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01/22/2006 Archived Entry: "Brainstorming: Southeast Michigan Style"
Brainstorming: Southeast Michigan Style
Notes from early morning brainstorming session between the girl and Dr. Fabulous. Such sessions held every so often as need demands or when the girl is in town. At some point, my pencil broke and I stopped taking notes. So much material has been lost. Also, I have bad handwriting, so my transcription may not be accurate.
TV Show starring Ira Glass. This American Wife. Ira Glass marries and divorces women from across the nation.
Reality Blogs. Like reality TV, but without the fast-paced editing. Like The Real World, could be place specific. Like Temptation Island, could involve people falling in love in less than a day and then having their hearts broke in less than two days.
Spaghetti O's in a bag.
Arrange and hold a national conference, but book no speakers and accept no papers.
Beer!
The Return of Shelly Long. A half hour sitcom which features Shelly Long trying to make a come back. Each episode hilariously documents her failed efforts.
Booby Trapped (we secretly want to produce TV shows, as you see): A young Harvard MBA returns to his native Detroit to take over his father's ailing strip joint on Eight Mile. After handling his father's funeral, our hero listens to the girls (a young idealist, an old curmudgeon, a girl named "Sparkle," and a book worm) beg him to stay and turn the place around. The guy from the Sprite commercial plays the son. Filmed on location without a laugh track.
The Handbook of Impossible Assignments. Actually, this was not part of the session but an idea I pitched several years ago to a textbook publisher. Writing assignments no one could possibly do. I was turned down. I place it here in order to get interest from any publishers who might stop by from time to time.
