The time couldn't have been better...
by Roberto Ferreira

If someone would have come to me and told me a year ago that I would create a comedy about Marijuana, I would have laughed and thanked them for the idea. But here we are, in the middle of the discussion on whether or not Marijuana should finally be legalized in California. After 700,000 signatures, the measure will be on the November ballots and chances are that we will be the first state to have Marijuana legalized, and I have 10 episodes of the First Season of "Stoned High" ready to shoot.

My first idea was to create something incredibly cheesy, with one bad video camera and a lot of improvisation. Then I created the 10 episode beats, where the characters should go from point A to point B, wrote the pilot and thought it would be a good idea to invite other writers to participate on the project. So, in December 2009 I was in New York City for my birthday and I had a meeting with Walt, who ended up writing episode 102. I couldn't believe how much fun he brought to the project. Filled with excitement, I asked Dennis to write 103, Joe to write 104 then Jake jumped in and wrote 105. Miguel wrote 106 and Chase wrote 107. Because 107 and 108 sort of happens in the same environment, I asked Chase to also write 108, as well as Dennis to write 109. I finished out the first season by writing episode 110.

With such great scripts on hand, we decided that we needed a higher production value, so we interviewed Line Producers and hired Kimberly Scott for the project. Kim brought the professionalism and organization that this project was craving. Immediately following, we obtained Justin Thomas Ostenten to be our Director of Photography, as well as Dennis Stratton Wilkes to also wear the Associate Producer hat. So now the core team is ready.

We are looking forward to start shooting the series this summer.