Guycation: The Series

by Gregory D. Aronoff, Brian Peitz and Seth Marlow

What happens when childhood friends drift apart?

Apart from the guys who shared in each other's major life experiences? Now, just a skipped over and forgotten contact in their phone?

Who knows, because that show sounds awful. Dripping with unoriginality and tired troupes.

Instead, this show asks….

What happens when life-long friends rely on each other and an annual guys’ trip (“Guycation”)

to successfully cope with (and maneuver through) the riggers and responsibilities of getting

older?

"365 DEGREES OF AWESOMNESS" (Geoff Cross)

The tone would be close to The League, with every episode involving circumstances and

awkward dilemmas that come from having to balance personal and professional duties with, well, well-worn and ingrained post-college sensibilities…

Sure each episode has a conflict that’s attempted, which is initially unsuccessful and twists the

story in a new direction, and ends with a final solution/resolution (and maybe a little personal insight), but each episode ultimately builds to the next Guycation.

"NO, GIST ISN'T A PORN THING" (Craig Aaron)

These five friends made a pact after college, that no matter what, they’ll always do an annual

trip. One joint account and a pledge to make monthly deposits later - Guycation was born.

So, each year as 'life' begins to encroach in different ways, all five guys NEED this trip. It's therapeutic. It allows them to hit ‘pause’ and then ‘reset’ on the stresses of daily life.

Everyone year they have an annual competition to determine the year's 'Planner'. The Planner

has full control of the destination, funds - and all decision making. Which is kind of a big deal, because where one person might be excited, another might be scared shitless.

"THIS IS YOUR CONSCIOUS CALLING YOU AN ASSHOLE" (Brian Piper)

Despite work, family, and the awkward situations they find themselves in, these five friends stay in constant contact through a walkie-talkie style smartphone app (based off of ‘Voxer’).

Which lets them be their true selves. No filters. No holding back. Just unadulterated guy-ness.

"THERE'S A REASON ACOHOL BLOCKS MEMORIES." (Seth Moore)

These are guys in their thirties who still don't actually see themselves as 'adults'… Adults are still

their parents. Adults wear ‘dad jeans’. Adults can’t quote Goonies or understand why Winnie Cooper still holds a special place.

The guys are just… real. Real guys who face everyday obstacles without a manual - armed with

just their friends for (often misguided) guidance. So they often struggle with the ‘right’ decision.

SETH MOORE: Seth could be described in the vein of an old school Jekyll & Hyde (minus the

murderer part). He's an OCD technical sales engineer. He's married with two precious daughters.

But after a few drinks, he's quick to unleash his pent up suburban id (which he constantly struggles to repress).

He's also quick to unleash his... caustic wit. Knowing him for so long, his friends are immune to

his funny/demeaning banter, but people outside the group are generally offended, which can put

the guys in some awkward/tense situations.

BRIAN PIPER: You might call Brian ‘impish’, both because of his mischievous nature and

because of his stature. He’s short. Like 5’4”. In shoes. If you’re rounding up. But this little man owns a chain of personal training studios and could pass for an extra on 300 with his shirt off.

Likely in part due to his health and fitness regimen (and the copious amounts of energy drinks)

Brian thinks fast, talks fast, and is full of energy, which helps him juggle his business, newborn

son, and tall, attractive real estate wife. He's constantly offering up big ideas and antics that often

act as a catalyst for the situations the guys find themselves in.

CRAIG AARON: Craig is a writer, well if you consider greeting cards as ‘writing’ (and has a

writer’s temperament and disposition). Growing up the baby of the family with an over-

protective Jewish mother, Craig is a bit developmentally delayed - he's engaged for the first time, while his friends have all been married (and some divorced) with kids.

In a nice way you could say he’s ‘not adventurous’ (he was reading Judy Blume when his

buddies were all camping for the first time), so everything involved in their guycation trips is usually new and usually scary as hell.

GEOFF CROSS: Geoff is the free spirit, adventurer of the group (even with a 13-yr old son).

As such, his life appears to be somewhat in shambles as he’s constantly broke (he works at a

Vegan grocery store), looking for somewhere to live, and trying to scheme/scam a way to make his latest desire a reality (and is quite often successful).

While outsiders may look at Geoff as a deadbeat dad, he makes the limited time he spends with

his son count by bestowing upon him unique ‘real world’ knowledge that can’t be learned in any book.

JEREMIAH BRIGHT: Jeremiah, or ‘Jay’ is a single dad coping with twin teenage girls. And

he's recently become more serious with his girlfriend, who is starting to pressure him to buy a

house together in the suburbs and merge both their families. She doesn’t understand Guycation,

and is constantly pressuring Jay to drop out.

But of all the guys, Jay is the most logical, and makes all decisions on a cost/benefit analysis

(growing up poor in a family of 8 can do that). So he's always analyzing what to do next - even

when it should be a decision of the heart.

“HER FRONT END IS WELL VESTED” (Jay Bright)

Wanted We start right in the middle of this year’s Guycation in Seattle. It’s 2:00 am and the guys can’t

find Seth. Jay and Brian are convinced he’s passed out in a strip club dressing room/VIP room. Meanwhile Craig and Geoff think they’re being chased by drug dealers.

Is It Wrong If…? Geoff wants to date a female co-worker and keeps missing his chance, so he plots how he can

utilize the supply closet. Brian wants to hire a new trainer – then finds out she’s a former porn

star. He spends the rest of the time trying to find out if she’s using his gym as a ruse for meeting

Johns. Seth makes a commitment that he won’t even look at a woman who isn’t his wife – then learns that Brian’s trainer was in porn and finds himself in a dilemma.

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Geoff is on a date and doesn’t know whether to stay on the date, or ditch the girl (and bill) to

watch Football on Craig’s big screen. (He ends up leaving and getting in an accident in a sketchy

area.) Meanwhile, Jeremiah is torn between watching the game and cyber stalking his teen

daughters. (He ends up leaving – and is inadvertently tracking Geoff.) And Craig isn’t sure if he

should confront his neighbor’s who are having a loud party. (Craig finally leaves... and finds it’s

a fun/safe/chaperoned teen party. He sees Jeremiah’s daughters and learns it’s thrown by their friend’s dad - who is a local sport legend and the guys’ idol)

Tales of a Forest Gape Nothing

The season finale. The guys are backpacking in the wilderness, which forces Craig to face two of

his biggest fears, heights and being away from his own bathroom. However by chance they are

on the same trail as the elite Boy Scout’s national troupe. So Brian finds himself competing with

these skilled fourth graders, Geoff and Seth are competing for the attention of an attractive

female scout leader, who may or may not have been a former man, and Jeremiah’s

phone/compass/gadgets aren’t working, so he’s forced to rely on his feelings and instincts.