Sara reports that she auditioned yesterday for a new ABC reality show called “Switch” – the premise is that people switch lives for 4 days. Sounds like a twist on the Brit show “Faking It” in a way. This one sounds actually interesting, especially if they switch the right people. As Sara puts it:
I would end up in Alaska as a fisherman, or a dumptruck driver in NYC, or a brain surgeon or whatever…hmm! Could get wacky!
My first graphics job was using an electronic typesetter — using codes to control the layout, no WYSIWYG. (In retrospect, it prepared me for HTML.) AT&T’s implementation makes me want to throw something [more...]
Isn’t it fun to have a friend who’s an artist? I think this cartoon from Sara is going to be my official portrait when I become, I don’t know, rich or famous. Or both.
This is where the big, quantifiable difference between San Jose weather and Washington weather rears its head: right now, it is 104° in San Jose -- very unusual heat, it rarely goes over 90 here. (The record for [more...]
Ah, it’s much more complicated than that:
The BBC *does* air it’s own version of “Friends” – it’s called “Coupling”.
The interesting thing is this: NBC has now made their own version of “Coupling” which is slated to replace “Friends” when the latter goes off the air this season.
So, NBC will air a copy of a copy of their own show.
Confused yet?
So when will the US be adopting spin-off’s of ‘The Young Ones, Are You Being Served, and This is David Landers?’
-Does this thing happen in reverse? Does the BBC air a spin-off of ‘Friends?’ perhaps titled ‘Chaps?’