Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing on ABC-TV December 1st

[Elaine (itchyink]

whoops sorry, meant to send that last email to my community...
elaine

> From: Zev Paiss <Zpaiss [at] Comcast.net>
> Reply-To: Developing cohousing - collaborative housing communities
> <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 22:36:15 -0700
> To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Subject: [C-L]_ Cohousing on ABC-TV December 1st
> 
> Dear Cohousing Friends,
> 
> First off please accept my apology if you end up receiving this email more
> than once. 
> 
> As promised, I wanted to let you all know that our family's episode of Wife
> Swap will be on the air on Wednesday, December 1, at 9:00 pm (Mountain Time)
> on ABC.  We have spoken to a number of people at both RDF Media (the
> production company) and ABC-TV and have heard from everyone that it is a
> very positive and funny show.
> 
> For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, let me give you
> some background. During this past Summer in both June and August we were
> contacted by the producers of a then upcoming reality TV show called Wife
> Swap.  They were looking for an ³Environmental Family² as part of their show
> where one adult (typically the wife) swaps places with another family for a
> week to experience life in a very different ³culture².
> 
> After learning that they would consider a ³Husband Swap² instead of the
> typical wives switching places, we decided to go for it.  Mind you we spent
> hours and hours talking with producers and upper level executives (in
> London) where the show has been a national hit for the past three years,
> trying to determine if we were going to get trashed or if they really wanted
> to show our lifestyle (especially cohousing) in a balance and overall
> positive light.  After telling them NO at least three times and they
> continuing to give us various concessions, we finally agreed to do the show.
> The filming happened September 2-12 and it was quite an experience.  Neshama
> did great partly thanks to the support of our cohousing community.  I on the
> other hand had my hands full being in an unfamiliar home and neighborhood (I
> did stay in Colorado) and a houseful of teenage girls ages 12,13 and 16
> along with their mom.
> 
> In the spirit of community, we would like to encourage all of you to gather
> with a few friends to enjoy the show together. Also for those of you who
> live in or near Boulder we will be having a ³director¹s cut² showing on
> Sunday afternoon December 12 at the Nomad Theater adjacent to our cohousing
> community, where we will stop the show occasionally to explain the
> behind-the-scene action that didn¹t make it into the final show.  Remember
> they took 20 days of footage and edited it down into a 45 minute show!
> There will be a LOT missing from what is shown on December 1.
> 
> We just finished watching tonight's show and at the end they has a 5 second
> "preview" of our show.  That means the publicity for our episode is
> beginning in earnest and you can expect to start seeing it all over the
> place.  Remember this is ABC and they have both the ability and the deep
> pockets to really get the word out.  We have already begun to giving phone
> interviews and expect we will be asked to appear on a number pre-show
> interviews including some outside of Colorado.  We know they are hoping to
> get us on national talk shows like Oprah, Good Morning America and the Today
> Show but at this point we have not be told of anything scheduled.
> 
> Feel free to contact us if you have questions and please pass this email on
> to anyone and everyone you feel might enjoy watching the show and seeing us
> and our cohousing community on the tube. We have been told that the national
> audience for this show is 10-12 million people so it will be some big
> exposure for cohousing.
> 
> In service,
> 
> Zev Paiss
> 
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