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Petty Court



My name is Brooklyn Jones. I'm a stand up comedian from Brooklyn New York currently living in Los Angeles following my dreams of being a successful comedian and actor. I started doing comedy about 5 years ago when after a lot of coaxing and nudging from friends and family to "be a comedian because you're so funny", I decided try it. I went to Clayton Fletcher's comedy workshop in NYC. He helped give me the courage to get on stage for the first time and I've been making people pee on themselves ever since. 

In November of 2013 I had a fire in my apartment and lost everything. The fire left me starting from scratch. Instead of letting it get me down, I saw it as a blessing in disguise. I've always wanted to move to the West Coast and since I was starting from scratch anyway, I decided to start from scratch in Los Angeles and get these dreams poppin! It has not been an easy road. I've had plenty of ups and downs and struggles, but it has been a fun, adventurous and enlightening experience! I've met many great people and done some awesome things.
One thing I've learned is that you shouldn't wait around for opportunities to fall in your lap. Sometimes you have to create your own opportunities, which in turn can create opportunities for others.

I'm a huge fan of court shows...The People's Court, Judge Judy, Judge Faith, Judge Mathis etc. I love watching the way the judges lay down the law! But sometimes it frustrates me because the way the law is set up, it doesn't always work in the favor of the person in the right. Plus, it costs so much to file a law suit, some people are unable to file cases about things that are considered a small deal to court but a big deal to them!

So I came up this awesome idea for a show called "Petty Court." It's an outlet for people who have petty issues that need to be sorted out but are too small to settle in a real court! A court of law is inundated with serious cases. They don't have time to worry about your Forever 21 Jacket that your sister borrowed and left a cigarette burn in, or the fact that your roommate eats your food but locks hers up! But I along with my comedian friends are here to help! We have time!

I ran the idea by my friend Ellis Miah and we came up with some fun ideas to make this into a show! Ellis is a great friend that I met when I first moved to California. You may know him from some parodies we have done together. See below video.

 


A buddy of mine who is a producer loved the idea! He was going in for a pitch meeting with a popular A-List digital network who was looking for content. He went in and tried to pitch the show on my behalf but as soon as my friend laid it on the table, they didn't want to see or hear about it, saying they “already have a similar show idea.” When my friend told me the outcome of the meeting & that they wouldn't even listen to my idea, I was so disheartened and disappointed ~ for about 30 seconds ~ Then I decided I'm not going too allow anyone to kill my dream. So what if they think they have a similar idea. I'm sure it's not my exact idea! They don't have the sauce that I'm about to throw on it! I'm not going to let that stop me from creating this awesome show. I CAN DO IT WITHOUT THEM! I really believe in it & I know that viewers are going to absolutely love it.

So, I presented it to my friends & peers in the entertainment world & told them what had happened and how the people wouldn't even listen to my idea. But once I presented the idea to my friends & peers, they immediately got behind me & said LET'S DO IT!

I talked to my close friends and family, my HIPPO Family at Anthony Gilardi Acting Studio, and my friend Mychelle Vasvary who is experienced in daytime tv! What kind of daytime tv you ask? COURT TV! YASSSS! Mychelle loved the idea and offered to produce the show with me! She brought in Brian Dickson as the cinematographer and me, Mychelle, Brian, Ellis and all my friends got together and did the damn thing!!! With an awesome team and an awesome cast of characters, PETTY COURT WAS BORN!

I've even gone so far as to have a major media company VERY INTERESTED in it & has given me some directions how to tweak it & they want to see it again once I tweak it.

That's where you come in. In order to get it presentable for this major production company who is interested, it's going to take funding because we need some bomb professional editing! We also have to shoot more episodes with the tweaks that were given so that I can pitch it again! I have really faith in this project and so does this media company that wants to see it once I tweak it!  It's GOING TO HAPPEN! But we just need a little help to get it right! Haste makes waste and we want to have a polished product to present to the world!

Lisa Nichols (The Secret) said, “It's a life of hustle & survival. Everytime you cross someone's path & they can't handle your light ~ the 'dream snatchers,” that's when it's time to TURN YOUR LIGHTS UP!

So Petty Court is here. We have just begun and with your help, we are ready to TURN ON, TURN UP & SHOW OUT!



Mychelle Vasvary
Petty Court Producer
Started in Stand Up Comedy but "got sucked into daytime television by the devil. Currently producing many projecs including but not limited to getting her Volvo to pass a smog test.

Organizer

Brooklyn Lena
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA

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