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Meet Scotty Love's daughter Kaitlyn... or is it Marie?

Scotty Love - How to Judge Others

Scotty Love's got a new lesson for you this week, and his friend Randy is along for the ride. Will anyone learn anything in this lesson about judging others? 

Scotty Love on Getyoked?

Scotty Love's a married man, so no, he's not looking for love. He IS looking to hook up his good buddy Michael, a single guy who hasn't found God's will for his life yet... at least, that's Scotty's take. 

Here's a bonus clip from The Scotty Love Show for this week. Check out the websites at the end for more funny stuff from Scotty Love and getyoked.net

Scotty Love - The Single Life

With Valentines Day less than a week away, Scotty Love drops an episode devoted to Christian singles. 

Want to be a sketch writer? Here's what you need to watch

If you want to be a comedy sketch writer, here are the people you need to watch:

  

Nichols and May - Best sketch comedy duo ever. Period. The two were known for building hilarious sketches with the audience giving them only the first and last lines of the scene. They released three albums of their work, and a number of sketches are popping up on Youtube lately. They are the gold standard.

 

Monty Python - After SNL, probably the most famous sketch show ever featuring an incredibly talented ensemble. Versatile, clever, unpredictable, the Pythons pushed the bounds fo sketch comedy further than it had ever been pushed before. If you want an extra treat, look up At Last the 1948 Show, a sketch show with John Cleese, Graham Chapman, and Marty Feldman that preceded Monty Python.

 

Saturday Night Live - The current cast seems to have hit a groove and realyl connected with an audience. That said, you need to check out the original cast (75-79) and the second golden age cast (87-93) that include Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Phil Hartman, Adam Sandler, and Chris Farley. I'd also recommend looking up the 84-85 season when Martin Short, Christopher Guest, and Billy Crystal came in for a year. Lorne doesn't play a lot of that stuff because he wasn't the boss then, but they made some of the funniest sketches ever including my all time favorite, the male synchronized swimmers.

 

The Kentucky Fried Movie - The first feature film from the guys who went on to make Airplane and the Naked Gun movies was a sketch compilation featuring some hilariously over the top stuff. The 80's film Amazon Women on the Moon is sort of a follow up to this one. It's not as funny but still has some memorable bits, including the funeral roast and David Alan Grier as a man born without Soul. Both films are rated R for a reason. Not for the easily offended.

 

Piper's Pit - Rowdy Roddy Piper set the standard for every other wrestler hosted chat/sketch show that followed. No one is his equal. Roddy's stuff was usually unscripted. He knew how to provoke a guest and an audience. Very effective at working a crowd. The Rock was probably the one other man who could move a crowd in the same way. He never had a "show" like Piper, and most of his bits were solo, but many of his promos are legendary and worth a look.

 

In Living Color - This show was really the anti-SNL. It featured an African American cast with two token white cast members - one of which happened to be Jim Carrey. It was also taped, and unlike SNL, upstaging and improvisation were encouraged. Damon Wayans, David Alan Grier, and Jim Carrey became overnight stars when the show premiered, but In Living Color really peaked in season three with the arrival of Jamie Foxx and the show's funnest character, Ugly Girl. Word up!

 

The State - The show that influenced me the most in my early years of writing. Shades of the Pythons and SNL can be seen in their work, which is loud, over the top, self-deprecating, and shameless. Cast members went on to produce Reno 911, Viva Variety, and Wet Hot American Summer, and Thomas Lennon and Ben Garrant are two of the hottest screenwriters going today.

 

Mr. Show - The crudest of the shows listed here by far, Bob Odenkirk and David Cross put together a show that took sketch writing to a new level as an art form. Other cast members included Sarah Silverman, and Brian Posehn, and the voice of Spongebob, Tom Kenney. Their sketches flow together much like the Python sketches did, and repeated viewings give you a much broader picture of what each episode is really about. These guys also took profanity to new levels, so again, not for the easily offended.

