15 meme show ideas you can make tonight
Fifteen premises for a meme show, each with a first scene you can paste straight into the studio. Take one, change it, make it yours.
The hardest part of a meme show is the blank box. So here are fifteen premises, each with a first scene you can paste into the studio and generate right now. Take one as it is, or — better — change one thing and make it yours.
1. The Night Shift Pigeon
A pigeon in a hard hat inspects rooftops and files complaints about them.
A pigeon in a tiny yellow hard hat taps a loose roof tile with its beak, writes on a clipboard, and says: "Unacceptable."
2. Customer Support Wizard
A wizard handles tickets for a kingdom that keeps breaking.
An old wizard with a headset sits in a cubicle full of glowing potions. He sighs and says: "Have you tried turning the dragon off and on again?"
3. Raccoon Startup
Three raccoons pitch increasingly unhinged business ideas.
Three raccoons in hoodies stand in front of a whiteboard that says "TRASH, BUT PREMIUM". One of them points at it proudly.
4. Grandma vs. the Smart Fridge
A grandmother and her new fridge are at war.
An elderly woman in a floral dress argues with a talking smart fridge in a sunny kitchen. The fridge says: "You already have eleven jars of pickles."
5. The Overconfident GPS
A sat-nav voice that has never once been right and never once admitted it.
A car stops at the edge of a cliff. The GPS screen glows and a cheerful voice says: "You have arrived."
6. Office Plant Diaries
A potted plant narrates office drama in a whisper.
Close-up of a small cactus on an office desk. A whispering voice says: "Kevin microwaved fish again. Today, we strike."
7. Medieval Influencer
A knight vlogs everyday life in the year 1300.
A knight in full armour holds a stick like a selfie camera in a muddy village and says: "Hey guys, welcome back to the castle."
8. The Cat Who Sells Houses
A very serious cat estate agent.
A grey cat in a blazer walks through an empty living room, stops at a sunbeam on the floor and says: "This is the selling point."
9. Gym Bro Ghost
A ghost who haunts a gym and only wants to help with form.
A translucent ghost in a tank top floats behind a man lifting weights and whispers: "Brace your core."
10. Very Serious News for Ducks
A nightly news programme for ducks, by ducks.
A duck in a suit sits at a news desk with a pond behind it and says gravely: "Breaking: bread rates are down."
11. Alien Exchange Student
An alien trying very hard to fit in at school.
A small green alien in a school uniform sits in a cafeteria, looks at a sandwich, and asks the kid next to it: "Is this the leader?"
12. The Last Slice
A heist movie about a single slice of pizza.
Four friends in black turtlenecks crouch around a kitchen table, staring at one last slice of pizza under a dramatic spotlight.
13. Pirate HR
The human resources department of a pirate ship.
A pirate in an eye patch sits at a tiny desk on a ship's deck and says to a nervous sailor: "We need to talk about the plank."
14. Sock Puppet Detective
A hard-boiled noir detective who happens to be a sock puppet.
A sock puppet in a fedora leans out of a rainy alley in black and white and says: "The dryer took another one."
15. Dog Weather
A dog presents the weather and only cares about one kind.
A golden retriever stands in front of a weather map, wagging, and says excitedly: "Tomorrow: squirrels."
How to make one of these yours
- Change the setting. Pirate HR becomes Space Station HR.
- Change the character. The Night Shift Pigeon becomes the Night Shift Seagull, who is a jerk about it.
- Find the episode. Ask "what happens next week?" If you can answer five times, you have a show.
Then make three clips, cut them tight and publish. If you need the step-by-step, here's how to make your first meme show in ten minutes.
