Subject: Experienced Humorist, Author for Spec Scripts
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 1/21/10, 11:14
To: gigs-etszg-1562883612@craigslist.org
Howdy-
I understand that you're looking for someone to assist with some "webisodes," as it were, and I'd like to be considered for the project. I'm a regular contributor to Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Skeptic, and True/Slant, and The Onion A.V. Club, and in the past I've written for such things as National Lampoon, McSweeney's, and Cracked. My first book, Flock of Dodos: Behind Modern Creationism, Intelligent Design, and the Easter Bunny, was released in 2007, and my second, Hot, Fat, and Clouded: The Amazing and Amusing Failures of America's Chattering Class, is set for release this April. I've appeared on Fox News and other outlets in order to argue with my various inferiors and I'm pretty good at picking up chicks. I'm also 28 and thus young and hip to the particular aspects of the animated comedy scene. In all seriousness, I'm very well-versed in what's been going on in that particular medium and I think I've grown to develop a good idea of what works and what doesn't.
Here's a link to a piece I did for McSweeney's that might be relevant to the format; I've got tons of other samples lying around the net if you'd like to see any more.