Why the Hell Not and We're Bored! The Concept
The idea of being an underdog in this industry seems like a daunting task, peppered with land mines and major obstacles; our semi neurotic accountant, Harvey Weinstein thought so. No, not that Harvey Weinstein. After the team did some deep soul searching over many cocktails, we came to the conclusion that we had to fire Harvey to keep everyone happy. He and his amazing bagels will be missed. OK, maybe just the bagels.
For those new to L.A and L.A traffic, we say welcome and Bon-Voyage to your sanity. LA always welcomes creative souls; unless you are driving one of those pesky Toyota Prius's or a Subaru, then we need to talk. We get the fact that you are wanting to save mother earth but please for the love of god, drive a little faster. The main reason for some of our hostilities is that a lot of us have to make our court mandated drug test appointments while the others have their weekly session with their Life Coach. Yes, believe it or not in California we actually have a profession called Life Coaches. That’s funny because back East we call them bartenders. One of them is actually called Coach come to think of it, that’s weird.
How This Vision Started
Have you ever had a feeling that after seeing or hearing something you thought to yourself, hell I can do that, in fact I think I can do that better. Or our personal favorites, you got paid for that crap and I am in the wrong freaking business.
Well that's kind of what happened. Dave was having a beer at his favorite local dive bar in Los Feliz, when he got caught up in a conversation with a bunch guys that just finished their day from the nearby Studio's. You could tell these were all great buddies that knew each other for years of crossing paths on productions. A good dive bar seems to build that kind of friendship. This cavalcade of fun loving LA misfits , a combination of screen writers, TV and Film Producers, some D list actors, some out of work studio hands and to be honest some real Hollywood head cases and complete Wing Nuts. Our kind of Dive Bar people.
This group of Bud Light and Jameson shot friends all had great stories to tell, some had to be bullshit drunk talk but were interesting anyway. Not only were these guys funny as hell with the stories they told, they shared stories of real life experiences in the entertainment industry, some good and some bad.
After a couple of pitchers and three or four shots later a few things became perfectly clear. One, this was going to be a Uber afternoon, secondly these guys really had a drinking problem and thirdly that this group of afternoon drinkers
( Best time in our view ) all had one major thing in common, it was love and hate of the industry. Some days it's the greatest gig in the world and sometimes it's like getting a prostate exam from Edward Scissorhands. Yikes, that smarts.
The Epiphany
Listening to these great guys blab away all afternoon Dave had the idea of starting a New type of Production Company. One that would cater to the underdog, the little guy, the individual that has a great idea but nowhere to go or know how to start the process. A company that takes chances on that weird idea that has been driving you nuts over the years. A company that looks at each opportunity with equal enthusiasm. A company that will be staffed by some full time and part time players. A company that pulls together a very unique brand of individuals for different projects. A company that let's its associates create and express themselves openly. Or to sum up, the opposite of what most companies are doing. Before an Uber was called Dave bounced the idea off the guys, they could still do what they are doing but get involved in different projects on the side depending on their interest and the time factor allocated for each project. He asked them to sleep on it or at least pass out and get back to him. The next day, foggy as it was, My Bad Productions LLC was born. We all agreed we would concentrate on Film, TV projects and if funds are low the occasional wedding, divorce party, fashion show and Bar Mitzvah.
Since this is a brand-new venture built from scratch with Dave the only one with steady job and income we are not sure if this will work out or not. But in the meantime we are going have some fun, work a little, make some money, hopefully get invited to some serious parties, pad up our resumes and maybe just maybe some of us will get lucky in the process.
What's the worst thing can happen?