"NEW USERS GET UP TO $1K — RISK-FREE!"
IN 2021, while launching the Caesars Sportsbook App, the dissonance of this nonsensical promotional language shook me to my core in the way that only real nonsense can.
“Risk-Free Bet? What wager is without risk—isn’t a bet by definition risky?!”
Not only did it not make sense, it was irresponsible. Turns out, Regulators agreed.
But I didn’t stop there.
I found risk weighed against Responsibility in everything — love, art, nature, partnerships, copywriting, casinos, memes, religion, TV, and Dog walks.
EVERYTHING is predicated on risk.
And there I found a kernel of not just truth, but this self-sustaining narrative universe I began crafting in 2024 — a place where you’ll find “risk” in abundance.
Risky experimentations of form. Meta-meditations on fame, luck, losing your likeness, getting revenge, and scraping the bottom of the barrel of IP.
Risky character-driven dramas about the future, Talking Record Players, and essential questions of “What Do We Want From Our Grief?”
Risky notions of hope, found family, loneliness, parasocial connections,
legacy prospects, stray cats, Nomadic bandits, and recovery.
It’s expansive in scope of theme, genre, and story – sometimes within the same piece.
IT’S ABOUT WRITING, REVISING, REWRITING, AND REMEMBERING TO LIVE.
It’s quirky, chaotic, obnoxious, warm, hopeful – it’s quintessentially “Jamison.”
Welcome to The Bet-A-Verse.
Bet | Hour-long TV
LOGLINE: To settle his debts, a free-wheeling casino executive with a gambling problem resolves to steal from his own fantasy-themed casino... but he's not the only one.
THINK: 'The Righteous Gemstones' meets 'Barry' meets 'Fleabag.'
Mid-Famous | Half-hour comedy series
LOGLINE: A mid-level celebrity in crisis risks his family, friends, and job to resurrect his dream project: himself.
THINK: 'Birdman' meets 'Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent'
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This Sounds Just Like You | Feature
LOGLINE: Dysfunctional siblings must decide which of their estranged father’s wills to follow before pulling the plug on his life support: his massive estate or his cryptic final words recorded by a talking record player from space.
THINK: 'The Royal Tenenbaums' meets 'Big Fish'
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Harold, Please! | Feature
LOGLINE: Harold, a pathological liar and early recovering alcoholic, unwittingly joins a secret, murderous heist crew within his AA group in New Jersey to stay out of jail.
THINK: 'Eddington' meets 'Good Time' meets 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'
How To Name A Place | Short
LOGLINE: A recovering alcoholic suspects a pair of squatters are responsible for the wave of larceny on an off-season island town, but he and other residents have… forgotten what they were doing.
THINK: 'Sometimes I Think About Dying' meets Haruki Murakami
You're Not Well | Short
LOGLINE: Suddenly unemployed, Eileen's podcast obsession reaches unhealthy new levels as she struggles to find a job and take care of herself.
THINK: 'The Worst Person in the World' meets 'You've Got Mail.'
Where You Have Sent Me | Short
LOGLINE: A lonely widower’s condition deteriorates after receiving a strange package from his health insurer.
THINK: ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ meets ‘Black Mirror’