Will Todd: 14 books

While Mr. Charles Dickens endeavoured, I, a poor relation across tide and time, am left but to endeavor. His Ghostly little book did not put any readers out of humour, though mine might find some who wish to lay it. May the Spirit that animates it, and the season, yet pleasantly haunt its tidings of Redemption. A faithful Caroller, William Todd.

Which would you choose? Perfect fantasy? Or real, but imperfect, love? That's the question "THE CYBERJACK" sets out to answer. Here's the logline: In the near future, a scientist seeks to create Virtual Reality, and tests his theory by wiring his own brain. Now,...

Here's the pitch: Reeling from sexual discrimination, advertising expert Penny Mann decides to market her only remaining asset: Herself. How? By literally offering herself as the grand prize in a raffle. A penny raffle. $0.01/ticket. Of course, there are other...

It ain’t dinner theater. “TRIVIAL PURSUITS” is a 3-act, 4-character, 1-set play that asks: “How much can an audience learn about a bunch of guys who are sitting around a table playing a board game?” Because that’s about the only action taking place on stage. Unless you count...

A Comedy about Zen Buddhism? Hai! Or maybe "Haiku": Art Westin goes East; A Salesman who finds The Light; Occidentally. Or even more "Occidentally": Art Westin - high-strung, plugged-in, always-selling - is forced to spend a week in a Japanese Zen monastery... ...where...

Choir, listen to the pitch: A diverse chorus of teenagers unite during a whirlwind musical tour of Europe. “Y.M.I.” stands for “Young Musicians International”, based on an actual organization I traveled with during my own teenage years. The idea was to “promote fellowship through...

This is a Television Pilot Package, specifically a 1/2 hour dramedy about "a struggling community theater, presented in 5-episode arcs each based on a well-known musical." I wrote "THE BARN" several years ago, well before the coupling of Song and Series began to dominate...

I know guys like this. Guys who have never been out on a date. Guys who have never even tried. Why? That's the question "WHY THE SQUIRREL WON'T FRY" examines. It takes 4 of these guys - 4 distinct vertices of a square labeled "excuses" - and looks at...

Confidential The following logline has been classified "reliable" from an inside source: Two former covert operatives are forced to recover the mysterious film that turned them into fugitives... and enemies. Decryption (Level I): Once the top field team planted deep...

Ba-aaand! Attention by the numbers! Readyyyyy... ONE! This is the (mostly) true story of one Freshman's experience during "Hell Week" - the time allotted to transform 250 summer-vacation bloated recruits into one of the best college marching bands in the country. It's about...

Young Walt Farquhar, lifelong classic Disney fan, pursues his dream of working the summer in the Magic Kingdom at Disney World... ...but soon learns that it takes more than wishing upon a star to make dreams come true.

This is a television pilot package, specifically a 1/2 hour comedy series that offers "a behind-the-scenes look at a locally-funded travel show that reports from destinations around the world on a VERY low budget." Ironically, it was written just before the proliferation of unscripted...

What if you could start over? What if you could wipe the slate clean - your entire past, gone - and begin a new life? That's the idea behind "REBORN": A lonely man, struck by lightning, loses all memory of the past. Or is he just using the accident as an excuse to start...

The Pitch: "The Making of 'Sex and Violence'" is a mock-umentary in the tradition of "This Is Spinal Tap" about the movie business. Pitch Checklist: - Just one sentence? Check. - Refers to previously successful movie? Check. - Simple enough that Marketing can...