4 November 2007 - We Need Girlfriends (The webisode, not Max Davison's life story)

Don't get me wrong, I hate YouTube. Well, I don't hate the fact that I can watch all of my favorite SNL sketches or music videos at any time. Not gonna lie, that's pretty awesome. But as an outlet for aspriring directors, it bugs the living crap out of me. Suddenly any schmuck with a camcorder and Final Cut thinks they're the next Roland Emmerich. Why should this bother me? Well, because as another self-proclaimed-next-Tarantino, I belive in due paying and earning the right to direct and produce.
Basically, I'm just bitter that other people are out there producing, while I'm behind a typewriter acting like the embittered scholar of the universe.

Either way, It was recently announced that Darren Star (of Sex and the City fame) is executive producing a version of the webseries "We Need Girlfriends" for CBS. Star's last TV show was the brilliant yet axed "Kitchen Confidential." Even though it only ran for 4 episodes, it proved that Star's writing skill wasn't entirely wasted on straight women and gay men.
"We Need Girlfriends" is the story of three roommates who get dumped right after college graduation. It's filled with idiotic dialogue, references to Three's Company, MySpace pages, games of Taboo, strange characters named Henry...pretty much, I should have written this. And I think the "Team Rod" shirt is pretty stylish.

The clip below is kind of long (but distinguished) at 8 minutes, but I assure you that each minute is comedy gold. Way better than anything currently on CBS (not starring Charlie Sheen, that is). It's the sort of low budget comedic fare that I aspire to create some day in the not so distant future.
And if you like what you see, do yourself a favor and just search "We Need Girlfriends" on YouTube and check out the other 10 parts of the show. Episode Six is pretty money as well. Almost as money as Dan Coscino.

-MGD