RECESS my earliest memories, The TV show, MY TV show.
My earliest memories of childhood in Massachusetts were at recess. Recess was war. It was absolutely crazy. I remember a few dynamics. There was walking around and snacking and kinda being low-key. Then there was POGS. POGS are defined below. :
a cardboard or plastic disk printed with a design or picture, collected or swapped by children or used in games.
a children's game in which players strike a pile of Pogs with an implement, winning any that land face upwards when they fall.
While they are accurately defined, the second leaves out the degenerate gambling nature of the game. For this was the first form of gambling I was introduced to. You could win an opponent’s POG by winning a game. The opponent of course being a small schoolchild whose parents had bought him so many toys he was gambling away.
Then there was a huge game of either wall-ball or soccer. The soccer game was intense and went throughout the whole playground. Wallball was a game where a tennis ball is thrown repeatedly against the wall. Any “un-crisp” catches or touches result in a race to the wall before the ball can be rethrown at the wall by a fellow opponent. Should the opponent get the ball to the wall first, they would have an opportunity to beg the loser of the race with a tennis ball.
The other activity remaining was an all-out war. People would just fight. Hard. I remember participating at times, I also remember seeing hocking things like people jumping off of structures and landing knee first onto children’s backs who were laying down. It was crazy. These are honestly some of my first memories of childhood. Shit was a jungle.
Also, I never made the correlation until now, but one of my favorite shows growing up was a show named recess. A show that I strongly believe stands the test of time. I love how they demonstrate all the different social groups and built this world.
A Disney show that was a staple part of my Saturday mornings and which played a huge role in my love of certain dynamics and storytelling techniques. vibes,
It’s an amazing show, I also like that the main crew is a crew of motley individuals. Also, the fact that they get in trouble regularly, is a staple component of a plot structure that makes me like a show, or an episode of a show. I love when people get in trouble on shows. I love scenes where people get pulled over by the police as well
My love of people getting in trouble on shows played a huge role in the structure of the pilot episode of the TV show I’ve been writing for many years. Excited to show you one day. Very soon. 2021.
This factor played a huge role in the structure of the pilot episode of the TV show I’ve been working on forever. Getting in trouble is a big part of it,