A look into the pitch and story behind "Black Monday"

The largest one-day drop in stock market history shocks the American economy and triggers the downfall of the 1980s “greed is good” craze.

A look at the arc, story, and style of the pitch around Black Monday.

The ACLU has existed for 100 years, fighting for and helping to preserve our democracy and freedoms.  This week's episode takes a look at their long and hard fighting history as told through a potential 6 hour series.  From their founding, an era of Nazis, Black Rights, LGBTQ Rights, and another Nazi era, we guide you through how this would've played out on TV.

A look at the ups and downs behind the pitch for John Lennon: The Final Year.  Another twisting and turning episode that not only tells the story of the musical greats final year, but near success, and the downfall in the end. 

Pitched as the final WWII series that would feature voices of living veterans, WWII: The Final Tour would have been a 6-hour limited series telling their stories.  Marc and Luke dive into the the pitch, the style, and the stories behind the pitch.  This time our show ends on a positive and only a slight failure.

A departure from the norm, this episode focuses entirely on Disney centric pitches, specifically made for Disney+ streaming service.  From the parks to the MCU, Marc and Luke discuss a variety of pitches that were sent to the folks at Disney+.

We cover the pitch and story behind Ernest Withers, a feature length documentary pitch:

I AM AN ICON, I AM A SPY is the sweeping story of civil rights icon Ernest Withers and his unbelievable responsibility in the assassination of Martin Luther King Junior. Withers was known for his remarkable ability to capture some of the most important moments in the civil rights era. Emmitt Till, The Little Rock Nine, The Montgomery Bus Boycott, Withers always found himself in the right place at the right time and it made him a legend. His photographs still hang in the National Portrait Gallery, The Smithsonian, and the National Civil Rights Museum.

Our hosts take a deep dive into the pitch that would have told the story of Martin Luther King Jr. and the final 31 hours of his life in Memphis. 

31 Hours:  A close-up focus on the dramatic, revealing last 31 hours of King’s life. Previously untold eyewitness accounts by those who were with King in his final hours reveal a wealth of hour-by-hour detail and breadth of context. 

This weeks episode takes our listeners through the story of the Green Book and the limited series pitch that took on a unique style to tell its story:

"Amazingly, until 1966 there was a published guide for African Americans that ensured their safe travels within the United States. Our series host uses the Green Book to explore multiple destinations across the U.S., finding out what’s changed, and what hasn’t, for Black Americans during the eight decades since the book was first published."