Feet On The Street with Alyssa Poteet

Alyssa Poteet is the most hard-hitting citizen journalist you’ve never heard of. Together with her ragtag crew, she uses questionable, cringeworthy tactics on REAL PEOPLE to get to the bottom of society’s most controversial issues on her quest to find the truth in a world of misinformation.

Feet On The Street is a genre bending show, in the vain of Eric Andre’s Bad Trip or Sasha Baron Cohen’s Borat 2, that interweaves hidden camera pranks, in-character interviews, and scripted moments between a trio of lovable characters. All of the interviews, gags, and stunts in this show are performed with real people—not actors. This show toggles between the actual investigative report (think Dateline if they also featured man-on-the-street field reporting segments) and peaks behind the curtain of the news team’s silly struggles making it.

Episode 1 takes us back to the global catastrophe we'll never forget: The Coronavirus Pandemic. We may think we know this era all too well, but was everything we were told the truth? After hearing the wild theories from a mysterious man on Hollywood Boulevard-- Alyssa takes a deep dive to confirm if his claims that Mayor Garcetti started the coronavirus to promote his personal mask company are true. After going undercover to City Hall, the mayors mansion, and a police ridden protest, the story develops from a profiteering scandal into the potential murder of this brave whistle blower.

Alyssa Poteet (the creator, not the persona used in the show) is a nationally touring standup comedian and Groundlings and UCB trained improviser. She was one of the Hollywood Laugh Factory's Fresh Faces this past year, she was a featured performer at this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival on the LGBT show Alphabet Soup ( https://edinburghguide.com/festival/2023/alphabet-soup-le-monde-shanghai-review-21257 ), and she won 1st place at Future is Female Comedy Contest and 3rd place at the US Comedy Contest. Previous work of Alyssa includes a comedy featurette she wrote for Thor Love And Thunder starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, and a live goat ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW_jPizf7Ko&t=1s ). You can learn more about her at alyssapoteet.com

  • Jessie Sanchez
    Director
    Producer for "9-1-1" on Fox and "Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty" on HBO and produces original content with his production company Don Pancho Films.
  • Alyssa Poteet
    Writer
    Creator of Dog Moms The Web Series, Writer of a comedic sketch for the movie Thor: Love and Thunder — staring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Taika Waititi, Tessa Thompson, and a live goat, Try Harder Sometimes Writer -- visit alyssapoteet.com for more
  • John Yabes
    Writer
    Try Harder Sometimes Writer/Cast, Dog Moms the Web Series
  • Jessie Sanchez
    Writer
    Producer for "9-1-1" on Fox and "Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty" on HBO and produces original content with his production company Don Pancho Films.
  • Alyssa Poteet
    Producer
    Dog Moms The Web Series, Writter of a comedic featurette for the movie Thor: Love and Thunder — staring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Taika Waititi,Tessa Thompson, and a live goat, Try Harder Sometimes Writer
  • Jessie Sanchez
    Producer
    Producer for "9-1-1" on Fox and "Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty" on HBO and produces original content with his production company Don Pancho Films.
  • Lauren Gilbert
    Producer
    Mysterious Ways (film) producer, Ghosted production team, Space Force production team
  • Alyssa Poteet
    Key Cast
    "Alyssa Poteet"
    Dog Moms The Web Series, Writter of a comedic featurette for the movie Thor: Love and Thunder — staring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Taika Waititi,Tessa Thompson, and a live goat, Try Harder Sometimes Writer
  • Olivia Mayumi Hill
    Key Cast
    "Producer Olivia"
    Dog Moms the Web Series, Try Harder Sometimes Writer/Cast
  • John Yabes
    Key Cast
    "Cameraman John"
    Try Harder Sometimes Writer/Cast, Dog Moms the Web Series
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Television, Web / New Media
  • Genres:
    Comedy, Hidden Camera
  • Runtime:
    29 minutes 48 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 3, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    9,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Jessie Sanchez

At the age of 16, Jessie Sanchez went on to win second place at the LAUSD Stand Up And Deliver comedy contest at the Improv in Hollywood. Through his teenage years and into adulthood, Jessie Sanchez bounced around from the stage to behind the camera as a writer, director, producer, editor and more. His short comedies, "Toby's New Hat" and "The Hike", went on to win first place at the Highland Park Film Festival in 2014 and 2015 where he was dubbed as the "Mexican Mel Brooks from Hell". He is currently the VFX producer for "9-1-1" on Fox and "Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty" on HBO and produces original content with his production company Don Pancho Films. He's also well known for his body of work as a heavy metal bass player for Fear Factory & Dexter Drive.

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Director Statement

From Director Jessie Sanchez & Creator Alyssa Poteet:

We made Feet On The Street With Alyssa Poteet because in a world where a con-men was religious America's pick for president and people still can't agree on whether or not the election was stolen from him, we feel that our democracy is having a misinformation crises. Not only are most Americans getting their news from social media click-bait, but we're stewing in a culture where the more you correct someone's information, the stronger they cling onto their false-beliefs.

So we set out to make a political comedy show that doesn't lecture, that doesn't feel like an attack, but instead gives people a reference of just how silly and absurd it is to unquestioningly believe the things you hear. By leading with ridiculous humor, we hope to disarm and inspire viewers on both sides of the political aisle to think twice before doubling down on a belief that they haven't verified with a secondary source.

People are divided more than ever in this country, but the one thing that everyone seems to agree on is that at least some of the information we consume must be bullshit. Feet On The Street starts there.