Today

Lot's to do. Some running around, some homework.

Got up at 5:30 and it feels good to be back to my old schedule again. I got real used to getting up at 8:00 or 9:00 AM. Puppies are great alarm clocks.

So, while I pitch my idea to the networks, where I"m SURE it will be picked up I am trying to figure out who to cast.

A little Julia Sugarbaker mixed in with Rosanne Barr for the lead. (scary, but that's what I picture). She's a bit on the heavy side, but was a knock out when she was younger. She's smart and has a lot of skills (obviously) but trouble finds her wherever she goes. (Maybe a Suzanne Sugarbaker). She needs to pull of slapstick well. We don't have enough of that on TV today. When she's not working she wears big T-shirts and baggy sweat pants, but when she dresses up for an interview she looks good!

The daughter: Zoe Dechanel would be perfect. Quirky and odd but smart.

Partner: Hmmmm, if I were to go same sex partner I'd have to go with someone who was kind of femme and loves the lead character in spite of herself. Kind of like Wilma Flintstone. If I were to go on the male partner, maybe a "mans man". Doesn't understand why the wife wants to work, he's a construction worker or mechanic or something. Wants her to stay home and take care of the house, she would rather have bamboo shoots under her fingernails than stay home. (she knows she'll get hooked on soaps and she's afraid the other stay at home wives/Moms will have her assimilated into one of them)

Best friend/next door neighbor - single, goes out a lot. Has kids that are too super smart and are always finding ways to teach their Mom how to be a "Mom". (Kind of like Sapphie on AbFab)

Burbs or city living? Hmmmmm...not sure of that one. Maybe a small historic town where you live right next to each other and know everything about each other. A local village where everything is within walking distance but still metropolitan enough to have some small office buildings around.

Someone said this sounds a lot like I Love Lucy. Yeah, I guess it kind of does.



Ok, so the idea isn't original, but it would be fun to see something like it again on TV.

Is it me?

I thought of an idea for a new sitcom today.

A woman in her mid-40's is once again unemployed. She's a bit snarky, a bit overweight, a bit anal retentive, a bit opinionated.

She's had several different jobs in her lifetime. All of them have ended in her being "terminated" in one way or another.

Sometimes it's her fault - mouthing off at a superior. Stealing office supplies. Playing games on her computer. Sending out photo shopped pictures of her boss in non-flattering ways. Being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Standing up for herself.

Other times it's not: lay offs, re-orgs, downsizing, relocating, being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The show will open up with her getting ready for her first day at a new job. She eats her breakfast, her grown daughter comes down to wish her luck and dashes off her in Anne Taylor suit to a corner office job somewhere (but still lives with Mom). Her partner (male or female) in a gesture of "good luck" packs a lunch for her and gives her a kiss.

You love her. You hate her. You side with her or you don't. She has bosses that are idiots, co-workers who are lazy, police officers who seem to always catch her when she is already late for work, office managers who count every paper clip and every sticky note pad.

Her family and friends mean every thing to her. She is a good Mom, a pretty good cook and a great friend. She speaks her mind, has a razor sharp wit and sarcasm is never wasted with her. Unfortunately her mouth can be a bit faster than her brain and gets her into trouble a lot.

She has had a LOT of jobs. From dishwasher, burger flipper, truck driver, postal worker, Supermart greeter, crossing guard, school bus driver, beautician, masseuse, dog catcher, secretary, sales person, office manager....you name it.

The show would take you through her different attempts to get meaningful employment and why it never seems to go right for her.

She starts to wonder: Is it me?