That is the BEST pitch I've heard in years. But no one would ever watch it...

My co-producer, Matt Saxe, who does all of our cold-calling, made a call today about our labor of love, Vice-Precedence: Being Number Two in the White House." We've been trying for almost a year now to get this thing sold, but today we hit that point that is so typical it's laughable. Matt's talent for pitching actually comes from somewhere strikingly surprising. He can say the words "Well, I disagree with you..." and somehow not get hung up on. He gets to finish the pitch. That's a talent, and one he probably learned from being an actor. To quote Galaxy Quest "Never Give Up, Never Surrender." It's gay, but I don't care.

Well, today, as usual, Matt's perseverance got him through the pitch and a little further. The woman he talked to then proceeded to say "I have to tell you, that's one of the best pitches I've heard over the phone in years. But there's just not the audience for it." She threw the same tired lines at us - "People will be sick of politics by then (November '08, when we thought would be ideal to put a doc about the Vice-Presidency on the air)." That's where Matt and I strongly disagree with the good people of cable television.

This might be a moot point, but tell Comedy Central that people are somehow sick of politics by the time the election comes around. Originally, the cable network in question presented to US the idea of prepping it for then. We liked that idea. This particular network also is well known for saying they want to find a young audience. We can deliver that audience, regardless of the subject matter.

Actually, that's the point of the film in the first place. People won't really know they're interested until they start to watch. That's why you play the funny promos we have written featuring our young, Seth-Green-esque host, and get people curious as to why we would dedicate so much time to the Vice-Presidency in the first place. Why would we? It should be obvious, and since it isn't that's an even better reason to do it...

The Vice President is always chosen as the guy from the other half of the country. People ONLY vote for a president, or even the team, not considering that, given some unforeseen traumatic event, whatever schlub we put in that office could completely botch the job of running the country. You need to vote for two presidents. The show is called "Vice-Precedence" for a reason- It seems like a second-banana job, but its only that way until we vote someone strong in.

Seeing as the Vice President has no official job other than to preside over the Senate (indicating his other job is just waiting to be President 'just in case'), the man makes the job, and not the other way around. Point is, there's a lot of material, and a lot of funny material at that.