Cooking shows in America are amazing. There’s a tendency to make a nuanced, deeply
incisive investigation of every subculture, no matter how narrow it might seem,
and then televise said investigation of said subculture to a rapt and
surprisingly expansive audience.
You’re going to be the star of the latest of these shows.
The pitch: kids watch TV.
Kids have parents. Those parents
love seeing their kids do adorable shit.
You kids (this phrase is used generally to refer to kids at large), in
this case, might do adorable shit by making your parents breakfast. Sponsored by Betty Crocker, you (the kid who
isn’t a part of the family in question and is, in fact, an orphan who wishes
she had parents) are going to help other kids (the previously mentioned kids)
make their parents unique breakfasts, most of which center around Bisquick
products.
The catch: Bisquick is really limited in its
application. You can make pancakes,
muffins, quiches, and a few other things, though it is generally considered
inadvisable to make biscuits using Bisquick, oddly enough.
That means a series where the bulk of the episodes are
variations on pancakes. That means your
weird subcultural show is going to go a layer deeper and become a weird
subcultural show that plays on its own weird subcultural appeal. You’re going to have to appeal not only to
people who want to watch children cook their parents breakfast using readymade
mixes, but also to people who want to watch children cook their parents unusual
breakfasts using readymade mixes.
That means Bisquick will be used to make all the standard
Berry and Chocolate and Nut pancakes, but also things like Fish Pancakes
(sounds better than it tastes), Walrus Pancakes (sounds exactly as good as it
tastes), Snake Venom Pancakes (the best fucking pancakes anyone has ever
tasted). This will all be happening
during your first season, by the way.
God help you if you get renewed.
You’ll certainly have the ratings to.
We recommend going to Japan for season 2, they’re bonkers for weird
culinary tomfoolery over there.
Oh, and we know you’re wondering, so we wanted to make sure
you knew that no, this would not bring your parents back.
Congratulations Bisquick Kid!
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