Haring Johnson Samuels Johnson III
Haring Johnson, supervising writer on the hit TV show
with slipping ratings, "Binky's World," identifies a tad too closely with the show's heroic, crime-solving main character, Binky, an eleven year old boy. Since research has revealed 85% of the kids binge watching "Binky's World" over and over again are from single parent homes and no longer feel safe seeing Binky living with two adults - especially two adults who are not even the same gender- the network decrees that Binky's parents must get a divorce to boost ratings The pending divorce of Binky's TV parents forces Haring to relive repressed memories of his own nightmarish childhood. On the verge of becoming emotionally unhinged, Haring begins having problems distinguishing between fantasy and reality. Then there's Haring's lifelong fear and hatred for his own father Samuels Johnson III, a disgraced TV network anchor with a PhD in Philosophy who has set up shop as an investigative political reporter hosting a weekly internet podcast. When Samuels is brutally beaten in retaliation for getting a little too close to the truth in his secret double life as an FBI undercover agent, will Haring's years of therapy allow him to resolve his emotional issues in time to fill his father's shoes by helping the FBI catch the bad guys, not to mention save the day by keeping the family podcast going until Samuels awakens from his coma, while at the same time thwarting the office coup planned by ambitious and newly hired "Binky's World" staff writer Russ Hubner who wants Harings' job as well as his girl? The answer is Yes! Of course, that's exactly what Haring's going to do. After all, Binky would. The truth is anything can happen in Binky's World an animated webseries that i create in my bedroom by myself (except for some help from my wife) because i learned that all this digital stuff is the most fun video game since pong and wondered if maybe, just maybe, it could turn out to be a production medium that I could afford and have fun with and, who knows, maybe even allow me to tell stories that meant something to me without having to beg for permission from some money person i couldn't stand being in a room with. |
(sorry for the negativity. some of the money people are probably okay. i just never met those ones.)
anyway,
the first two animated episodes are in post-production and will be posted soon (so send an email if you want to be notified robertharders01@gmail.com). in the meantime, you can check out the production stills and the first 3 scripts already on this website. oh, and there's a lot more to come. |