Introducing The Scotty Love Show

 

Back in the day, the cartoon show Beavis and Butt-Head began with a disclaimer stating flat out, "Beavis and Butt-Head" are not role models. The same could definitely be said for the newest character to emerge at Righteous Insanity Films, Scotty Love.

  

Scotty Love is a Christian man with a talk show that explores issues related to life, love, and faith. Sounds good, except Scotty's not exactly the guy who should be front and center talking about these issues. He's ignorant, he's judgmental, he's a hypocrite, and kind of a jerk. In essence, Scotty is the embodiment of far too many believers these days, people who love the sound of their own voices more than anything - including God's truth. You wouldn't want to give Scotty the podium on Sunday morning, but a few moments of air time before the real preaching begins might be the key to unlocking the hearts of believers and seekers!

 

The Scotty Love Show is a series of shorts that will cover topics like marriage, communication, parenting, small groups, prayer, judging others, and more. In each episode, Scotty brings on a guest hoping to share a bit of his own wisdom with a friend or a loved one. Thanfully, the guests tend to be much wiser than Scotty, and thus a little truth does come out - even if Scotty doesn't get it.

 

By presenting the antithesis of a true follower of God, Scotty Love allows you to hold up a mirror to believers who struggle with walking the walk and speaking the truth in love. Seekers will see Scotty as a man who represents everything that's turned them off to Christianity. It's a way of acknowledging our own failures to live up to the example of Christ and showing them how Jesus REALLY taught us to live!  

 

The Scotty Love Show features a talented cast from all across the country including Dija Henry, Austin Nichols, Wayne Brown, Josh Reed, and Tim Torok. Episodes can be viewed on Youtube and Godtube as well as Righteous Insanity's website. You can also purchase episodes with your Sermon Spice account!

 

Episode 1 is online now featuring Scotty and his lovely wife Hilary. Watch it now, and check back every Wednesday for a new episode!

 

Why Writer/Directors Should Listen to Their Actors

This is one of the most famous scenes in movie history. It has been copied, mocked, duplicated, and quoted since the movie was first released more than 25 years ago. It's one of the most iconic scenes in the movie.

It was also not in the script. Not one word.

Ben Stein was lecturing the extras who were in the classroom during their down time. Writer/director John Hughes heard him and decided to film him giving his lecture. Hughes told him just to teach something he knew well, so Ben Stein gave his famous lecture on the Laffer Curve completely unscripted.

This is a lesson to all of you writers and writer/directors who are too proud, too stubborn, too stuck up to let anyone (anyone? anyone?) give you input on your script. Be open to the ideas of others, especially the creative talent you have on set interpreting your work. They may end up making you look more brilliant and funny than you actually are.

If your name is Woody Allen, you may ignore this. You have more than earned that right.

New video series premieres in February!

We've got a new video series headed your way soon. It's a talk show that attempts to shine the light of truth on issues like parenting, marriage, and the way we relate to others. It's hosted by Scotty Love, a man who sincerely believes he is doing some good in the world with this show. Trouble is, Scotty doesn't have a clue. He's that guy in the office who soured you on going to that megachurch by his judgmental attitude. He's a man who's never heard the phrase "practice what you preach." He is everything the world hates about believers.

 

Righteous Insanity is proud to announce the arrival of "The Scotty Love Show."

 

Scotty Love is a great tool (no pun intended) for reaching out to seekers because he's the guy that's turned all of them (and many believers) away from a relationship in Christ. He's a hypocrite. He's kind of a jerk. And he's completely blinded by his own self-righteousness.

 

Thankfully, Scotty doesn't go it alone. Every episode features a guest or two, including Scott's wife, daughter, and a bunch of church pals, who do their best to help Scotty learn a thing or two. He never does, but through their interactions with Scott provide a great jumping off point for sermons and discussions about relationship issues including prayer, judging others, singleness, and being a good communicator.

 

Scotty Love will be available on Youtube, Godtube, and Sermon Spice. You're going to love to hate this guy, and you're going to love the way he opens doors for sharing the truth of God's Word.

