Badly Explained Book Plots
A pirate is obsessed with killing a little kid who can fly.
Peter Pan
After kids tell me where it hurts, I push on the parts that hurt while asking if it hurts.
Pediatrician (doctor)
A guy learns to love a girl without her Instagram filters.
Shrek
This Colorado town has a name that suggests it was never meant to exist.
What is No Name?
People drink coffee for ten years.
Friends
A college student sees a ghost, overthinks everything, and causes multiple deaths instead of solving one problem.
What is Hamlet?
I tell people all day to turn things off then back on again.
Tech Support
Everyone tries the ice-bucket challenge unsuccessfully.
Titanic
This Estes Park location is famous for inspiring a major horror novel.
What is the Stanley Hotel? (Real)
People gather at the beginning of the week to argue about grown men chasing a ball.
What is Monday Night Football?
A conch shell fails to hold society together.
What is Lord of the Flies?
I talk to myself in front of large numbers of young people busy on their phones.
Professor (teacher)
Talking frog convinces son to kill his dad.
Star Wars
In Colorado, this everyday household activity is legally restricted unless done within limits.
What is collecting rainwater?
Two guys refuse to die no matter how many times they should.
What is Supernatural?
Bald, creepy guy becomes obsessed with a teenage boy and creates a cult. He dies.
Harry Potter
I insist on silence while honoring the fallen trees
Librarian
Man with a top hat talks about being weird and wanting love
The Greatest Showman
This highly secure military installation is built deep inside a mountain in Colorado.
What is Cheyenne Mountain Complex
A small-town pair survive primarily on caffeine and conversation.
What is Gilmore Girls?
A guy ruins his life because he won’t stop chasing a girl who already moved on.
What is The Great Gatsby?
I see dead people.
Mortician or Forensic Scientist
A kid talks to a wrinkly alien and almost gets him killed.
What is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
This Colorado location sits on a continental divide, meaning water flows to two different oceans depending on direction.
What is the Continental Divide?
Teenagers solve crimes better than the adults who are paid to do it.
What is Stranger Things?