The Slammer
about the show
The Slammer is Friends meets The Breakfast Club about four teens trying to survive high school in the fictional town of Clovis, Kansas
Ozzie, Eli and Matt are three life-long friends who've grown up in Clovis, a boring small town in central Kansas. When Emily, a dead-pan sixteen-year-old arrives from Toronto, the boys start to learn what it takes to make female friends, Emily learns why she had it so good in Canada; and they all start to figure out how to get through high school, and do it laughing. A show about good days, bad days, fist crushes and first breakups, cafeteria food and adults dressing as groundhogs, The Slammer is a high-school sitcom about finding your people… or at least the people you don’t mind.
about the characters
ozzie
Ozzie is from Clovis, born and bred. He is a life long friend of Eli and Matt, and is delighted when Emily moves to Clovis as it gives him the perfect test subject in his quest to solve the mystery of women. He is a slightly pompous but loveable nerd who has a passion for money making schemes and solving non-existent mysteries. He is a real armchair expert, giving advice freely but taking it rarely. You can picture him sort of like Schmitt from New Girl.
eli
Eli is part of a big Kansan family with four siblings and three guinea pigs. He grew up on the same street as Ozzie, and they've been best friends for forever. He is a bro, but not obnoxious and though sometimes he get things wrong, his heart is always in the right place. He is remarkably selfless and would do anything for the people he loves. You can imagine him a little like Joey from Friends.
matt
Matt is a dorky 10th grader who loves art house movies and straight-A report cards. He is a hypochondriac, deathly afraid of pigeons, and the logical center of the group. He drinks milk when nervous and his goal in school is to disappear. He met Ozzie and Eli in the 2nd grade after getting roped into making Goldberrg machines, in the first of their many attempts to become famous on YouTube (and they’ve somehow remained friends ever since). He is similar to a younger version of Leonard from The Big Bang Theory.
emily
Emily grew up in Swansea, 20 minutes outside of Toronto. She moved with her Mom to Clovis in 2025 and joins BOGS in the 10th grade. She is both unamused and mildly disturbed by her new surroundings, where she just wants to be left alone until she can move back to Canada. She is passionate about the Toronto Maple Leafs, alone time, and hard rock. The only thing she’s ever openly expressed love for is her electric guitar. She's a dry, sarcastic, person who takes no BS. She’s a bit of a mix between Stevie from Schitt’s Creek and Beca from Pitch Perfect.
This show was made about high school by high schoolers. (Not the 30 or 40 year old dudes that normally write about it.)
It’s for everyone who never found their place in high school and for everyone who has the best four years of their life in high school.
We’ve written a show about high school because we’re not all useless, phone-addicted Gen-whatevers. Becuase we don’t all look like the stars of High School Musical or All American. Becuase our lives don’t purely revolve around trying to have sex.
