DANNY PALUMBO

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1. What is your screenplay about?

Two friends settling an argument over who would get the most people at a funeral. Both put themselves in the obituary, and go about their own funerals in totally separate ways. Charlie's funeral is almost carnival-like, while Dennis hires actors to mourn him and bums to sign his guestbook.

2. Why did you decide to write this screenplay?

I think It's Always Sunny is the funniest show out there right now. Terrible people doing terrible things. They always take the wrong sides of the issues. Typically, my sense of humor.

3. How long have you been writing screenplays?

About a year. This is my first spec, though.

4. What is you all-time favorite TV SHOW? (name only one)

South Park.

5. What artist in the film industry would you love to work with?

Wes Anderson.

6. How many screenplays have you written?

Five to ten shorts. One feature, one spec, and a TV pilot forthcoming.

7. Ideally, where would you like to be in 5 years?

Either developing my own TV pilot or feature film.

8. Describe your process; do you have a set routine, method for writing?

Normally I just work off of one idea. For this, it was two guys arguing about who would be missed the most after death. Then I just try to work out all possible angles. Since I write mostly comedy, I'm always thinking about what is going to be a hilarious situation. But I normally jot everything down in a notebook, which I love to take with me just about eveywhere. Writing dialogue is a lot of fun, so I'll spend hours sitting down messing with word arrangement.

9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?

I moonlight as a chef, which I've been doing since I was 16, so I'm very passionate about food. Working in a restaurant is a blessing. You meet all kinds of people and I'm in an environment which allows me to be creative and at the same time wildly immature.

10. What influenced you to enter the WILDsound Script Contest?

Living in Pennsylvania, I don't have a whole lot of connections to get a career started. WILDsound seemed like a good opportunity to get my work out there.

11. Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?

Someone once told me to go out and get a lot of life experience. A fire alarm was going off at the time, but I'm sixty percent sure that's what he said. I see a lot of writers who don't really do much outside of staying in their homes and write. Some of the best plots and dilaogue I've written are just heavily exaggerated from real life situations, so the experiences are crucial to my own writing.

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