Plot
A satire of film and television production, the series revolved around Pyramid Productions, a viper's nest of creative incompetence, savage greed and hysterical backbiting. Alan Roy, the head of the company, usually follows whatever is trendy in the production world, whether it be owning his own cable channel or having a designer office. His decisions are usually idiotic and occasionally impossible to fulfill. They constantly lead to extra work for his employees, who must either fulfill his wishes, or deal with the consequences of them. The employees, Richard, Victor, Veronica and Wanda, each manipulate each other and sabotage each others projects in order to earn more money, get promotions or work on better projects. None of the employees appear to have issues with breaking the law and seem to have no sense of morals. They usually only work together when they have an opportunity to destroy another company. Each episode usually deals with one major problem or event. The events do not usually carry over to the next episode.
The company's projects also provided storylines for the series, as the staff of Pyramid tried to manage the inevitable complications provided by the casts and crews of their film and television productions. The company's cash cows were two series, The Sword of Damacles (sic), a parody of mythological adventure series such as Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, and Beaver Creek, a parody of Canadian period dramas such as Anne of Green Gables and Road to Avonlea. They also face complications with their low budget, poorly made movies, such as Vigilantes Vengeance. Many of their movies fail and end up either not being produced or going straight to video in foreign countries.
Episodes commonly both began and ended with brief asides to the camera, breaking the fourth wall. These are usually done by Richard but are occasionally done by Veronica or Victor.
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