[Dakotabound]

Someone suggest to CBS that they do the exact opposite: Take a liberal rich family and put them in the hills of Appalachia. Would have to be liberal, because the conservatives would buckle down and do the work.

"Imagine the episode where Dad has to kill the chicken, and mom has to pluck it. And the kids have to eat it."

[upchuck]

Someone suggest to CBS that they do the exact opposite: Take a liberal rich family and put them in the hills of Appalachia. Would have to be liberal, because the conservatives would buckle down and do the work.

That show would for sure be more interesting than what they've got planned. Moving up is so simple. Moving down is a bitch.

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"Imagine the episode where Dad has to kill the chicken, and mom has to pluck it. And the kids have to eat it."

Better yet, shoot some Squirrel, skin it up, stew it slow. “Dad, this doesn’t taste like Mc Chicken”. UMmmm, Good!

[Archangelsk]

You beat me to my idea. :-)

Actually, there was a PBS show that did exactly that, "The Frontier House". They took four families, put them in Montana and turned back the clock to 1880. Then they told them that they have six months from Spring to Fall to get ready for the brutal Winter for that part of the country. A panel of historical experts then evaluated their efforts and told them whether they would survive the harsh winter conditions. According to the experts the wealthy family, who were quite conservative, would not have survived. This wasn't based on food stores, but on the fact that they didn't pile enough firewood to last the winter. The experts said that it took a minimum of six hours a day to cut enough wood to survive the winter and they simply didn't do enough.

[SW6906]

It's been done (kinda). Remember Green Acres?

[sheik yerbouty]

That's a really GREAT idea!!!!

[weegee]

"Imagine the episode where Dad has to kill the chicken, and mom has to pluck it. And the kids have to eat it."

"Kids, I have some news to share. We are going vegetarian for awhile..."