Open Letter to Harry Shearer
Dear Harry Shearer:
Here’s an idea for a sitcom. You are the general manager of a news-talk radio station in New Orleans. The station has been mostly conservative, but with the recent change in the congress, you’ve decided to alter programming a tad.
The ensemble cast in addition to your character’s leadership, consists of four on-air personalities and four producers. Not all the characters would appear each week. Who would appear would depend on the storyline for that week.
The morning drive personality would be your “big-as-life” Ted Baxter type male. The late morning personality would be a left-leaning liberal female who is hired during the first episode. The remaining characters would have various contrasting personalities and attitudes.
The program itself would fill a spot left open by the passing of the series “Murphy Brown”. The program could include topical humor as well as the underlining “how we get along” theme.
Of course, Hollywood people are afraid of producing another Murphy Brown. That type doesn’t sell well in reruns. Still, I believe there is a market for such a program. It would provide a platform for some of the thoughts you share each week on “Le Show”.
Picture the opening scene from the first episode. Faith Ford, playing a “Dr. Laura” type personality, comes to your office. (Faith Ford works because of her accent. You believe she is a New Orleans radio personality.) You begin to explain to her why you are letting her go. She quickly goes through the five phases of grief, but in the end she lets go with a conservative rant about why your station (i.e. the country as a whole) is so “messed up”. You turn around with a softly stated rant that explains why she is wrong.
There have been “industry” sitcoms for years now, from Dick Van Dyke to WKRP to Frasier. One more can’t hurt, especially if it can be timely and relevant. Maybe even funny.
The good part is, you are the best person to do this show.
Give it some thought.
Alexander Dimm
Here’s an idea for a sitcom. You are the general manager of a news-talk radio station in New Orleans. The station has been mostly conservative, but with the recent change in the congress, you’ve decided to alter programming a tad.
The ensemble cast in addition to your character’s leadership, consists of four on-air personalities and four producers. Not all the characters would appear each week. Who would appear would depend on the storyline for that week.
The morning drive personality would be your “big-as-life” Ted Baxter type male. The late morning personality would be a left-leaning liberal female who is hired during the first episode. The remaining characters would have various contrasting personalities and attitudes.
The program itself would fill a spot left open by the passing of the series “Murphy Brown”. The program could include topical humor as well as the underlining “how we get along” theme.
Of course, Hollywood people are afraid of producing another Murphy Brown. That type doesn’t sell well in reruns. Still, I believe there is a market for such a program. It would provide a platform for some of the thoughts you share each week on “Le Show”.
Picture the opening scene from the first episode. Faith Ford, playing a “Dr. Laura” type personality, comes to your office. (Faith Ford works because of her accent. You believe she is a New Orleans radio personality.) You begin to explain to her why you are letting her go. She quickly goes through the five phases of grief, but in the end she lets go with a conservative rant about why your station (i.e. the country as a whole) is so “messed up”. You turn around with a softly stated rant that explains why she is wrong.
There have been “industry” sitcoms for years now, from Dick Van Dyke to WKRP to Frasier. One more can’t hurt, especially if it can be timely and relevant. Maybe even funny.
The good part is, you are the best person to do this show.
Give it some thought.
Alexander Dimm
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