Bubble Of Sanity
Patton Oswalt
1:07I'm trying to write movies. It's fucking hard, man. And it got even Harder this year because they released a movie on DVD. It was made in 1977, They never released it. It just now got put out on DVD this Year and it's called Death Bed: The Bed That Eats People. I'm not Making... Go IMDB this. This is a real movie. Death Bed: The Bed That Eats People. And it's about a bed that's evil and it eats people That's the whole movie. And the backstory is like the 1500s, there's A demon, the guy kills the demon with a sword, the demon's blood gets On the bed, now the bed's possessed. Go to present day, '77, when People fuck on the bed, the bed kills them, because it's evil. That's The fucking plot. So I've sold four different movies to four Different studios, and a lot of you are thinking, "Hey, you got it Made, kid." Hang on. Because when you sell a screenplay, you then go Through a one-year notes process that will make you want to stab Yourself in the eyes with your own dick that you've torn off Shellacked, and turned into a letter opener. That is how insane... Like, "Yeah, um, we have some notes. On page two, she's eating Peanuts, but then later she's wearing a hat. Does that make sense?" You're like, "What the fuck are you talking about?!" This guy wrote Death Bed: The Bed That Eats People, took it to a second guy and Said, "Okay, it's called Death Bed: The Bed That Eats People. Now The backstory is there's a demon..." And then the second guy said "Stop drilling, you hit oil. You had me at Death Bed. We are going To rent cameras, buy film stock, hire a crew. We are shooting this Masterpiece." They hired a crew. Caterers woke up at dawn and boiled Coffee and sliced bagels for people to have the fuel to act in Death Bed: The Bed That Eats People. A carpenter drove nails into wood Building the death bed. Probably tore his shoulder out. You know Fucked up his rotator cuff, couldn't play catch with his son growing Up. Now the son grows up to resent him. He's blowing guys in bus Stations all day. 50 dicks in his ass like the tail of a peacock And his dad's going, "You know what? He'll finally understand when he Sees Death Bed: The Bed That Eats People." Of the four movies I've Sold, I've started 10 other screenplays, I get halfway through and Go, "Fuck it, I just give up." I have no discipline, I just, "Ah I can't fucking finish it." This guy thought up Death Bed: The Bed That Eats People and fucking finished it! That means one of Two things happened. He either never had a moment's doubt, just Hit that typewriter every day just going, "Yeah, then the pillow Starts to smother... Oh, this is awesome! Reach down, God, give Me a high-five. Boom!" Or here's what's worse. What if he had Moments of doubt and then fucking worked through them? That's so Much worse for me if he was just going, "And then the pillow starts To... What the fuck am I writing? I'm putting my name on this piece Of shit! No, I will finish this! I will finish what I start!" He Had that little poster of the kitten hanging in the tree going, " Just hang in there, baby." He goes, "Yes, I will hang in there Kitten." So look for my new movie next summer. It's called Rape Stove: The Stove That Rapes People I'm very excited. It's gonna happen!