Practice Pitch assignment

AUTHOR NAME : Benjamin F. M. Novoa

Genre: Reality Series

TITLE: You’re never too OLD SCHOOL

Reg. Writers Guide of America #: 5495495BEN

LOGLINE: “Old School” combined with the “Real world”. Adult men get the chance to go back in time and become frat boys once again; through classes, weekly Hazing competitions, and Party challenges, they will finally sew their wild oats.

TREATMENT (Synopsis, Outline):

(Themes: Reality-based, fantasy fulfillment, comedy)

Three teams of 4 are chosen-consisting of men 33 and older from all walks of life. The business man type, the adult stoner, the straight and narrow geek, and the senior citizen are just a few of the character types chosen to depict the various adult males in the world.

Teams are placed together at random as they descend upon the University of Virginia, ranked the number one party school in America by Playboy magazine. The teams are given modest (beat up) fraternity houses just off of campus to live in for the semester. Where camera’s will follow their everyday lives and interactions. One actual college student and fraternity member will serve as their “guide” and Head line member, the men will be at his every beck and call, His every whim is their command. Drop and give me 20, they must oblige, drop trough, they do so.

They are forced to hold down a full time school schedule, their grades will go towards a final point system for the week. At the end of every week the three teams participate in a Hazing exercise, say a marshmallow-in- the-butt-cheeks race, or beer chug challenge with Old English (ranked the world’s worst beer), the naked obstacle course, and even the guess-what-I-put in this mixed drink challenge.

The weekly challenge winners gain bonuses for their weekly parties. Kegs, famous D J’s and Celebrity Hosts are the benefits given to the challenge winners to allow them the greatest parties possible. Whatever team can raise the most money from their parties (All proceeds go to charity of course) by the end of the semester will win the grand prize: A mid-life crisis Hot rod, $250,000, and four free semesters of funding for the person of their choosing.