God, Inc.

"God, Inc." is a comedy internet video series about the office space of God by filmmaker Francis Stokes. The premise is that God runs the world through a company with different departments such as disasters, miracles, population control, publicity, customer relations, approvals, and product development. It has recently gathered critical acclaim from a number of media outlets.cite news | last =Kaufman | first =Anthony | coauthors = | title ="God, Inc.": "The Office" Meets The Almighty | work = | pages = | language = | publisher =The Daily Reel | date =January 8, 2007 | url =http://www.thedailyreel.com/news-opinion/reel-focus/god-inc-the-office-meets-the-almighty?gnewsid=1168209370.23 | accessdate =2007-01-27] cite news | last =Coyle | first =Jake | coauthors = | title =A YouTube star is born ... with the right plan | work = | pages = | language = | publisher =Seattle Post-Intelligencer | date =January 27, 2007 | url =http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/301388_youtubestars27.html | accessdate =2007-01-27] cite news | last =Hornaday | first =Ann | coauthors = | title =Rules For YouTube: Make Art, Not Bore | work = | pages = | language = | publisher =The Washington Post | date =February 4, 2007 | url =http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/02/AR2007020200358.html | accessdate =2007-02-10] cite news | last =Jurgensen | first =John | coauthors = | title =New Sitcoms Rise On The Web | work = | pages = | language = | publisher =The Wall Street Journal | date =January 20, 2007 | url =http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116924952086782081.html?mod=todays_us_pursuits | accessdate =2007-02-10] cite news | last =Falsani | first =Cathleen | coauthors = | title ='God, Inc.' puts 'Office' humor in heavenly setting | work = | pages = | language = | publisher =The Chicago Sun Times | date =March 30, 2007 | url =http://www.suntimes.com/news/falsani/320014,CST-NWS-fals30.article | accessdate =2007-03-30] Creator Francis Stokes has stated on comments on the sixth episode, that he plans to turn the web series into a TV series. On July 17, 2007, Francis Stokes posted a video onto his YouTube account stating that the Sci Fi Channel has picked up God, Inc. [YouTube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeS2trKq13A "Update #3 - "God, Inc" Sold To Sci-Fi"] ]

Characters

arah Church

Sarah Melody Church (played by Rachel Oliva) (June 3, 1976-November 5, 2006) lived in Florida all her life and died of Leukemia. She becomes an intern placed in Product Development where she is the only female.

Austin

Austin (played by Stephen Falk) is the last remaining person in the Miracles Department. Changes in staffing within the office have him disillusioned about working there.

Piper Morris

Piper Morris (played by Elizabeth Pan) is the boss and is described as a hardass. In the first episode Brad tells Sarah not to "talk to her, or make eye contact".

Owen

Owen (played by Jeff Sass) works in Population Control. He likes his cup o'noodles soup & has a fondness for cancer.

Paige

Paige (played by Stephanie Jane Markham, Francis Stokes' real-life wife) is God's secretary who isn't seen frequently because she works upstairs. Paige appears in Episode 3, "Who Stole God's Lunch."

Keaton

Keaton (played by Chet Nelson) is the boss of Product Development. He has designed 64 animal species and 217 plant species.

Gavin

Gavin (played by Dayton Mesher) works in Product Development. He has designed 28 animal species. It would be 29 but his attempts to submit the porcupotamus as a new animal species keep getting rejected by the Approvals Department.

Amid

Amid (played by Rizwan Manji) is a marketer in the Publicity department who propagates faith in Islam. Riding the contemporary wave of fanaticism and solidarity in the muslim world, Amid often tops the performance charts in his department. This makes him arrogant, attributing his succeess to what he calls: "the one true marketing strategy."

Esther

Esther (played by Amie Farrell) works in the Publicity department trying to increase the numbers of "Really Christians". She is highly task focused and will go to the most deviously unchristian lengths to outperform Amid.

Andy

Andy (played by Michael Lutgen) works alongside Esther in Publicity. He is the rep for "Sort-of Christians" and is accordingly indifferent about the faith that he is selling or how he performs in the office.

pecies mentioned in the series

Porcupotamus

A hippopotamus that has quills on its back like a porcupine. It was rejected to become a real animal, and frequently appears in people's conversations. It is potentially the 29th animal species created by one of Sarah's co-workers, Gavin.

References

External links

* [http://www.francisstokes.com Francis Stokes Website]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2f4heaG288 Episode 1] of "God, Inc."
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySqceK4SUi0 Episode 2] of "God, Inc."
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gx_EYv8JYI Episode 3] of "God, Inc."
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Taf3KI09WFM Episode 4] of "God, Inc."
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il8XWIi-WPE Episode 5] of "God, Inc."
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpfv1APJsz8 Episode 6] of "God, Inc."