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October 02, 2005
NBC charity
How could I object to the charitable efforts in response to Katrina when there's something as nauseating as "Three Wishes" in the wind?
Back in the day, this was called Queen for a Day. Women would come onto the show and tell their sob stories, and the most pathetic would get her heart's desire, usually something along the lines of a new washing machine. Oh, rejoice, the idea has been resurrected in NBC's "Three Wishes." And bring out the lyre and the flute: they're looking for a poverty-stricken NY county, and ours is on the list. The Norwich Evening Sun is beating the drum, thrilled at the prospect. (I'll reproduce their story below the fold, since the paper doesn't have permalinks to its stories.) BP says that the print edition of the paper is full of locals' happy anticipation of the possibility of making their wishes "from the heart."
NORWICH - A new reality show might have its eyes set on Chenango County, if community members generate wholehearted interest.According to Bryan Stinson, a supervising casting producer with Glassman Media, the company producing the NBC show “Three Wishes,” an interest in Delaware, Otsego and Chenango counties are being targeted for this new series.
“We want to do a show in New York,” Stinson said.
The show, which made its debut Sept. 23, grants wishes to “deserving individuals and entire communities,” and is hosted by “five-time Grammy-winning recording artist Amy Grant,” NBC’s press release said. Some wishes fulfilled include children’s Christmas wishes, letters to Santa, saving a factory from closing, fulfilling lifelong fantasies, helping struggling inventors, and reliving an old glory.
Anyone interested in having ‘Three Wishes’ come to the area can log onto www.nbc.com and click on ‘Casting.’
The wishes can be for one individual person or an entire community, “as long as they are from the heart,” the release said.
Posted by senioritis at October 2, 2005 08:17 AM