Stories by @masoncompton

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (2005-2010)

This would've been a TV show adaptation of Mordecai Richler's 1959 novel. It would've aired on Showcase (the same network that aired the seasons 1-7 of Trailer Park Boys) and would've lasted for 6 seasons and 108 episodes (18 episodes per season). The story and setting are the same: Set in Montreal, some Jewish guy named Duddy Kravitz goes to work as a waiter at a kosher resort hotel in the Laurentian Mountains. Some changes include making Yvette a Toronto native instead of French Canadian, being set during the mid-to-late '90s, and making Duddy's job as a waiter a permanent job instead of a summer job. The theme song would be "The Future" by Leonard Cohen.

Ed (1980-1984)

An alternate version of a David Letterman-produced comedy-drama. It would've lasted 5 seasons and 110 episodes (22 episodes per season). Everything would basically stay the same, except the cast and the theme song would be One Tin Soldier by The Original Caste.

Adventureland (1991-1996)

An alternate version of Greg Mottola's 2009 film. It would've been a TV show that would've lasted 6 seasons and 180 episodes (30 episodes per season) It would've been adapted from a Roald Dahl novel of the same name that would've been published 3 days before his death. A few notable changes would be that it would be set in Great Falls, Montana instead of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, it would be during the summer of 1973 instead of the summer of 1987, and the main character, James Brennan, would have a step-brother named Seth Greenbaum, the fictional cousin of real-life musician, Norman Greenbaum, who would the exact opposite of James.

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1986-1991)

A U.S. remake of an ITV/BBC1 TV series. It would've been developed by Norman Lear and would've lasted for 6 seasons & 180 episodes (30 episodes per season) It would've been nominated for multiple primetime emmys. Franc Roddam & Allan McKeown (the producers of the original U.K. series) would be the executive producers alongside Lear, David Mamet, Lars von Trier, James L. Brooks, and Francis Ford Coppola.