My favorite show on Netflix is BoJack Horseman, which reveals a lot about me, since it’s a show about an emotionally dysfunctional has-been in Hollywood. So, back in January 2018, I was motivated to write a spec script for the show. I thought maybe I could replay the events decades earlier, described in “My Bumpy Road Through “Hollywood” – There once was MOONLIGHTING“, but hoping for a better result this time.
I wrote the spec script (“spec” is short for “speculation,” which is what writers do when they are not hired to write a specific story) about a new emotional roller coaster for BoJack. I threw into his life a gay young dancer who wants to become his friend. BoJack has to sort out the whole idea of being friends with someone who is gay.
Download the spec script PALLION THE YOUNG STALLION episode for BoJack Horseman here: https://app.box.com/s/mspm85bo5btskmfxm7jrlai6ybnimh35
Ironically, it turns out my sense that this would be an interesting topic for BoJack was later supported by the New York Times when they published the article, “Welcome to the Age of the Twink“.
Not only is it a good script, it’s timely as hell, too!
But, sadly, nobody at the BoJack Horseman production company would, as usual, read it. I couldn’t get around the rote “no submissions” policy. So, here it is for you to enjoy. Click here to share it on Twitter if you enjoy it.
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