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Bedtime Hustle

Opening credits

Meet the Cast

One dad. A lot of AI. And the toughest live studio audience in the country.

The Dad: a red robot in aviator shades and a palm-print shirt

STARRING

Mario

as The Dad

A dad, a creative, and a guy who builds things after bedtime, still looking for the way. Not a label maker, but owns a glue gun.

Weaknesses: shallots, assembly instructions, “five more minutes.”

Catchphrase: “It’s growth.”Owns a glue gunFears: shallotsEvery episode

ALSO STARRING

Off camera

The Live Studio Audience

as my wife & two daughters

Never seen. Always heard. No names, no ages, no photos. My wife’s review is mostly an eyebrow. The girls so far: “boring,” “why is this about you,” and one “that was actually good.”

They drop in

Guest stars

Nobody here is in every episode. Credit them on the story when they show up.

  • El Truck

    Guest star

    The dashboard in the truck has a route. He had a different one. The truck won.

  • The Smart Speaker

    Guest star

    Never hears you the first time. Hears you perfectly when you were talking to somebody else.

  • The Group Chat

    Guest star

    Forty adults, one plan, and a “sounds good” on the message nobody meant.

  • The Robot Vacuum

    Guest star

    Permanently stuck under the couch. It has mapped everything except the couch.

  • Autocorrect

    Guest star

    Knows what you meant. Sends what it felt like sending.

  • The Fridge

    Recurring guest

    A recurring guest. Mostly condiments, one mysterious shallot, then he leaves.

Behind the scenes

The Writers’ Room

Writers at work

Staff: one dad, one chatbot, zero interns.

  • 1 SCENE

    Something real happens.

    A dinner, an email pile, a birthday. Usually at 5 p.m. Usually with AI.

  • 2 SCENE

    I pitch it to the room.

    The room is me and a chatbot. It laughs at all my jokes. Suspicious.

  • 3 SCENE

    We punch it up.

    The facts stay true. The timing gets better. Nobody gets roasted but me.

  • 4 SCENE

    New stories every Tue & Fri.

    Then the clips go to Instagram.

House rules

  1. 01No kids’ names, ages, or photos. Ever. It’s “my oldest” and “my youngest.”
  2. 02Every story is true. The timing is improved.
  3. 03Every episode ends with a prompt you can actually use.
  4. 04Funny, never mean. The only one who gets roasted is me.

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