Shane is a sucker for time travel stories, so he was pleased to get work on Back to Sherwood, a series about a modern girl who discovers she's a descendant of the original Robin Hood and gets stuck with the task of jumping back and forth between North America of today and medieval England -- all to prevent a nefarious plot to wipe out her entire family line. With a big budget and high production values, Shane looked forward to taking on more episodes in the second season. Unfortunately, the production company ran aground financially and, after thirteen episodes played on several broadcasters here and overseas, the show went down with the ship. The script for Scribblers was submitted for (what was then called) the Writers Guild of Canada Top-Ten Awards and was selected to be among the finalists that year.

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Fries with That? was a teen sitcom set in a fast food restaurant. Created by the same people who brought you Radio Active, it ran for two seasons and featured a similar sense of chaotic fun as the ensemble cast ran rampant on the large standing set. Of the eight episodes Shane wrote, While Supplies Last stood out as one of the fan favourites. Poking fun at both Harry Potter and zombie movies, it was hardly surprising when this episode became the first of the series to be pirated online. Director Giles Walker brought his years of experience to the task of commanding a small army of nerds as they laid siege to the Bulky's franchise, making for a successful living-dead parody that remains one of the best adaptations of Shane's work.

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Before joining the writers guild, before having a single produced credit to his name, Shane was introduced to the producers of what was to be the latest incarnation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. In an effort to get a job on the series, Shane wrote an entire script on spec. It proved to be exactly what they were looking for. The script did the job of establishing characters and incorporating ideas the show wanted to introduce. But it didn't sell. Since the cartoon series had done many "toxic stuff" stories, they didn't want another "toxic stuff" story in the new live-action show. The script was dead, but Shane was approved as a writer and asked to pitch. …And pitch, and pitch, and pitch some more. Every last one of his ideas failed to get a green light. In the end, Shane never did get to work with the turtles, but the promise of an impending deal helped land him an agent and get him his first real gig as a screenwriter on another show.

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