#43 A good first draft [S4E11 with Jonathan Kite]

Kyle is out, but joining us is the comedian, actor, and writer Jonathan Kite. Who has a new movie out – All The Creatures Are Stirring.

Jonathan is familiar with the show, but hasn’t seen it until now.

Jonathan talks about Nightmare on Elm Street’s origins, and how he’s seen a ghost in a girlfriend’s video.

Story 1: The Mystery Of Douglas Hibbard – A man, sick with the cold, checks into a motel and mysteriously stashes something in a safe.

• Tiffany feels like it’s an urban legend.
• Maybe the clerk just messed up the timing of events.

Story 2: Wheelchair Man – A  criminal with psychic abilities gives up his cronies after being pushed out of a heist.

• Jesse doesn’t understand why a criminal would help the cops.
• Jonathan doesn’t believe cops would give up a witness.
• Tiffany just thinks burglars are dumb.

Story 3: The Vigil – A comatose woman about to be taken off life support finds a way to communicate with her boyfriend.

• Everyone agrees it was a very forgettable story. But maybe that means it’s true?
• Jesse thinks the boyfriend believed it enough, but it was just a coincidence.
• Maybe it’s too fact to be fact?

Story 4: The Mandarin’s Bowl – After a family trip to China town, a young boy is revealed to be the reincarnation of an old pottery master.

• Jonathan doesn’t understand why the master and student don’t ask more questions. Their reunion is very short.
• Everyone agrees the parents would have freaked out more.
• Tiffany thinks the most ridiculous stories are fact.

Story 5: Ghost Writer – A cruel man hires a ghostwriter who accidentally records a confession of a horrible crime.

• Chris felt it was very similar to Batman Returns.
• Chris pitches the boring theory. So boring that it’s fact.
• Jonathan thinks it’s a good first draft but then it falls apart.

This week we call up a listener and have him play a game in which he needs to decide if our news headlines are real or made up.

The story results are revealed.

• To find out which stories are fact and which are fiction… you must listen to the podcast, or check out the full episode below or on Amazon Prime.