Behind the Process

This is the brainstorming breakdown based on my idea for "Cowboy Up". Initially, there was no German, but ended with the bartender/waitress having a cow giving birth and Lawrence happened to be a veterinarian. This is, essentially, the breakdown of my ideas and thought process that lead to "Cowboy Up" the finish product, posted a few days ago. More to come.

PREMISE: "A Southern kid turns 21 and goes to a bar in Chicago where the bartender and people in the bar refuse to serve him anything other than whiskey, tequila or margaritas because he’s from Texas."


Southern kid from a big city turns 21 on a trip to Chicago and goes to a bar
• ALL VERY nice.
o His “special” day

• Won’t serve him “girl” drinks.
o Tequila
o Margarita
o Whiskey

• Keep asking where he left his horse.

• Keep dropping “y’all” randomly to “accommodate” him.

• Switch the jukebox on to country.
o Loop God Bless Texas

• Try to get him to line dance.

• They bring out a mechanical bull from the back for him to “show ‘em how it’s done”

• Set some hay up for him to sleep on.

• Someone’s truck breaks down
o Ask him to fix it.

• Gun
o Check gun at door
o Someone robs bar

• Think he has gun

• Enter him into a duel

• Give him gun to enter duel

• Shot
 Find wallet – find out he’s a liberal

• Someone brings in a cow that’s giving birth
o He has to help birth cow
o BUTTON (Good ending for the sketch)

• Offer him chewing tobacco
o Too forcefully