We were inspired this morning after reading Susan Reinhardt’s column about being approached by the reality television show Wife Swap. Normally, this subject matter is the realm of Edgy Mama, but we figured we’d beat her to the punch.
You know the premise, right? Vastly different families swap mommies. Imagine if the Brady family swapped with, say Ozzy Osbourne’s family. Sounds easy enough, right? (Btw, bedroom swapping, unfortunately, is not part of the deal.)
The only episode we ever watched was the one where the super-Christian lady ended up with the pagan family and freaked the eff out. Great television! But the show raises some intriguing questions about values – it starts serious discussions about the roles of husbands and wives and the disciplining and raising of children.
Could you let another woman raise your children for six days? Are your children spoiled little brats or precious little treasures? Does your husband love you, or just take you for granted? Who really wears the pants in the family? That sort of stuff.
It all becomes clear during the hour-long broadcast.
Reinhardt says the show producers approached her and we’re quite interested in the wacky Southern belle for the show. In the news business, she’s “good copy.” On TV, we’re sure she’d be good video. Only Reinhardt’s husband said no way. Not even for the $20,000 the show pays families to be taped for six days. The total time commitment is two weeks.
We think Susan should go for it. Force the hubby to play along. But if not, we have another proposal. Since we’re still in the ratings-seeking sweeps race, we suggest an anchor swap. We’ll give up Diva Darcel to WYFF’s top mommy news reader, whoever the hell it is. Or better yet, we’ll swap with Fox Carolina – they’re nice and sleazy.
What say you? We could see some really great video moments coming out of this. The Diva misses her weave appointment because Fox doesn’t have enough hair money in the budget. Or the new mommy on WLOS boots Larry out of the chair and demands that Mike Bettis return. It’s sure to be fun, and both stations win ratings!
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I agree that Susan should go for it. Tell Stu to stick a sock in it.
E-spouse is jonesing to do it. Good thing they’re looking for a crazy Southern Belle and not a crazy over-educated high-browed liberal environmentalist.
$20k for two weeks inconvenience and 15 minutes of lowbrow fame?
It may be just the catapult she’s looking for to go from smalltown columnist to smalltown columnist who did a reality show.