Hi, we're Jesse and Brian.

Once upon etc. we were punching up a scene and found we had the opportunity for a context-free joke about anything we wanted. The freedom was exciting, but ultimately debilitating. We brainstormed for hours and in the delirium of twilight we hit upon a dead hippo sight gag that we found hilarious. This is obviously a terrible joke, but one worth celebrating because we realized why its conception was so grueling: it didn't evolve organically from the story or its characters. From that point forward we sought to avoid any and all "hippo jokes" and make sure everything aided the story or bolstered a character. The banner image is a testament to our commitment to writing purposefully, using dead hippo sight gags if and only if the main character is a hippo.