyDadKzoo)
Jay Stapes (Twitter: @jstapes_says)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Media Hold-Up Podcast

App, MovieTom WalmaComment

A podcast where a group of people of a variety of ages rate and discuss old movies, music, etc., and only discuss whether it "holds up", i.e. whether they enjoyed it when watching/listening the week before the podcast was recorded. Any discussion which isn't relevant to how much they enjoyed it (such as historical importance, critical accolades, etc.) would be interrupted. Unlike virtually all media review web sites, podcasts, etc., we wouldn't care about how groundbreaking a movie was or other snobby bulls***. The goal would be to help people find movies or other media that they'd enjoy consuming, which would likely be outside of the era where they would've seen it or heard of it based on their age, and therefore probably wouldn't have been recommended to them by software "recommendation engines" such as on Netflix

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 61

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Chris Karpinski (Twitter: @ComedyDadKzoo)
Jay Stapes (Twitter: @jstapes_says)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Boom-B-Gone

Tech, Invention, Music, CarsChris KarpinskiComment

A device to cancel out loud, vibrating bass from nearby cars when you're at a stoplight or stuck in a traffic jam. And maybe also wirelessly lock the person's car doors so they don't get out and attack you if they figure out that you silenced their music

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 61

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Chris Karpinski (Twitter: @ComedyDadKzoo)
Jay Stapes (Twitter: @jstapes_says)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

PredictionNET

Tech, Education, AppTom WalmaComment

A web site to allow professionals (scientists, engineers, business leaders) or groups of professionals to make and share predictions about the future, including prediction algorithms (which are based on other predictions and where the predicted outcome changes week to week as new information is received). There would be snapshots of the prediction algorithms, so you can see how the prediction has evolved over time. You'd be able to see the past performance of somebody's predictions. Regular "unverified" people would be able to make predictions as well. And psychic abilities would be disproven (or proven)

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 60

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Robert Jenkins (Twitter: @RobJComedy)
Brent Von Kalamazoo(Twitter: @brentvonkzoo)
Patrick Fowler (Twitter: @DontCallMePat)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Educational Lifecasting

Social Media, TV Show, EducationPatrick FowlerComment

"Truman Show"-like television shows, each of which follows somebody throughout their entire life without their knowledge, but for educational purposes, such as to show obese people how thin people shop for groceries

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 60

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Robert Jenkins (Twitter: @RobJComedy)
Brent Von Kalamazoo(Twitter: @brentvonkzoo)
Patrick Fowler (Twitter: @DontCallMePat)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Trump Distraction Parade

Event or Activity, Politics and Social IssueBrent Von KalamazooComment

An epic 3-year-long nationwide military parade led by Trump, who'd be in a luxury, platinum zeppelin, which would occupy Trump's attention until his presidency is over

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 60

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Robert Jenkins (Twitter: @RobJComedy)
Brent Von Kalamazoo(Twitter: @brentvonkzoo)
Patrick Fowler (Twitter: @DontCallMePat)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

School Shooting Prevention Plan

Politics and Social Issue, EducationRobert JenkinsComment

A 3-part plan to prevent school shootings: a) early childhood therapy, b) a "school shooter exchange program" which puts bullied white high-school boys in inner-city schools to "show them what real bullying is like", and c) legalized prostitution. Also: teachers using fake names when doing standup comedy, maybe the only people who should have guns are the people who don't want guns, why the best way to rid the country of guns might be to just do nothing

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 60

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Robert Jenkins (Twitter: @RobJComedy)
Brent Von Kalamazoo(Twitter: @brentvonkzoo)
Patrick Fowler (Twitter: @DontCallMePat)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Dead Parades

Event or Activity, NSFWTom WalmaComment

Parades where you create a parade float for a semi-random dead person from your family or your community, intended to be a better way than graveyards to ensure that everyone gets remembered; could either be done yearly, or when removing the graveyard that the person is buried in (because of global warming sea rise, for example). Also: the crazy plot of the movie “How High”, flooded graveyard zombies, “Day of the Dead” and “Coco”

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Aaron White (Facebook: @aaaronwhite IG: @aaaronwhite)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma IG: @tomwalma)

Mobile Farms

Environmentalism, Futuristic, Tech, Business Idea, RobotsTom WalmaComment

Urban farms in shipping-container sized flower pots which fit in semi-trucks/trains/etc. That way, you can transport them to "farming factories" in both the spring to plant the crops and the fall to harvest them, so you don't have to farm inefficiently with human hands. You could also transport them into buildings to protect them from crop-destroying weather, and put them in suburban yards instead of lawns

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 59

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Ryan Allen (Twitter: @ryanallen92)
Chris Young (Twitter: @chrisyoungcomic)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)