The Bad Ideas Team is once again joined by Danielle Shemaiah for two more bad ideas of misguided pranks and socially-distanced scares!

In our first bad idea, Gabriel brings us a tale of a man who tries to win his girlfriend's parents over with an ill-advised prank... and then commits. And commits. And commits. The squad turns it into a starchy comedy of political error and appearances. Then, Sarah brings us a story about just how far haunted house aficionados are going to get their scares on during the pandemic. We turn it into a small scale story of office romance set against a macabre backdrop. 

All of that, plus: Maya Rudolph as an HR person, suits that need to get scared into cooperating, potato guns, radical honesty, and weird dad reactions. 

Today’s Bad Ideas™:

Idea #1

Idea #2

If you’d like to follow more of Danielle’s work, check out The Whisperforge, especially The Far Meridian. You can also find her on Twitter and buy her a Ko-Fi.

The Bad Ideas Team is once again joined by Danielle Shemaiah for two more bad ideas of misguided pranks and socially-distanced scares!
In our first bad idea, Gabriel brings us a tale of a man who tries to win his girlfriend's parents over with an ill-advised prank... and then commits. And commits. And commits. The squad turns it into a starchy comedy of political error and appearances. Then, Sarah brings us a story about just how far haunted house aficionados are going to get their scares on during the pandemic. We turn it into a small scale story of office romance set against a macabre backdrop.&nbsp;
All of that, plus: Maya Rudolph as an HR person, suits that need to get scared into cooperating, potato guns, radical honesty, and weird dad reactions.&nbsp;
Today&rsquo;s Bad Ideas&trade;:
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/2tdbig/tifu_by_enraging_the_parents_of_my_girlfriend_by/">Idea #1</a>
<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tokyo-drive-through-haunted-house_n_5f3d42dac5b683523604f502">Idea #2</a>
If you&rsquo;d like to follow more of Danielle&rsquo;s work, check out <a href="https://www.whisperforge.org/">The Whisperforge</a>, especially T<a href="https://www.whisperforge.org/thefarmeridian">he Far Meridian</a>. You can also find her on <a href="https://twitter.com/DtCamJansen">Twitter</a> and buy her a <a href="https://ko-fi.com/DanielleShemaiah">Ko-Fi</a>.

The No Bad Ideas Podcast is the creation of Gabriel Urbina, Sarah Shachat, and Zach Valenti, three writer and artist-types who, in order to stay fresh creatively, have an excuse to hang out with each other once a week, and check in on what they're working on, take a terrible idea they found on the Internet each week and turn it into a compelling narrative. Or as close as they can get in 30 minutes.

If you're someone trying to be creative yourself or even if you just appreciate a good story, you'll enjoy listening to Zach, Sarah, and Gabriel figure out how to make sense of the best (or worst?) absurdities the internet has to offer. We guarantee there have definitely been worse ideas.

No Bad Ideas

The creators of Wolf 359 talk about the unceasing rollercoaster ride of pursuing creative careers in a time... that is now. In a world... that is this one. In a podcast... that you should totally subscribe and listen to.

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