New Releases by Nell Scovell

Read a script just like they do in Hollywood! The Bags is a feature screenplay the world has never seen... until now. The Bags: When trash bags come to life and try to smother the inhabitants of a small town, a frightened family unites to stop the ruthless corporation who created this garbage monster. The Bags is a comedy/horror film that takes on the real-life terrors of consumerism, marketing, and packaging. Nell Scovell is a comedy writer and author of Just the Funny Parts: And a Few Hard Truths about Sneaking into the Hollywood Boys'' Club. She was the creator/showrunner of ABC''s Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and has written for The Simpsons, Monk, Charmed, Late Night with David Letterman, NCIS, and The Muppets. Joel Hodgson started out performing magic and ventriloquism in eighth grade and went on to create Mystery Science Theater 3000 in the late ''80s. The show is still going strong with over 200 episodes and a Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting. Also, its latest iteration on Netflix is rated at "100% Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes. As a performer, Joel has appeared on Saturday Night Live, Freaks and Geeks, and voiced the role of Mayor Dewey on the animated series Steven Universe

Just the Funny Parts is a juicy and scathingly funny insider look at how pop culture gets made. For more than thirty years, writer, producer and director Nell Scovell worked behind the scenes of iconic TV shows, including The Simpsons, Late Night with David Letterman, Murphy Brown,NCIS,The Muppets, and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, which she created and executive produced. In 2009, Scovell gave up her behind-the-scenes status when the David Letterman sex scandal broke. Only the second woman ever to write for his show, Scovell used the moment to publicly call out the lack of gender diversity in late-night TV writers’ rooms. “One of the boys” came out hard for “all of the girls.” Her criticisms fueled a cultural debate. Two years later, Scovell was collaborating with Sheryl Sandberg on speeches and later on Lean In, which resulted in a worldwide movement. Now Scovell is opening up with this fun, honest, and often shocking account. Scovell knows what it’s like to put words in the mouths of President Barack Obama, Mark Harmon, Candice Bergen, Bob Newhart, Conan O’Brien, Alyssa Milano, and Kermit the Frog, among many others. Through her eyes, you’ll sit in the Simpson writers’ room… stand on the Oscar red carpet… pin a tail on Miss Piggy…bond with Star Trek’s Leonard Nimoy… and experience a Stephen King-like encounter with Stephen King. Just the Funny Parts is a fast-paced account of a nerdy girl from New England who fought her way to the top of the highly-competitive, male-dominated entertainment field. The book delivers invaluable insights into the creative process and tricks for navigating a difficult workplace. It''s part memoir, part how-to, and part survival story. Or, as Scovell puts it, “It’s like Unbroken, but funnier and with slightly less torture.”

When Sabrina''s wish for a less complicated life is granted by a troll, she ends up back in high school. But with the adult Sabrina now in the past, the teen Sabrina is thrown into the future and is completely unprepared for what she finds there!

Sabrina sends herself back in time to get some academic help from Thomas Edison. But Tom is feeling down in the dumps and miserable, wondering if his inventions will ever amount to anything? Sabrina takes Tome to the 21st century to show him how important his inventions are, but once there he refuses to go back in time! Can Sabrina convince Tom to go back before the future''s left in the dark?

Harvey gets a mysterious invitation to an Other Realm Halloween party and takes Sabrina along. When the mysterious host can not be found and the guests start disappearing, Sabrina decides to investigate.

When Sabrina doesn''t have the time to finish reading the classic novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, she summons the main character and famous sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, to give her the 411 on the book. But when Sabrina''s professor brings his dog Baskerville to class, Sabrina has a magical allergic reaction that nearly turns the Mortal Realm into the Animal Kingdom.

Hanging out in ancient Greece isn''t so bad and Sabrina is having a good time with the toga-wearing crowd at Mt. Olympus. But when Zeus takes a liking to Sabrina things start to go wrong. Hera, one of Zeus''s many wives, is upset and takes her revenge by making Sabrina completely irresistible to mortal men. Tensions are rising and the Greek men are ready to go to war against the Trojans. Their plan? To build a giant wooden cat - in honor of Salem - and hide inside it. Can Sabrina find a way to get herself out of this mess before it''s too late? Luckily along comes an attractive young woman named... Helen.

Sabrina''s Magic Cue Ball overloads, and she and Salem are whisked to the giant labyrinth in the Other Realm, where the Quizmaster appears and explains they are being punished for misuse of the Cue Ball. Since Sabrina''s inability to make decisions got them there in the first place, she and Salem must stay trapped in the maze until they can choose the correct way out.

Staying on a horse is hard and learning to ride overnight is impossible, so Sabrina uses her powers to become a more competent rider. However, when it comes to entering a riding competition she and Mission Impossible must rely their on their own skills and strengths to win.

When Sabrina accidentally casts a powerful switcheroo spell, she and Libby swap lives... Eventually Sabrina realizes she wants her old life back. But it''s not that easy to reverse the spell. Is Sabrina stuck with Libby''s life forever?

A souvenir from Aunt Vesta''s trip to Egypt sends Sabrina, Salem, and Valerie back in time to serve the Cat Goddess Bast. But when the goddess falls hard for the fast-talking black cat, she puts him under a love spell and locks his traveling companions in the maze of the Great Pyramid. Can they bring Salem to his senses before Bast morphs him into a mummy?

Time''s up! As Salem once told Sabrina, the Witches'' Council once reset time to avoid a historical disaster (it involved a rabbit and the British throne - don''t ask!). And now they''re at it again and the clock is ticking once more. Unless someone can figure out how to stop it, magic will disappear from the world. Goodbye eternal youth, hello housework the hard way. So Sabrina sets out to make another magic clock, but what does it need? Magic! Sabrina, Salem and her aunts race through time and space to collect magical elements - Queen Elizabeth i''s crown, Ben Franklin''s kite - in the hope of saving magic. But is it enough?

Mirror, mirror on the wall, please do not break or fall. Poor Sabrina, she breaks a mirror and prepares herself for seven years of bad luck...until the Quizmaster tells her otherwise. Instead of seven years, witches get seven days of bad luck - and it starts right now. "How bad could that be?" Sabrina wonders. But soon Sabrina realizes that this week is going to be the worst week of her life. Eight short stories by bestselling Sabrina the Teenage Witch authors.

Typescript, dated First Draft June 12, 1990. Telecast Jan. 24, 1991, by Fox Broadcasting Company.