My son was thinking it would be fun to think of a television series idea based on every day things like street signs. We saw a breakdown lane sign on your recent family trip and that sparked his first idea.  His basic premise was to take the main character, perhaps a well known actor that dresses well and wears nice jewelry like Caravelle by Bulova, and put that movie star in a car. The car breaks down and the movie would be about what happens as people stop and try to help him. They wouldn’t be able to call a service station. Some wouldn’t be able to help but would be impressed by the star. Some might be able to help but couldn’t because they were nervous. If you were driving down the road and came across your favorite celebrity broken down, would you stop, and would you be able to do anything to help?

I’ve been a fan of ABC Soaps for years. I was so sad when they cancelled All My Children. I was also crushed when they then canceled One Life to Live. They replaced the shows with daytime talk shows. This week I started hearing announcements that General Hospital is being moved to a new time slot. Beginning Monday September 10, General Hospital will occupy the 2pm EST time slot, where One Life To Live used to live. Katie Couric’s new talk show Katie will be airing in the 3pm slot that GH currently occupies. I wish they’d leave the last ABC soap alone, don’t you?

Did you ever notice any of the commercials on television where they show people working in a call center? You know, the ones that show a girl or a guy wearing a headset working inside a huge cubicle with 6 foot walls. I worked in one for more than ten years and they don’t look or sound like that. Some are in smaller buildings, and some in american steel buildings. As far as the larger ones go where the staff is in house, they’re certainly not quiet. You could make a television show based on the lives of people working in a call center.

House is one of my favorite shows. It rocks. And, he can rock out with the air guitar pretty well too. I can almost visualize music coming through a cool amp from aguilar in the episode with The Who playing. Oddly enough, I have never seen this show in first run – only reruns. When the show started I was watching something else in that time slot. And I have this funny unwritten rule – for series I like to watch the series from the beginning so I have all of the back story. I’ve seen just about every episode by now. I know what happened to his leg, but I don’t recall ever seeing any explanation on why he had that debilitating pain.

Have a safe and happy Memorial Day, and remember what the day means.

Merry Christmas!