God, Inc.

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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, poulation control, publicity, customer relations, approvals, and product development. It has recently gathered critical acclaim from a number of media outlets.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Creator Francis Stokes has stated on comments on the sixth episode, that he plans to turn the web series into a tv series.

Contents 1 Characters 1.1 Sarah Church 1.2 Austin 1.3 Piper Morris 1.4 Owen 1.5 Paige 1.6 Keaton 1.7 Gavin 2 Species mentioned in the series 2.1 Porcupotamus 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Characters

[edit] Sarah 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 Developement, and is the only female there.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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".

[edit] Owen

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

[edit] Paige

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

[edit] Keaton

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Species mentioned in the series

[edit] 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 the 29th animal created by one of Sarah's co-workers, Gavin.

[edit] References

1. ^ Kaufman, Anthony. ""God, Inc.": "The Office" Meets The Almighty", The Daily Reel, January 08, 2007. Retrieved on January 27, 2007.
2. ^ Coyle, Jake. "A YouTube star is born ... with the right plan", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 27, 2007. Retrieved on January 27, 2007.
3. ^ Hornaday, Ann. "Rules For YouTube: Make Art, Not Bore", The Washington Post, February 4th, 2007. Retrieved on February 10, 2007.
4. ^ Jurgensen, John. "New Sitcoms Rise On The Web", The Wall Street Journal, January 20th, 2007. Retrieved on February 10, 2007.
5. ^ Falsani, Cathleen. "'God, Inc.' puts 'Office' humor in heavenly setting", The Chicago Sun Times, March 30, 2007. Retrieved on March 30, 2007.

[edit] External links

• Francis Stokes Website
• Episode 1 of God, Inc.
• Episode 2 of God, Inc.
• Episode 3 of God, Inc.
• Episode 4 of God, Inc.
• Episode 5 of God, Inc.
• Episode 6 of God, Inc.