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Yoga Madness
A sitcom about over-the-top trendy yoga fanatics,
the sale of the studio to a crass entrepreneur
and the ensuing clash of cultures
that initiates their absurd and hilarious antics.
Think....
“Three’s Company” meets “Dharma & Greg”
with a little “Arrested Development” & “Head Case”



Yoga Madness
Synopsis

When Artie Schnurr buys the Good Karma Yoga Center, on the advice of his zany, buxom and blond assistant Darlene, it might appear that this Los Angeles entrepreneur and former nightclub owner will save it from bankruptcy. Leela, the owner of the yoga studio, knows right from the start that this might well be what you call a Faustian arrangement. The devil in this situation is of course, Artie, who is only interested in making money (and hot yoga girls) and has a very weird concept of what yoga actually is. This is “Yoga Madness” – where financial crisis meets head on with the ancient system of yoga and there are bound to be sparks flying and the creation of some strange bedfellows. But the center must survive, so Leela swallows her pride. She is so nervous about the arrangement that she goes to a fortuneteller, who reassures her that “you and this new owner will get along famously.”

This does not happen. Artie and his lecherous bogus guru/street greeter, Vishnu, soon get on Leela’s nerves – the renaming of her studio “The Happy Indian Yoga Center” makes her tear her hair out – the situation is out of hand – these guys are from the nineteenth century - where’s the yoga? Leela’s two main cohorts, the silent Gertie Devi and Yoni, the gorgeous tantric instructor, are both horrified by Artie and Vishnu, and let them know it. Gertie has taken a vow of silence but in fact has a very wicked tongue, which she communicates through Post-It notes. Adding to this madness is the chant-master, Lingam Das, whose self-love has no boundaries – he is certain he is the new Bono of the yoga scene.

In “Yoga Madness” everyone surrounding Leela is absorbed with their own self-interests. She is the closest we have to a voice of reason in this ragtag group of characters as she fights to keep her studio sane as well as solvent. Of course it’s inevitable that she will clash on a weekly basis with the crass Mr. Artie Schnurr, as well as the rest of this cast of misfits. In fact, Leela’s forced confrontation of the wacky agendas of this miscreant crew present her with a constant circus in which she plays the role of ringmaster to hilarious results.

As the series progresses, Artie actually becomes more humanized, but only enough so that he starts to take on the absurd role of an actual teacher at the studio – of course to incredibly disastrous effect. The last episode of the series points this out in its most blatant manner as Artie arranges a naked yoga class or “hot yoga”- which he convinces Yoni to lead- only to find that the only attendees are a group of slovenly horny men not the least bit interested in yoga.

Yoga Madness reigns supreme…








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