Subject: Barry & Joe - The Animated Series (Pilot) by Adam Reid — Kickstarter
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Alexander S. Mackler" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2017 22:41:04 -0400

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> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597035573/barry-and-joe-the-animated-series-pilot/ <https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597035573/barry-and-joe-the-animated-series-pilot/>
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> Barry & Joe - The Animated Series (Pilot)
> Barack Obama and Joe Biden are sent back in time by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Bromancing the multiverse to save us from ourselves.
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> These are the adventures of Barack Obama and Joe Biden bromancing the multiverse as they try and save us from ourselves. 
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> Moments after the inauguration of the forty-fifth President, Barack Obama and his best friend Joe Biden were escorted to a secret lab, run by a team of the world's greatest scientists and occasionally Elon Musk.
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> Obama and Biden were asked to take off all of their clothes and hold very still in a fetal position until they felt a painful tingling sensation.
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> They would awake to find themselves inside of their younger selves. Driven to find each other, and together, change history for the better.
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> Their only guide on this journey is Neil deGrasse Tyson. A brilliant scientist from the present who appears in the form of an augmented reality that only they can see and hear.
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> And so they find themselves leaping throughout their own lifetime. Looking for the best in people... Striving to right injustice wherever they find it. Forever hoping that their next jump in time will take them to a future that’s not scary and fucked up. 
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> A world which they can proudly call… home.
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> Created by Adam Reid / Illustration by Lance Laspina
> The Darkest Timeline
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> If you’re like me, you’re more than a bit concerned lately about the fate of our country, our planet, and humanity itself.
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> And while we need new heroes to step in and stand up for what is right, I can’t help but intensely miss Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
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> I dream about how the world might be different if we could go back in time and make better choices understanding what we know now. If only there was some way to set things right.
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> What is this? 
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> An adult animated sci-fi sitcom. A parody of Quantum Leap and countless other 80's TV classics. 
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> Every episode will follow Barack and Joe as they leap into the past and change a part of history.
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> You will never see Donald Trump's face. In this way, he is like our Doctor Claw from the original Inspector Gadget cartoon. A villain to be heard and felt but not seen. Except for his tiny hands, we'll see those. 
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> What needs kickstarting? 
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> This Kickstarter is to help us raise funds to fully produce the "prologue" show open & a mini-episode "pilot" as proof of concept for  the series. This will cover the cost of storyboards, recording, animation and sound design. 
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> What's a "pilot"? 
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> The pilot is a first episode of a proposed series. Achieving our Kickstarter goal would allow us to produce a perfect short episode in all it's intended glory. 
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> What will it look like?
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> A million bucks. No, seriously.
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> The trick here is adopting an animation style and workflow that can deliver the souped-up Saturday morning cartoon on steroids vibe but still be within reach on this budget and schedule. 
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> Who is it for?
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> People who miss Obama and Biden as much as we do. 
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> Connoisseurs of brilliantly cheesy 80’s television and science fiction.
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> Anyone on the left side of the political spectrum who isn’t afraid to question everything they know about America.
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> Anyone on the right side of the political spectrum who enjoys watching the left get all worked up and finds themselves engaged by the rich storyline and surprising depth.
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> This could be your pledge reward! Replica Friendship Bracelets will look exactly like the original Joe gave to Barack on his 55th Birthday.
> Isn't this just leftist fan fiction meant to give solace to those who need some hope and healing? 
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> Yes.
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> If I love Trump, will I want to watch this and then rant about it online? 
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> Probably.
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> Will there be anything educational about it?
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> Kinda!  
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> In fact, it’s our aim to recruit Neil deGrasse Tyson to play himself with the lure of genuine science, history and education. Not for kids, but for adults who understand the difference between science fiction and actual science when it’s explained to them. Our ideas are infused with the urgency for saving our actual world by spreading awareness of climate change science and an understanding of history and our place in it.
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> Barry & Joe will interact with major events in history as well as lesser known footnotes. Neil will provide insight from the future on how they may have altered the course of history with their actions. Subjects like race, sexism and equality will be addressed with historical perspective, sensitivity and grace despite the absurdity of the episodic television-flavored plot. 
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> Things get weird. But the series wants to reflect and build on the feelings we’re having in the real world in 2017 where things are super fucked up stranger than fiction already.
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> But isn't this just a meme flavored cash in? A way to market and appropriate public figures who deserve our respect and not some political cartoon that puts words in their mouths? 
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> Ouch. When you put it that way, yes. And now I have some palpable remorse about this entire enterprise.
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> But then I think of Obama and Biden playing skee ball together and I feel much better about everything. 
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> I'd like to believe that there is room for more smart and delightfully weird takes on current events, politics and history. 
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> Isn't time travel played out? We have so many things with time travel right now. 
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> I love pizza. It would never occur to me to want fewer pizza places or less great pizza.
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> I love time travel too. Especially when it comes out of a wood burning oven with a slightly burnt crunch and a chewy melty-ness. My point is, the art of time travel storytelling should be rich and ever-evolving.
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> Where can we see it? When?
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> If this Kickstarter is successful, I believe we can put out the explosive first episode this fall. You can expect updates throughout the process!
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> Who will be in it? Do you have a dream cast? 
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> Many casting possibilities could still become reality. Are you one of these people? Reach out to us and say hello! 
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> Neil deGrasse Tyson as Himself
> Jordan Peele as Barack Obama (Obama the Grey / Barry) 
> Chris Pratt as Joe Biden 
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> Can we have a taste of the series? 
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> Sure. 
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> In this scene, Barack Obama and Joe Biden are in the bodies of their younger selves in 1985. They walk and talk on the sidewalk in New York City. At this point in the timeline, they have also just learned that Obama no longer becomes President in the future. Joe is devastated. They walk and talk. 
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> Joe: It’s not healthy to hold it all in.
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> Barry: Hold what in?
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> Joe: The unbridled rage you are entitled to by having your entire legacy, everything you’ve worked for over the last three decades of your life, taken away! The crushing disappointment you must feel in having every achievement you unlocked re-locked, every barrier and ceiling you broke through repaired and reenforced, of having your historic footsteps in the sands of time permanently erased! Millions, billions of souls screaming out all at once and falling on deaf ears. If not for yourself, then for humanity! You must feel something!?
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> Barry delights in discovering a pack of cigarettes in his pocket.
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> Barry: Ha!
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> He lights one and begins to take a deep drag. Joe throws the cigarette to the ground and smashes it with his foot.
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> Joe: Barack Hussein Obama as your best friend and Vice President in a parallel universe we’ll converge with hopefully soon, I hereby COMMAND you to be full of righteous fury or extreme moping or anything other than cool. This instant! And that’s an order!
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> How can I help?
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> Do you have 10 dollars or more to spare? Please join the fight to help us save the future. 
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> Do you work in development at a network or streaming empire and want to help us fast track this timely material to the widest possible audience? I’d love to meet you.
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> Risks and challenges
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> Animation is time consuming and takes a village of talent and generosity to will itself into being. Independent projects like this even more-so.
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> Contribute knowing we'll do our very best to make you insanely proud. We'll be transparent about our challenges as we go. No doubt we'll learn a whole lot on the way.
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> Learn about accountability on Kickstarter </help/faq/kickstarter%20basics#Acco>

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