Today on No Bad Ideas: Pranks! Ex-boyfriends! Roars! Internet links! Spies! And more!

In our first bad idea, Gabriel presents the story of a miscreant who decides to prank his ex-girlfriend by staging a contest looking for the best Chewbacca imitator. The gang turns it into a film about a man who is willing to go as far as it takes to get the role of a lifetime. Then, Zach brings us the story of old broken links being usurped for nefarious purposes. The gang cooks up the story of a disgruntled spy looking for one last big hit. 

All of that, plus: the motivation of pornography companies, tax return busywork, a very high disruptive note, a matter of time, and a hilarious callback to an earlier episode of No Bad Ideas. 

Today’s Bad Ideas™:

Idea #1

Idea #2

Today on No Bad Ideas: Pranks! Ex-boyfriends! Roars! Internet links! Spies! And more!
In our first bad idea, Gabriel presents the story of a miscreant who decides to prank his ex-girlfriend by staging a contest looking for the best Chewbacca imitator. The gang turns it into a film about a man who is willing to go as far as it takes to get the role of a lifetime. Then, Zach brings us the story of old broken links being usurped for nefarious purposes. The gang cooks up the story of a disgruntled spy looking for one last big hit.&nbsp;
All of that, plus: the motivation of pornography companies, tax return busywork, a very high disruptive note, a matter of time, and a hilarious callback to an earlier episode of No Bad Ideas.&nbsp;
Today&rsquo;s Bad Ideas&trade;:
<a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/cairns-chewbacca-prank-calls-relationship-break-down-revenge-queensland-news/aee52353-ae3b-4db3-9c00-5a9107dd9ab8">Idea #1</a>
<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/22/22589403/porn-site-bought-expired-video-hosting-site-old-embeds">Idea #2</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.

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