PROPOSAL: "THE SHINS -- THE CARTOON SERIES"

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PROPOSAL: “THE SHINS — THE CARTOON SERIES”

Possible titles: The Real Shins, Shins EXTREME, and Shins vs. Transformers.

Plot: The 5 Shins (who could be, but probably aren’t, dressed as shins) fight the crimes of loneliness and despair with their poignant, wistful lyrics; melancholy melodies; and kicks to the throat.

They are initially based in Detroit (or perhaps Cleveland, or some sort of imaginary land populated with amputee unicorns) but eventually travel the country in search of the legendary “Sixth Shin” who we will discover during sweeps.

They travel in a (submersible?) van, which is powered by bittersweet introspection. And also petroleum.

Their leader, James Mercer (“JM”? Kids have short attention spans) begins every battle with a tear-soaked scream of “Let’s carve his aging face off!”. He must do this at least eight times an episode, accompanied by an on-screen graphic advertising “Wincing the Night Away” the album on which that lyric appears. Synergy shall be our watchword.

If the Shins are unavailable for this project, other suitable bands include Spoon (who would fight with spoons), Death Cab (who would travel in a literal cab of death) or Arcade Fire (premise practically writes itself).

I suspect Avery of having stolen Merlin Mann’s mojo.

But since she puts it to good use I’m fine with it.

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PROPOSAL: “THE SHINS — THE CARTOON SERIES”