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Proposed reality show on Civil War draws crowd in Gettysburg
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| Nov. 21, 2004
Posted on 11/22/2004 6:56:33 AM PST by stainlessbanner
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - A weekend casting call for a proposed reality TV show based on the Civil War drew potential contestants hoping for the grand prize: $1 million in gold.
Producer Kevin Dolan is shopping around "Sabers and Roses" and said he is hopeful of landing a network deal. Dolan owns the historic Landon House in Maryland, where real-life Confederate Gen. Jeb Stuart hosted his "Sabers and Roses" ball in 1862 before the battle of Antietam.
Dolan would host the show in the guise of his alter ego, "Johnny Reb." Contestants would be divided into Yankee and Rebel teams; each contestant would take on a role and have to fulfill increasingly difficult challenges while staying in character.
"I'm confident taking on big projects," Dolan said. "I've had a really good response to this. People are really passionate about the Civil War, and reality TV is really hot. There is an untapped mainstream market."
Saturday's casting call drew actors, Civil War re-enactors and those simply in it for the prize money.
"I've never shot a gun or a cannon, so I think that would be awesome," said Sarah Nance, 20, of Mount Airy, Md.
Dolan would like to premiere the series on April 9, the 140th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. The series would shoot in Texas, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York, and would conclude in July in Gettysburg during the annual re-enactment there.
Dolan is working on a pilot culled from 50 hours already shot in Texas.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: civilwar; confederate; dixie; gettysburg; johnnyreb; northern; reality; reb; reenactor; southern; southernindependence; tv; yankee; yankeewankee
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To: Red Phillips; bushpilot; nolu chan; tjwmason; carenot; carton253; sionnsar; Free Trapper; ...
Hey Ya'll - anyone on the show?!
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To: stainlessbanner
We can use liberals as cannon fodder...
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posted on
11/22/2004 7:02:25 AM PST
by
Tulsa Brian
("Be good and you will be lonesome.." Mark Twain)
To: stainlessbanner
Can we arrest the entire mainstream media as Copperheads and have the character playing Lincoln suspend habeus corpus for the duration of the War? Sounds good to me....
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posted on
11/22/2004 7:07:52 AM PST
by
CatoRenasci
(Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
To: stainlessbanner
Contestants would be divided into Yankee and Rebel teams; each contestant would take on a role and have to fulfill increasingly difficult challenges while staying in character.This is painfully vague.
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posted on
11/22/2004 7:08:52 AM PST
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
To: stainlessbanner
How can you have a 'reality show', about something that happened in the past??
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posted on
11/22/2004 7:13:21 AM PST
by
stuartcr
To: wideawake
Someone should get Carole Simpson to do a story on it.
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posted on
11/22/2004 7:16:51 AM PST
by
rabidralph
(Arm Tibet)
To: stainlessbanner
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posted on
11/22/2004 7:24:59 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Indiscriminate reprisals strengthen the terrorists. Targeted ones weaken them. Aim is everything.)
To: stainlessbanner
Glarb. This doesn't seem like that great an idea to me ...
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posted on
11/22/2004 7:30:04 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(The whole world has gone crazy. Their beebers are stuned and there's no turning back.)
To: wideawake
This is painfully vague. It's also vaguely painful.
Reality shows -- ugh. Tugs of war in slime, eating worms and letting those big Madagascar hissing roaches crawl on you.
To: wideawake
Contestants would be divided into Yankee and Rebel teams; each contestant would take on a role and have to fulfill increasingly difficult challenges while staying in character.
A reality show about pretending.....Next! (better yet, it's time to drop in another I Love Lucy DVD)
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posted on
11/22/2004 7:33:50 AM PST
by
ARCADIA
(Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
To: stainlessbanner
Hope "WE" win this time y'all.
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posted on
11/22/2004 7:34:57 AM PST
by
DocH
(Release ALL your Navy records AND your private journal Kerry!)
To: lentulusgracchus; wideawake
Contestants can expect a surprise visit from the Wlat Brigade.
To: stainlessbanner
"I've never shot a gun or a cannon, so I think that would be awesome," said Sarah Nance, 20, of Mount Airy, Md.
Well I have Sarah and if you don't know what your doing and haven't drilled the proper proceedures you will get hurt, 'awesomely' hurt. This sounds like a real bad idea.
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posted on
11/22/2004 7:37:26 AM PST
by
Lee Heggy
(Never tell a lie--except for practice. Mark Twain)
To: stainlessbanner
Yes, but do they get to SHOOT at the Brigade....:)
To: Lee Heggy
Drilling should be one of the competitions. Drill for 80 days consuming only hardtack, bacon, and campfire coffee. March 300 miles with no shoes in the freezing cold.
Sounds like fun.
To: stainlessbanner
Wonder if Wlat is jockying for a position?
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posted on
11/22/2004 7:40:55 AM PST
by
4CJ
(Laissez les bon FReeps rouler)
To: 4ConservativeJustices
Wlat can play Lincoln....I will play Booth! :)
Or he can play Joshua Reynolds....I will play the Sharpshooter :)
To: TexConfederate1861
No fair - you get all the good roles ;o)
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posted on
11/22/2004 8:03:05 AM PST
by
4CJ
(Laissez les bon FReeps rouler)
To: stainlessbanner
Yeah, you got it right. Throw in extra points for those lucky enough to get trench foot or dysentry. I rennact it. I have no desire to relive it.
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posted on
11/22/2004 8:04:58 AM PST
by
Lee Heggy
(Never tell a lie--except for practice. Mark Twain)
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