We are joined by improviser Alex Keen to pitch some political thrillers this week.

Honourable Mentions
The Pentagon is Now a Hexagon: If you think we're going to pitch a film out of this title, you're half right

Manifesto Destiny: Elon Musk really wants to get to Mars, but not for the reasons you'd expect.

Episode 413: Freedom, Justice and Chocolate For All (With Alex Keen)

We pitch another Franchise Reboot with Aiden, making the Flintstones into a gritty Mad Men tale of excess and betrayal. 
Then we talk about other reboots including some blasts from the past with Thunderbirds Are Go and its strange Busted soundtrack.

Deleted Scenes: Flintstones - Game Of Stones (With Aiden Pyne)

This week we reboot some franchises with Aiden Pyne. Godzilla is back and bigger than ever but its new insidious enemy is going to scale up to size!

Other movies pitched: 
The Truman Show: Worlds Collide
My Parents Are Aliens: Invasion
Action Man: Operation, Kill Hitler, Go

Episode 412: Alien Vs Godzilla (With Aiden Pyne)

We talk about the new Disney+ series Willow and pitch a fantasy film set on the mysterious Isle of Wight! Enjoy!

This is the deleted scenes for episode 411 so it might be worth listening to that before listening to this... or not, up to you really init...

Deleted Scenes: The Bones Tell Me Nothin'

We disregard all world building techniques as we delve into the world of swashbuckling fantasy with "The Five Fencing Frogs Of Freedonia!"

Honourable Mentions
All Aboard The Goblin Rowboat - A bunch of goblins get rich quick while also exploiting a gambling law loophole
Fun Guy - Ever wonder what a fantasy Seinfeld would be like? Well here it is!

Episode 411: The Five Fencing Frogs Of Freedonia!

In this week's deleted scenes, Matt and Tom go off into a reverie about book adaptations. Then we turn a thought-provoking (as we understand) book into a mystery about a mean old dog catcher and spend ten minutes figuring out if we want the dogs' mouths to move when they talk. Prime Deleted Scenes content.

Deleted Scenes: The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

We pitch the movie adaptations of what we *assume* are the plots of a bunch of your favourite books.
That's Not My Squirrel by Fiona Watt:
Hugh Jackman stars as a stage magician who turns to dark powers (David Bowie) to discover the secrets of Christian Bale's stage show, in which he resurrects a squirrel from the dead. But can he put them back once the squirrels start weighing in on the matter?

Also pitched this week:
A country doctor by Franz Kafka
Goodbye Mr Chips by James Hilton

Episode 410: That's Not My Squirrel

In our last podcast of the year Tom gets too emotional about Avatar: The Way of Water so he calls his best friend to review it for him. We talk Christmas action movies and pitch a christmassy cosmic horror.

Have a happy new year everyone!

Deleted Scenes: Best Buds With Richard E Grant

It's the holiday season! And it wouldn't be complete without some gun shooting action would it!

Honourable mentions
A Stocking Full Of Bullets - Two gangs of Bandits fight over who gets their gifts from Santa first.

Ho Ho Hold on a Second... Why Do You Have a Gun? - A kid and a Mall Santa stop a robbery at the Mall

Episode 409: Baby Jesus with a Gun!

A bumper dose of chat and pitching, from the animated ad series Kiwi Airlines, through tom's excitement about avatar, all the way up to how long it'll take the internet to replace the audio in the Mario Movie.

Deleted Scenes: Kiwi Airlines

We pitch some Animated Animal Antics as a bunch of pets and zoo animals wreak havoc on the human world!

The pet of an earl unwittingly becomes his next of kin, and ends up having to fight for animal food safety rights in the lesser known house of parliament, the Gazebo of Earls.

Also featured:
Ghost Zoo
The Fleas!

Episode 408: The Last Earl Of Barkshire

We discuss the mystery genre and pitch a film based around a classic parlour game.

Deleted Scenes: Working Down John Lennon's Mine

We come up with some puzzling murder mystery films this week!

Honourable Mentions
Scouts Honour - A murder occurs at a scout camp and it's down to that kid from home sweet home alone so solve the mystery.
The gun that smoked twice - A gun sets a smoke alarm off twice in a house, the reason for the second alarm may shock you.

Episode 407: Someone Always Corpses On Opening Night

Deleted Scenes: Excited For Next Corporate Blockbuster by Matt and Tom

Deleted Scenes: Excited For Next Corporate Blockbuster

This week we dive into Space Adventures, with sci fi strangeness and journeys to other planets!
In an age of labour shortages and AI rebellion, a brand new piece of technology promises to teach school children everything they need to know to find valuable elements out in the galaxy. But what is it they're really looking for?

Also featured:
What if we hid the Pope on the Moon?
Neil and Buzz are Out of This World!

Episode 406: Has Anyone Seen Gregory's Spacesuit

We talk those film you haven't seen and pitch a Kelloggs advert!

Deleted Scenes - The "You Haven't Seen!?" List (With James Vines and Emma Pallen)

We open a magic portal to all kinds of romantic possibilities as James and Emma from the Sheffield University Improv society help us pitch magical romance movies!

Honourable mentions
I now Pronounce You Man And Frog - A Cheeky Frog tries to get a prince to marry him.

Everyone Loves me as soon as I put this sweater on - Ray Ramano has a crisis of identity when he wears this particular sweater.

Episode 405: Kiss Me (With James Vines and Emma Pallen)

We talk about unnecessary sequels and then add to the problem by creating Casablanca 2, where aliens have invaded earth.

These are the deleted scenes for the Life's a Pitch Podcast episode 404. If you would like any context at all, please listen to the main episode, or don't we're not the Sergeant at Arms of your local toastmasters.

Deleted Scenes: Casablanca 2020

We pitch some completely unnecessary sequels!

Episode 404: Apollo 15

On this weeks deleted scenes we answer our patrons questions, have more football chat and reveal the secret about what we call Disney+'s latest Star Wars series!

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