Boaber and Ric

Developing the first episodes

2007-01-26T08:24:00.000Z

As we are currently still writing the series, things feel like they're going slowly.

However, I would like to fill the void here by keeping folks abreast (I said breast) of the situation.

Right now, having floated a few episode concepts around in our heads for the rest of the 5 episodes (the pilot is still being worked on too), we're starting to write treatments and extended synopsis for each installment. Absolutely nothing at this stage is final, but slowly and surely we're peeling back those artistic layers to get the results we want. Each episode is like a giant dirty kinder egg with a 20,000 piece jigsaw inside.

As the basic plot for the pilot is pretty much there, we've started fleshing out the rest one by one. At the moment we have basic ideas for every episode, full treatments for the first two, half a treatment for the third and the last three are in limbo. We hope to have finished writing by mid feb, and to have recorded the dialogue (which would bring us to about 80% completion) by the end of feb. Everything is ready to go - the facilities are ready and waiting, the talent is commited - it's all resting in purgatory until we finish the scripts.

By mid march, the end of march at the very latest (tm), I think we'll have the bulk of the series ready to go ahead and be added to our podcast feed. Which is very exciting.

Then all we need to do is 'market' the thing. We want people to listen! We want people to laugh! Most of all, we want someone at BBC Radio to give us a fucking job!

I mean, the reasons we're doing this are numerous, but there are two main ones which I think both of us subscribe to. The first objective, and arguably the most important and rewarding, is simply to create something we can be proud of and have alot of fun doing it. The second, which is more important in a practical sense, is to create something which will go some way to helping our careers. Perhaps it's naive to expect it to do so, but I don't think there's anything harmful in wanting it to.

...anyway, I think I've gone off on a strange tangent. Stay tuned!

Preliminary episode guide

2007-01-23T22:20:00.000Z

Subject to change:

Boaber and Ric Episode Plan

Season Yinner:

The Hoose Whit Boaber Built -

Hilarious hi-jinks ensue when mental Boaber builds a house inside his house out of cereal boxes and microwave parts. Meanwhile, the dastardly deeds of a serial microwave theif become the talk of the town.

How Ron's Shop Got Panned In -

Heston's resident tramp Grotty McRotty appears to have had a gust of windfall right up his fortune, and makes no effort to hide his newfound hobby of lavish spending. The townsfolk, as experience would dictate, suspect foul play. When Shoppy Ron suggests that Grotty might be getting benefits because of a dodgy penis, Boaber decides to raise some cash.

Strange Things Afoot at the Circle Hay -

In Boring Wood, the wilderness surrounding Heston, two backpackers are having an argument over who gets the farty blankets. So engrossed in their tit for tat are they that both fail to notice the very large, very loud and very real alien spaceship descending toward them.

Three weeks later, two naked strangers wake up in the middle of Heston town square. The townsfolk can see their willys and everything. Hapless Ric is uninterested however, as he is worried sick – because Boaber just went missing.

Pie! -

The Tenth annual Heston Pie Getitdoonye is almost upon us. Boaber, last year's surprise champion, gets into training by scoffing Ron's meat pies at an alarming rate. Doctor Doctor warns him that he runs the risk of a heart attack if he takes part in the contest – his warning is resolutely defied.

Elsewhere, the previous champion Bastard McGee decides to sabotage the contest – by giving Boaber a bout of the Lawful Writs!

Death on the Clyde (parts 1 & 2) -

Boaber and Ric embark on the cruise won by Boaber in the previous episode. After a few days of fun and games, a huge argument (and punchup) occurs between Boaber and Vic Mundane over the correct lyrics to “The Best is Yet to Come” (or “Ho! Stick it up yer bum” to those on the losing side of the debate).

That night, Vic Mundane is murdered and Boaber is the prime suspect. In order to clear his mental friend's name, hapless Ric sleuths his way to Boaber's salvation.

The Start of Something Stupid

2007-01-23T19:21:00.000Z

Welcome to yon Boaber and Ric blog.

Boaber and Ric is a radio/podcast sitcom in the making which will start its run at the end of November if its creators (Jamie Trinca and Richard Morgan, henceforth to be referred to as real Boaber and Ric) ever get thier finger out. Of their arses. Not each others.

It will be six episodes (possibly seven) at 20-25 minutes each of surreal madcap fun with flashes of disturbed genius and darkish forboding stuff.

You can subscribe to the podcast by clicking here, and you can hear the episode one preview here (right click save as).

Stay psyched for the greatest podcom (see? we can make up words too - fuck you Jobs) ever devised by earthbound bipeds.

PS: you won't have to actually own an Apple product or run Apple software to enjoy this forthcoming show. An altitudally deficient brow, however, is absolutely required.