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Reply to comment by Klowdcity in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
I’ve never been afraid of having my ideas stolen because I feel like at this point there is such a massive digital trail of where and who you send it to that it would be pretty hard to steal. (Also my ideas aren’t that good) I’m sure it still happens but I’d rather take the risk and send it out then fear getting it stolen. The reward is definitely greater than the risk!
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Reply to comment by mclair in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
A guy asked me if they’re an athletic brand and I said yes plus they make batteries and bulk toilet paper.
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Reply to comment by spacesoulboi in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
They are all still up on www.WeekendScripts.com, most of them were so tied to the news of the week that they won’t make much sense but they’re still up!
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Reply to comment by CalvinDehaze in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
ITS FRAMED ON MY SHELF OTHERSIDE OF THE ROOM!!!! POOL WARMING SOON!!!!
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Reply to comment by YouMeanMetalGear in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
It is! Aside from the critics that wrote that they loathe me and want me dead it’s been really great! Getting to see it go from a blank page to something on the front page of Hulu is really wild. Also getting to see it in a theater of people is awesome, really need more comedies in theaters. It’s so fun!
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Reply to comment by Savings-Flan7829 in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
I didn’t know about that! I wonder if any owls got into the ketamine and went feral or if that’s only in the movies.
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Reply to comment by Dylan_Dylan_Dylan in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
Come for the Kirkland and maybe stay for the movie, that’s what I say. My favorite shirt by far. They do some of the hard stuff, cocaine, magical Christmas ketamine etc… #KeepitKirkland
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Reply to comment by hotmessexpress44 in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
Horse sized duck! Don’t want to be outnumbered. Plus I feel like I could reason with a duck. Horses are wild.
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Reply to comment by HaikuBotStalksMe in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
Damn! Pretty sure they stole that from us.
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Reply to comment by Marbla in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
I was too! It turned out so good. And I definitely will! Just talked to him today
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Reply to comment by Macemore in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
It was a betrayal to all of us.
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Reply to comment by Macemore in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
I’ll dabble in Diet Coke too. I’m not a purist. Especially since the formula and can change of the Zero.
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Reply to comment by PeanutSalsa in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
All the classics! Airplane, Naked Gun, Scary Movie, Don’t be a Menace, Spaceballs
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Reply to comment by PeanutSalsa in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
I would post scripts based on IP I didn’t own. Like the Fast and Furious and Batman.I knew these scripts could never actually get made but I used them as calling cards for my writing. I figured if I could go viral I would have a shot at getting staffed on a show, and that eventually happened!
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Reply to comment by Marbla in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
Hey!! What’s up! WWDD was my first paid writing job ever. Aside from answering questions 18 hours a day I was surprised how all consuming directing was to my life. With writing I could jump between projects with directing I was only focusing on one thing for about a year straight.
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Reply to comment by Fit-Plant-9661 in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
We are using him as a bargaining chip, if Hulu gives us a third Binge we'll bring him back.
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Reply to comment by CauliflowerMinimum44 in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
How I got my start was on a website I started called www.WeekendScripts.com where I would write a full script in a weekend and put it online. They weren't necessarily great but they would be based on news stories so people would be like, "how the fuck is their script about CURRENT NEWS STORY already?" And that got me a lot of notoriety for my speed.
Normally if I'm writing a script that I'm getting paid for I really like just getting a first draft out in a few weeks, knowing that I'm going to go back and change a million things. For me having the full draft in front of me is when I can start really analyzing what's working and what definitely isn't.
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Reply to comment by rndname in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
It's a good question! One I'm asked all the time. I actually don't do drugs at all. I smoked weed a bit in high school and college but other than that I'm mostly a Bud Light and Coke Zero kind of guy.
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Reply to comment by cadencehz in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
So many incredible ones. My hotel was next to Pastabilities so I had the riggies there 4x a week at least. The York was pretty great too. A little farther out in Liverpool my favorite bar is the Retreat, also incredible chicken riggies.
We just had the premiere after-party at Three Lives arcade bar and that was awesome food and games.
Overall everyone working in the bars and restaurants in Syracuse was so nice and supportive of the movies, it's really awesome to spend months at a time there. And I'm originally from Long Island so I'm more comfortable in NY anyway.
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Reply to comment by justSkinAndBone in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
Don't be afraid to put some of your stuff out there and reach out to anyone and everyone. I got my start by posting scripts on Twitter and Reddit and DM'ing writers I admired and managers who repped writers I admired.
You'll get 400 no's and 99% of people ignoring you but there are the people that will help you throughout your career. Jon Hurwitz who made Cobra Kai and Harold and Kumar responded to me when I was 21 and I still work with him 15 years later and he's been insanely supportive throughout my career. You never know who will like your stuff!
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Reply to comment by VisitRomanticPangaea in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
It's on Disney+ in most places around the country. But I think it's exclusive to the Disney/Hulu family for the next decade or so!
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Reply to comment by Isabellaasian in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
So many classics to choose from. My mainstream favorite is Christmas Vacation.
My alt answer to be cool is KISS KISS BANG BANG.
And my odd favorite is "Just Friends." The line "he's from jersey he skis in his jeans" has been in my head for 20 years.
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Reply to comment by mgrace17 in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
Mostly Final Draft these days but when I started out I was using CELTX and it's almost identical.
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Reply to comment by OoOoLAoOoO in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
Shit. This is where we went wrong.
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Reply to comment by happyklam in I'm Jordan VanDina, I wrote and directed "It's a Wonderful Binge" the Christmas sequel on Hulu where all drugs are legal for one day but I started my career on Reddit posting fake scripts. AMA! by shrimptooth
Of course! Will put the date and address on Reddit