skydived19006 4 #1 March 16, 2005 I'd do it in a heart beat, except that my two boys are 1 and 3 years. Seems to me that not many skydivers meet the requirements. Martin AC DZ My name is Cat Wegner. I work as a casting director at "Trading Spouses", a reality show on Fox TV. I'm contacting you for this because I'm hoping you might be interested or could help me. I am currently casting for families who are passionate about skydiving. Trading Spouses is a family-themed reality show that airs on Fox, Monday nights at 8PM. The purpose of our show is to compare and contrast various families across the country while highlighting their unique interests and cultures! For example, we've had everyone from hunters to vegans, alligator wranglers to family bands, tattoo artists to political activists appear on our show. Currently, we are casting for new episodes and would love to meet more interesting families who could show the world a little bit about what makes them so special! This is a terrific opportunity for any family who is energetic and who wants to learn about another way of life. In addition, every family who has appeared on the show has been compensated $50,000! All families who want to be on our show must have at least one child between the ages of 5 & 18 and must be legally married. Please have a look on our website: www.fox.com for more details. If you know of anyone who might fit this description, please contact me as soon as possible. Please E-mail me: cwegner@rocketsciencelabs.com or call. My number is 3238020538 Thanks so much for your time! Sincerely,Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kinney29 0 #2 March 16, 2005 I don't know if posting an e-mail and phone number is a good idea! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craichead 0 #3 March 16, 2005 AndyMan and I have watched this show occasionally...it's really quite entertaining in a stupid kind of way (as most reality TV shows are!). Most of the time they switch the moms of the families, which are worlds apart. One episode that was quite good was the "southern CA vegan, animal rights" family traded moms with the "down home LA bayou alligator farm" family. I think the moms live with their new families for two weeks. The even bigger twist in the show is that the moms get to decide how that $50,000 is to be used for their "new" family. Unfortunately, I haven't seen any "Part 2" episodes, so I don't know how any of the families turned out! _Pm__ "Scared of love, love and aeroplanes...falling out, I said takes no brains." -- Andy Partridge (XTC) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Feeblemind 1 #4 March 16, 2005 Man I called the wife and she said no dice, didn't want the invasion of privacey into the house. All I could think about was a new rig and a backpack full of jump tickets Fire Safety Tip: Don't fry bacon while naked Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craichead 0 #5 March 16, 2005 QuoteAll I could think about was a new rig and a backpack full of jump tickets Unlikely. Your "new spouse" would get to decide what is done with the $50,000 the family gets. So...I bet if they got a skydiving "dropzone bums" family on the show, they would pair them up with an ultra-high-maintenence mom who will want to spend it all on designer clothes, custom furniture, Prada & Louis Vuitton bags, jewelry, etc. _Pm__ "Scared of love, love and aeroplanes...falling out, I said takes no brains." -- Andy Partridge (XTC) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkiD_PL8 0 #6 March 16, 2005 QuoteQuoteAll I could think about was a new rig and a backpack full of jump tickets Unlikely. Your "new spouse" would get to decide what is done with the $50,000 the family gets. So...I bet if they got a skydiving "dropzone bums" family on the show, they would pair them up with an ultra-high-maintenence mom who will want to spend it all on designer clothes, custom furniture, Prada & Louis Vuitton bags, jewelry, etc. _Pm Which is why god made ebay. Greenie in training. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,589 #7 March 16, 2005 I think we ought to nominate skydivers we know from dz.com for this -- we could send their names in, and let them be surprised I'm thinking that RevJim would enjoy this. He'd class up the show, too, what with his being a minister and all... WendyThere is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChangoLanzao 0 #8 March 17, 2005 QuoteI don't know if posting an e-mail and phone number is a good idea! In this case it's exactly what she wanted. Cat Wegner posted the same exact message on the www.illinoisskydivingcenter.com message board today. She obviously is posting in as many places as she can in order to get some takers. *********************************** Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #9 March 17, 2005 QuoteI think we ought to nominate skydivers we know from dz.com for this -- we could send their names in, and let them be surprised I'm thinking that RevJim would enjoy this. He'd class up the show, too, what with his being a minister and all... Wendy BWAHAHAHA! I was reading this thread, thinking "I'd do that", then I saw Wendy's post. My wife essentially said the same thing, privacy and all..... BUT, I am going to look into it.... It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #10 March 17, 2005 Let's sign up Slappie. That should take care of the show. On second thought, it should take of TV programs as we know them! "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #11 March 17, 2005 QuoteLet's sign up Slappie. That should take care of the show. On second thought, it should take of TV programs as we know them! Fuck Slappie... I say we get Frenchy married to one of his stalkers and get some kid from the streets to play their kids... Or Viking, he could pass for 8... Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydived19006 4 #12 March 17, 2005 QuoteI don't know if posting an e-mail and phone number is a good idea! Yep, other than that she sent it out in a "spam" to every DZ in the country already. I'm just spreading the spam.Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydived19006 4 #13 March 17, 2005 QuoteQuoteAll I could think about was a new rig and a backpack full of jump tickets Unlikely. Your "new spouse" would get to decide what is done with the $50,000 the family gets. So...I bet if they got a skydiving "dropzone bums" family on the show, they would pair them up with an ultra-high-maintenence mom who will want to spend it all on designer clothes, custom furniture, Prada & Louis Vuitton bags, jewelry, etc. _Pm Well then that being the case since I'm a DZO, I think my wife would decide that the her "new" family needed a $50,000 gift certificate to my DZ, to be used for a "Ultra Premium $50,000 Tandem Skydive". Not just a generic GC, otherwise as has been suggested they would sell it on ebay to one of my regulars and I'd actually have to honor it. What goes around, comes around! Now go play nice.Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foxyroxtail 0 #14 March 17, 2005 Seeing as how they always have the psychotic extremes on the show, is this really something we want to help Fox with? We try so hard to "make a good impression" with our sport, and this show totally makes every type of person look as bad as possible. We'll never keep fooling them if we put it out there for real. ________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #15 March 17, 2005 I think I should rent my kids to Remi so he and Karen could be on the show.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #16 March 17, 2005 Oh sush.... Besides, we should be the ones charging you for taking the kids.... Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #17 March 18, 2005 Bump! In other news, aparently they're looking for Buddhist families too. Somehow I think that's appropriate. From Salon.com: Not long after we published Michelle Orange's essay about how "Wife Swap" (ABC) and "Trading Spouses" (Fox) exploited the basest, trashiest cultural stereotypes, we were contacted by Rachel Kahn from the San Francisco Buddhist Center: We received the following at the San Francisco Buddhist Center in January. Although we didn't reply (no one around here seems to qualify for a "family show"), I must confess a perverse interest in seeing what they dream up for the hapless heathens who decide to participate. Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 From: Kenny Scott (kscott@rocketsciencelabs.com) Subject: Buddhist family wanted for Fox TV show Hello, My name is Kenny and I am a casting director for the show "Trading Spouses" on Fox. We are a family show. We are currently casting for a new season and are looking for a Buddhist family. The parents must be legally married and have children. The children must be over the age of 6 and live in the household. This is not a joke. If you know anyone that fits this description, please contact me ASAP. For more information, go to www.fox.com and click on Trading Spouses under shows. Thank you. Kenny Scott Rocket Science Labs/Trading Spouses Casting Assistant Kenny didn't return our call by press time to confirm that he really sent this -- but we have a pretty good idea that he did. Dozens of letters similar to the one above, written by Kenny -- and his colleagues Melissa Mills, Chris Godwin, Katie Lindsay and Cat Wegner -- exist all over the Web. They enthusiastically encourage all kinds of families to try out for "Trading Spouses," because, they say: "The purpose of our show is to compare and contrast various families across the country while highlighting their unique interests and cultures!" Oh, and they get $50,000. But be warned: The show is only looking for true representatives of our richly diverse, fair land. Like, for example, "families who are rappers." Do you think, maybe, they will be lucky enough to be paired up with the "families who reenact Civil War Battles"? They would also "love to meet families who are against the use of nuclear weapons." How would they get along with, say, "a tattooed couple who own a tattoo shop"? How do you think a mom who happens to be a female bodybuilder, or maybe a construction worker active "in feminist organizations" will blend with a family that's really into "bird watching"? Or salsa dancing? Will the "WILDERNESS Types (Surfing)" mom enjoy her visit with one of the "families who love TV"? How will one of our upstanding "wealthy families," (which may or may not be really into polo or "speech and/or debate") deal with the new mom who is really, extremely "into 'Star Trek' and/or 'Star Wars'" or heads one of the many "Ocean Beach hippie families!" or who maybe belongs to a family of "active Jehovah's Witnesses"? Or really digs "scrapbooks"? And how ever will the evangelist families "who believe in the power of faith healing" get along with the Jewish vegetarian "in favor of animal rights"? Oh, I think we know. end quote. _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #18 March 19, 2005 I think we should trade Don Kirlins wife, during the WFFC. Can you imagine, the new wife would be there while 2000 skydivers were jumping all around her, and the partying was going on til daybreak! Bet they pair up with an ultra conservative Christian family instead....skydiveTaylorville.org freefallbeth@yahoo.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #19 March 19, 2005 QuoteI think we should trade Don Kirlins wife, during the WFFC. Can you imagine, the new wife would be there while 2000 skydivers were jumping all around her, and the partying was going on til daybreak! Bet they pair up with an ultra conservative Christian family instead.... That would be a riot, though I can't see Suzy going along with it.... She's as fun during that time as Don is! It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maxmadmax 8 #20 March 19, 2005 I believe that Chuck Akers & entire family does the skydiving thing............. Don't go away mad....just go away! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #21 March 19, 2005 That would be a riot, though I can't see Suzy going along with it.... She's as fun during that time as Don is! Sometimes we'd love to trade Don for just a little while thoughskydiveTaylorville.org freefallbeth@yahoo.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #22 March 20, 2005 Quote That would be a riot, though I can't see Suzy going along with it.... She's as fun during that time as Don is! Sometimes we'd love to trade Don for just a little while though Maybe you, Beth, but not me. Don brings the good Scotch with him. He can stay as looong as he wants! It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sometimes we'd love to trade Don for just a little while though
Maybe you, Beth, but not me.
Don brings the good Scotch with him. He can stay as looong as he wants!
Karma
RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1