The Dukes of Downtown

I think I have a great idea for a new-comedy adventure series for network TV. Now, if I can only find someone who knows how to write, I'm ready to roll with this. The working title is The Dukes of Downtown Richmond. It's the ongoing rip-snorting funny story about a group of hillbilly, public servant outcasts, who are so back-woodsy in their approach to running a small southern city, that they'd make those original Dukes look like Manhattan sophisticates.
I'm working on my cast of characters as well as a few storylines right now, but, if you have any writing skills, and want to help out, here's an opportunity to make it big in show biz, and I’m talking really big.
The Richmond political folks certainly provide enough fodder for plenty of great stories. For instance, in one episode Boss Wilder-Boar, giddy with success in having worked his way down from governor to mayor, decides that if he bares his chest for a gay dating site, he might be able to get elected further down to a member of the school board. I think the laughs would be fast and furious for that one.
As a subplot to that one, the ever-lovely Daisy (don’t call me Reva) Trammell is sent by Mayor Wilder-Boar to flirt with the current school board chairman in order to get some secret information. But, for some inexplicable reason, regardless of the many feminine wiles Daisy uses on the chairman, she fails to elicit any reaction. I know if I were at home watching that episode I’d be laughing my fool head off.
Then how about an episode where the newly-elected Sheriff Woody has to go to court to get the outgoing sheriff to let him in his own jailhouse? A tad unbelievable, but nonetheless, hilarious.
As an underlying theme to run throughout each show, I think you could have the two brothers, or cousins, or whatever, Brad Armstrong Duke and Bruce Baldwin Duke as the stars. They would constantly be trying to outwit Mayor Wilder-Boar in an effort to have a ballpark and a performing arts center built downtown. But, Wilder-Boar has bigger plans up his sleeve…maybe even putting in casinos in Shockoe Bottom. That’s just a possibility.
I could spend the entire day sharing my story ideas with you. I think in one episode, Wilder-Boar hires the two Duke boys to repossess a top aide’s city-owned vehicle because the aide was using the car to do consulting for a political candidate. Or tell me what you think about this one. Wilder-Boar agrees to let a bunch of former city council members hold a reunion, and he deputizes Brad and Bruce to help make sure that none of the members escape from jail during the reunion. It’s a non-stop laugh riot, I tell you.
So, are you in or not? I’m looking for a few more good ideas. In fact, I have the morning paper right here. It should provide me with plenty of inspiration. Maybe I could get Robbin Thompson and Steve Bassett to write the theme song.