Top 10 Reasons Megaforce is Better than Titanic

Top 10 Reasons Megaforce is Cooler than Titanic           

So James “I used to make cool movies” Cameron has decided to capitalize on the 3-D craze by converting his undeserving Oscar winner Titanic to the 3-D format. No doubt it will make a ton of money, but this time around, it won’t be making it off me. Not that I’m opposed to retro-fitting old movies with 3-D; I’ll be lining George Lucas’s pockets with more of my hard-earned money every time one of the Star Wars films is re-released. It’s just that I have no desire to sit through that overly long stink bomb again, 3-D or otherwise. Titanic’s a big spectacle piece with one 3-D character in a movie filled with cardboard cut-out characters. After 90 minutes I was the man yelling, “Just sink the boat already!”

I’ll tell you a guy who will get my money if he ever wakes up and smells the 3-D cash: Hal Needham. Hal is the guy who brought us the epic comedy classics Smokey and the Bandit and Cannonball Run. He is also the genius behind the 1982 action epic, Megaforce. Megaforce currently ranks among the first 100 movies on IMDB.com… if you count up from the bottom. It’s a movie I watched at least a hundred times as a kid, and one I continue to enjoy shamelessly as an adult.  

Sadly, Megaforce, is not only not available on Blu-Ray, it was never released on DVD. It’s a crying shame, because the movie does have it’s vocal proponents. I’m sure all eight of them (not counting me) would agree that Megaforce is cooler than Titanic for these ten reasons – and more.

10. Gold spandex. I didn’t see any on the Titanic, but it’s inescapable in Megaforce – for better or worse.

9. The “thumb kiss.” Nothing more to say here.

8. The bald chick from Star Trek has hair, and she’s way hotter than Kate Winslet.

7. The good guys always win… even in the 80’s. Who won in Titanic? The iceberg. Considering the iceberg was the thing that brought that trainwreck to an end, I think we can all agree it was the good guy in Titanic.

6. Ace Hunter doesn’t have to declare he’s king of the world. He just flippin’ is.

5. Motorcycles that fire missiles. Did the Titanic have missiles? No. That’s why it sank. 

4. Suspenseful ending. Will Hunter be left behind to die, or will he escape? You don’t know because it’s fiction, not history. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know what happened to the Titanic.

3. Rainbow colored smoke screens. Megaforce has ‘em. Titanic? No.

2. Two words: flying motorcycle.

1. Way cooler theme song. Seriously, do you want to hear Celine Dion, or do you wanna rock out with Journey???

Righteous Insanity Films 2012

Righteous Insanity Films for 2012 are already in production! Here's a quick look at what we're working on for the first half of 2012.

Fluffy 1947 - The prequel to the Fluffy trilogy will be the last - honest, I don't have any more after this. This is the third story that came out of the time when I also wrote Fluffy 2 and 3, so you can bank on this being the last. It's also looking like the funniest of the lot from what director Jonathan Jones is telling me!

Zombies R Forever - This one's wrapped, cut, and ready to roll - soon as we get it into a film festival. The epic sequel to last year's Zombies R Friends reunites the voice talents of Sonny Burnette, Caroline O'Neil, and Return of the Swamp Thing star Daniel Emery Taylor and introduces actor/musician Jon Driver, who composed and performed the anthem "I'm a Zombie" for the film.

The Scotty Love Show - This will look familiar to the three of you who watched the puppet series, "The Sensitive Christian Man." Nine episodes of the revised series are now in production with all live actors including Dija Henry, Ollie Balley, Austin Nichols, Wayne Brown, and Josh Reed. Look for it on Youtube and on Sermon Spice in the coming months.

And looking a little further ahead...

Evil Puppets From Outer Space! - Fans of Zombies R Friends may remember Sheriff Bowden mentioning an alien invasion he once faced in that film. That untold story will be told in this prequel to the Clive the Zombie series. It promises to be one of the most bizarre and funny alien films you'll ever see.

There will be more before the year is out, but as you can see, there's a lot to look forward to in the coming year.