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“The Failed Larry Wish Show Pilot Episode OST” is the original soundtrack for “The Larry Wish Show Pilot Episode“, a mythological Larry Wish short film originally created in 2011. “The Larry Wish Show Pilot Episode” was going to be the first of many episodes of a TV show centered around the hapless character of unknown age Larry Wish as he goes to school each day. The aim of the Pilot Episode was to depict a typical day in the life of Larry before his first day of school, introducing his dysfunctional family members as well as a bit of the Larry Wish world, set in the fictional town of Bin. The intended tone was to be a difficult blend of ominous and whimsical, featuring members of the Minneapolis/St. Paul arts and underground music scene as main cast, repeat characters, and one-off cameos.
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“The Larry Wish Show Pilot Episode” was shot and edited in the winter of 2010/2011 by Sam Cramer, Tim Hudson, and Adam Wish-Werven, and it was released in May of 2011 as a production of the Soothing Almonds Collective multidisciplinary arts group. There was one public screening at the venue Nick & Eddie in Minneapolis for the “Larry Wish Pilot Episode Soundtrack Release Show”, as well as a private screening at the underground Medusa DIY space. An incomplete version of the episode was uploaded to comedy entertainment website Funny or Die that did not contain the “Chuck Stinkie” or “Senuter Butthole Johnson” scenes, and it was later removed from the website after amassing nearly 500 views. A limited run of DVDs were made and distributed locally, and the copies have been all but lost to the ages. The project was not pursued past the Pilot Episode, but Bumpy is now (sort of) pleased to rerelease the complete and re-constructed short film and its accompanying soundtrack as “The Failed Larry Wish Show Pilot Episode” and “The Failed Larry Wish Show Pilot Episode OST”, respectively.
“‘The Failed Larry Wish Show Pilot Episode’ is not suitable for children and will not be enjoyed by all viewers. My intent was to create a unique and imperfectly disturbing world, be weird and gross, and push boundaries that quite frankly didn’t need to be pushed by a blacked-out-drunk 21 year old guy. There are many topics and scenes presented that we thought were good ideas to approach then, and though I really appreciate this project and the time spent making it for my own personal journey of awareness, I can’t see myself being happy with continuing the project as we had planned. I think it’s ultimately better that we didn’t make any more and that the project fizzled out, leaving just the blurry Pilot Episode and the half memories of making something exciting with my friends.” (Adam Wish-Werven)
“The Failed Larry Wish Show Pilot Episode OST” was recorded February 2011 at Organ Haus in Minneapolis, MN by Adam Wish-Werven with the Yamaha PortaSound PSS-580 digital synthesizer. It was recorded onto tape using a TASCAM Porta 02 mkII Ministudio 4-Track Cassette Recorder. The album was remastered for reissue digitally and for limited cassette release on Bumpy by Adam Wish-Werven in 2024.