Dear Network Executives

This post is a part of Blog Battle '07 that I am competing in with Adam Hammer. We will periodically give each other subjects to write about. You can read all my posts here. Please read his blog as well. You can view it here.

Todays Subject: I want you to write a piece explaining why your favorite game show Double Dare should come back on the air, including a short biography on your hero, Marc Summers.

Warning: I really half-assed this one.

November 21, 2007

NBC Universal Inc.

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10112

Attention: Network Executives

Dear Mr. and/or Ms. Executive:

Hey there, Marc Summers here, writing in to say hello. I bet you are probably wondering what I've been up to. I turned my efforts more towards the producing side of the industry. I do a couple things with the food network. I'm sure you have seen my hit show "Dinner Impossible". Is Robert Irvine crazy or what? He can cook anything, anywhere. They don't really let me on the set anymore though. Not since the wheelbarrow incident. Robert was mashing potatoes for a hundred starving Amish kids in a wheelbarrow when I ran out of my seat to jump in the potatoes and find the hidden red flag. Man that was a bad day. The Food Network has been great though. They even let me host "Unwrapped" sometimes because allegedly no one watches it. Way to go Marc!

Anywho, I wanted to see how you were holding up with this WGA strike going on. I'm sure it is pretty rough on your right now trying to find new ways to entertain. I hear you have some cool new reality shows you are about to debut. I especially like the one with the girl and the guy stranded in the house with all the money that isn't really their money and they are really broke, but they can't leave for a year. That sounds awesome!

I thought maybe I could help with some new ideas. I have a game show idea that I think would blow the minds of your television audience. It's kind of like "Smarter Than a 5th Grader", but less rednecky. We take two teams of children and pit them against each other in an all out battle of brains and brawn. We ask the kids trivia questions that they can either choose to answer to or choose to pass to the other team. The trick is that the other team can pass it back to them, so everyone must be careful when choosing when to pass. If the team can not answer they question, they can opt to take part in a physical activity in order to obtain points, such as trying to catch pies in oversized pants. (I know, I nearly busted a gut when I thought of that one). We will go through a couple rounds of this and the team with the most points will be able to go through some sort of sloppy endurance test for the Grand Prize.

This can all be done for a low cost to the network as I have been working diligently at my house creating a set to use. All I have left to do is mop up the tears from the black and white tile floor and we are good to go.

I don't want you to take this as a pitch. Being the edgy network that you are, I would like to make it more of a dare. Nay, a double dare! I would like you to accept the physical challenge.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

Marc Summers

Cc: ABC Studios

FOX Studios

CBS

Nickelodeon

Walt Disney Corporation

HGTV

A&E

Anyone who will listen.