David Schickele

Frank Shelby is a motorcycle racer for whom age, personal tragedy and a love for the bottle have supplanted hopes of the big time. But when he meets Katherine, a widow whose young son, Danny, has leukemia, Frank forms an unexpected bond with them. And Danny's determination in the face of his illness gives Frank a newfound drive to win.

Larry McAfee is paralyzed from the neck down following a motorcycle accident. He gradually loses the will to live, in the meantime befriending a talk radio DJ over the phone. The two meet each other and become friends, though Larry still wishes to end his life. The DJ reluctantly has a switch installed on Larry's life support that Larry can activate at any time (via his mouth) to end his life.

A vigilante killer becomes a celebrity by gunning down Chicago mobsters, but nobody except a police detective and a local journalist seems eager to catch him.

Marty and Speed are middle-aged San Francisco cabbies who hack to support their fading dream of making it as professional actors. Perpetually down on their luck, the friends find escape and camaraderie among their fellow drivers, playing cards and telling stories of backseat conquests, until one night when a dreaded "Signal 7" (driver's call for help) comes over the wire.

The year is 1968, and Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, and Bobby Hutton are among the recent dead. In Nigeria, the civil war is entering its second year with no end in sight. In San Francisco, the adventures of Gabriel, a young Nigerian, reflects tribal, personal, and racial frictions during the tumultuous sixties.

The year is 1968, and Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, and Bobby Hutton are among the recent dead. In Nigeria, the civil war is entering its second year with no end in sight. In San Francisco, the adventures of Gabriel, a young Nigerian, reflects tribal, personal, and racial frictions during the tumultuous sixties.

An improvisational comedian, working with The Committee improv group in San Francisco, struggles to be taken seriously.