Are you '80s enough for ABC's Wife Swap?
ABC's Wife Swap is looking for an '80s-obsessed family to star in the third season of the TV show. For those who haven't seen it, the unscripted reality show's premise is this: For two weeks, two wives from two different families exchange husbands, children and lives (sorry -- not bedrooms) to see what it’s like to live a totally different life.
"I want to find an awesomely 80’s family who is actively keeping the '80s alive in their everyday life – from the music that they listen to, to the way that they dress, right down to the appliances and video games systems that they use," says Meghan McGinley, a casting producer for ABC Television.
The show's only requirements are that families live in the continental U.S., consist of two parents and at least one child between the ages of 7-17. McGinley says the family would receive a "generous honorarium" for participating.
Imagine the possibilities here: Stick some country music wife into the '80s household and watch her spontaneously combust after listening to Men Without Hats and playing "Asteroids" on Atari for 14 straight days. Or pity the poor 80s wife who's subjected to two weeks of Kenny Rogers on eight-track tape and "Hee Haw" re-runs.
If you'd like to apply for the show, contact Meghan McGinley at 212-404-1473 or e-mail her at meghan.mcginley@rdfusa.com. Please make sure to tell her you read about this on the Stuck in the 80s blog!
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What Glenn said.
Run!
Posted by: Brad | November 10, 2006 at 11:39 AM
off topic - Steve you should check out the REM vs. U2 column on Slate.com
http://www.slate.com/id/2153184/
Posted by: LockBull | November 09, 2006 at 05:07 PM
The only family a true 80's afficiando would want to go live with would have a wise father (or two), a level headed career mom, a good-natured-but-wisecracking son, a sassy & fasionable daughter, a wacky neighbor and live in a house with three walls and a live studio audience.
Posted by: Ed | November 09, 2006 at 04:54 PM
Not sure I would be so quick to encourage people to apply for this show. They usually pick families who take their hobbies, housekeeping and child rearing (or lack thereof) to the nth degree. Everyone ends up looking pretty bad, at least until the usual warm, touching didn't-we-all-learn-something moments at the end. It's fun to watch (in small doses) but I'd never want to be on it.
Posted by: GlennS. | November 09, 2006 at 03:40 PM