3 things of note...
Firstly, what's better than summer? INDIAN summer. It was close to 80 degrees, today, as it was this past weekend. I was out playing volleyball ... in November. The kicker is that the sunshine made it nice and toasty - so there were sunbathers out, women were playing ball with us in bikini tops, the works! So, when it's 77/78 degrees in the summer, do you see this kind of thing at all? Heck no! Somehow a baseline of 90 and up means that 78 isn't worth the skimpy outfit, but a baseline in the 50s means that when the weather hits 78, it's time to go outside and shed clothing. w00t!
Next up - my wife has a new goal in genetics. She's declared that she's going to isolate the na-nanny-boo-boo gene. I'm typing on the internet, but you know exactly what I mean. Na-nanny-boo-boo is universal, understood by all! Why is that? These are the questions that drive her - so she's making it a research project. I theorize that this will involve lining up tons of different people, calling them into her office one at a time, yelling "na-nanny-boo-boo!" at them, and taping their reaction. Then she sequences their DNA and looks for correlations!
Finally, the writer's guild strike. All seriousness aside, we were discussing what TV will look like in 8 weeks if they stay struck. All reality TV all the time, of course, but what NEW awful reality shows can be inflicted upon us? Then it hit - of course they can't be NEW reality TV shows, that would require creativity. They'd have to be remixes of OLD reality TV shows, just slightly different. Easiest way to do this? Crossovers! Reality show genres I can think of...
Survivor type shows.
Physical abnormality shows (fat people, midgets, etc)
Lifestyle abnormality shows (holy crap we have 8 kids! Bisexual bachelor, etc)
Dating/marriage shows (The bachelor, who wants to marry ___)
"Talent" shows (So you think you can dance? American Idol)
Home improvement / surprise shows (Trading spaces, While you were out, etc)
It goes on, but it's enough to give you a part of our list...
"Who wants to dance with a millionaire?"
"John and Kate Plus 8 ... and Flavor-Flav!"
"Little People, Big World, Beauty, AND the Geek!"
You could also do Trading Spaces between midgets and fat people! This is a gold mine, people. A gold mine of HORROR!
It's gonna be GREAT!
Next up - my wife has a new goal in genetics. She's declared that she's going to isolate the na-nanny-boo-boo gene. I'm typing on the internet, but you know exactly what I mean. Na-nanny-boo-boo is universal, understood by all! Why is that? These are the questions that drive her - so she's making it a research project. I theorize that this will involve lining up tons of different people, calling them into her office one at a time, yelling "na-nanny-boo-boo!" at them, and taping their reaction. Then she sequences their DNA and looks for correlations!
Finally, the writer's guild strike. All seriousness aside, we were discussing what TV will look like in 8 weeks if they stay struck. All reality TV all the time, of course, but what NEW awful reality shows can be inflicted upon us? Then it hit - of course they can't be NEW reality TV shows, that would require creativity. They'd have to be remixes of OLD reality TV shows, just slightly different. Easiest way to do this? Crossovers! Reality show genres I can think of...
Survivor type shows.
Physical abnormality shows (fat people, midgets, etc)
Lifestyle abnormality shows (holy crap we have 8 kids! Bisexual bachelor, etc)
Dating/marriage shows (The bachelor, who wants to marry ___)
"Talent" shows (So you think you can dance? American Idol)
Home improvement / surprise shows (Trading spaces, While you were out, etc)
It goes on, but it's enough to give you a part of our list...
"Who wants to dance with a millionaire?"
"John and Kate Plus 8 ... and Flavor-Flav!"
"Little People, Big World, Beauty, AND the Geek!"
You could also do Trading Spaces between midgets and fat people! This is a gold mine, people. A gold mine of HORROR!
It's gonna be GREAT!