DESPERATE TO HAVE A BABY WITH THE SUPER-BOWL QUARTERBACK SHE IDOLIZES, CHLOE BARNES ROBS HIS SPERM BANK. THEN FINDS HERSELF PURSUED AND WOOED BY THE GUY WHOSE TADPOLES SHE STOLE. ************** REVIEW: Gordy Hoffman says The romance between Chloe and Bart is wonderfully endearing… TADPOLES is an exceptionally high concept story with a great premise and some wonderful comedic set-pieces. The standout scene is no doubt the Bank of the Stars ‘heist,’ as the interaction between Chloe and the guard is pitch-perfect and hilarious. The writer deserves a lot of credit for the fact that the story often gets big laughs without ever going ridiculously far over-the-top. Everything is well-balanced and grounded in reality, and even moments like the Joe DiMaggio exchange (brilliant!) seem organic and coherent. The story also provides an excellent send-up of the advertising industry, and the character of Ridley truly shines in this regard. Again, the humor here is perfectly tuned, and the story’s tone is spot-on. The romance between Chloe and Bart is wonderfully endearing… All in all, TADPOLES is filled with wonderful moments of comedy and is clearly the work of a capable writer. The tone and sensibility is fantastic and the authorial voice is definitely unique… Gordy Hoffman, The Bluecat Competion ********************* *************THE STORY: Chloe Barnes had hoped to have a baby with her live-in boyfriend, but when he says no, she panics. She’s 37 and afraid to wait any longer. Her best friend, Jan, a runner pal, tells Chloe it’s all for the best. Why settle for couch potato genes when you can choose the tadpoles of a donor with the right stuff. In Los Angeles to produce a TV commercial, Chloe discovers Bank of the Stars, a famous California fertility bank, and takes a tour. While there, she discovers that one of the bank’s most famous depositors is her football idol, Bart Steel. Bart had once quarterbacked the Los Angeles Rams to a Superbowl title and even better, has runner genes. Unfortunately, Bart’s tadpoles are unavailable for purchase. Instead, the bank tries to switch Chloe to scholar/athlete donors. Back at the hotel, Chloe agonizes over her choices and finally decides her future daughter (she hopes) deserves nothing less than Bart Steel bloodlines. But to get them somehow, Chloe must pull off the most daring sperm bank robbery in history. How she does it is nerve wracking and hilarious! And so is the manhunt that follows when the theft is discovered. It seems Chloe has stolen Bart Steel’s last chance for fatherhood – unknown to her, Bart has just become sterile with the mumps and just might lose his girl friend, starlet Fathom Bismark, who badly wanted those tadpoles for herself. After seeing the cute police sketch of Chloe, Bart Steel is determined to track down this evil woman who is carrying his baby. But will he find her before the police do?
