Postage Due By Adam Davidson and Keith Burgin
POSTAGE DUE is an absurd live-action comedy series. It surrounds four main characters in and around a small-town post office that gets caught up in their selfish interactions and situations with an array of colorful townsfolk. The antics of our character's random chaotic goings-on manage to collide for a coherent narrative by episodes end. It’s a show that has no limits.
The following is a brief description of the pilot episode and the rest of the first season of our series entitled POSTAGE DUE. All of which are available upon request.
PILOT EPISODE wraps up several storylines such as an escaped chimp from the local zoo, a new opera hall coming to town and a letter with postage due on it. As our postmaster, Frank, handles the customers in his peculiar way, a cautious townsfolk is perturbed by a letter with postage due on it. Meanwhile, our clerk, Barbara, reads from the newspaper during one of her many "breaks" within the day. She finds that a handsome reward is offered to anyone who can safely return an escaped chimp. This news has our two carriers, Bruce and Herb, discussing the evolutionary process to comedic effect. Amidst this action, we return to the nervous townsmen who shares his troubling news with his wife who only mocks and ignores his ramblings where we learn that a new opera hall is coming to town. Returning to the post office our carrier Bruce, is caught between lust and bad luck when it comes to his endeavors with the ladies. He finds that one of his customers he's attracted to is lonely and very peculiar in her sexual desires. Upon which time Barbara and Herb attend a funeral for a fallen postmaster and soon discover the escaped chimp within the church. This sets off a chaotic scene that leads to the new opera hall proprietor to question her location, Bruce's lover's husband finds himself in a very “hairy” situation. And our postmaster, Frank, along with the nervous townsman, finally settle their postage due standoff.
EPISODE 2 (Part one) - Just another day at the post office. That is until the FBI shows up! Someone has been stealing packages that have jewelry in them. Soon, everyone starts to think they know who did it. But Frank, with all his Sherlock Holmes knowledge, feels he can solve the crime. But when one of their own gets arrested at a pawn shop things start to look grim.
EPISODE 3 (Part two) - Continues where episode two left off. The FBI had thought they had found the one responsible until proven wrong in a courtroom. Frank still feels he can solve this before the FBI. Each member of the crew starts looking more and more suspicious, but none more than Clarice, who is there learning Frank’s position to be the next great postmaster. Her good looks may have them fooled, but not for long. Will the post office survive? Will justice be served?
EPISODE 4 - Frank, is fed up with everyone not being obedient to his demands and feels they need to face their fears. To make things worse, Barbara has to have a ride-along with Frank. Comedy and ironic tragedy ensue.
EPISODE 5 - Frank, has always had dreams of moving up to the top of the postal ladder and what better way to do that than by throwing a hoedown and inviting all his fellow postmasters to come and join the ball. But when the postmaster general shows up, his dreams seem so close and yet so far. Bruce and Herb have decided they want revenge on Frank for Obedience Day. Barbara has a raccoon to transport to the local zoo but it gets lost. Will Frank’s big day get spoiled? Or will his dreams come true.
EPISODE 6/7- This is the end of season one. Someone at the post office has turned out to be a patient at an insane asylum. They learn that he/she was placed in the post office as an experiment to see if they could cope with the real world. But their time has come to an end. When the others find out they decide they need to break out their friend. Will they be able to save the post office or will this be the end of their journey together?
We feel that Postage Due can be done on a small budget with big results. It's catchy, funny and has longevity. It’s a show that can go anywhere.
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