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Archive through April 19, 2004

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Ryn
Moderator

08-11-2000

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 3:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Press Release:

It's the perfect marriage of real-life warmth and stone-cold death. FAMILY PLOTS, A&E Network's new series chronicling the curious comings and goings of a real Southern California family-run mortuary, premieres on Monday, April 19, 2004 at 9pm ET / PT and 8pm CT.

Here at San Diego's Poway Bernardo Mortuary, the staff - an intriguing assortment of family members and other unusual characters -- compassionately console grieving families on a daily basis. Three beautiful sisters, their hot-blooded father, an exacting boss, a quirky funeral director, and a stream of anguished patrons, comprise the cast of this groundbreaking new real-life show.

The staff, argumentative but affectionate, features: Head Mortician Shonna, who brought the rest of her family into the business; Shonna's younger sister Emily, Office Manager and Funeral Director in training; Shonna and Emily's eldest sister Melissa, Assistant Funeral Director; Rick Sadler, who runs the operation; Funeral Assistant, body remover and amateur boxing trainer Chuck Wissmiller, who also happens to be Shonna, Melissa and Emily's father; apprentice embalmer John; and Funeral Director David, whose obsessive-compulsive detail oriented behavior has earned him the nickname "Rainman."

Sounds like a "Reality" version of "Six Feet Under" to me - I have posted pictures at http://ilovereality.com/Shows/familyplots.html


Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 2:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OOOH.. hope I remember to watch this one..

Ryn
Moderator

08-11-2000

Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 2:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sea - you will be reminded - lol - I am getting a "screener" of Episode One - and we are working on something else that should get a lot of folks on the board interested :-)

Hippyt
Member

09-10-2001

Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 3:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm gonna have to check this out too.

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 9:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What? A TVCH guest appearance at the funeral home??

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 9:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OOOHHH COOL! cant wait

Max
Member

08-12-2000

Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 9:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ryn, for some reason, I can't see anything but ads and blank aubergine space on your page. I run Norton Internet Security, but I've got it set to not block ads or popups on the site. Not sure why I can't see the "meat" you've got there. :-(

Anyway, this show sounds intriguing, so I'm sure I'll set it up on the old DVR. :-)

Ryn
Moderator

08-11-2000

Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 7:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Max - that is strange..... I checked it on a computer I had never loaded the page on and it came up fine. yeah - I do have a pop-up set for once every 12 hours but just ads? hmmmmmmmm

the text on the page is what you see at the top of this page - then there are also about 8 pictures of the "cast."

Sea - no guest appearances - lol

Ryn
Moderator

08-11-2000

Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 7:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have seen the first episode now - actually I watched it a couple times - I must say I like the show and will make a point to watch it when it begins on the 19th.

It was funny but they also talk about how they handle dealing with death every day.

The father (Chuck) sounds A LOT like Paul Sr. from American Chopper.

Ryn
Moderator

08-11-2000

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 3:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The official page is online now and there are a few clips on the site.....

http://www.aetv.com/tv/shows/family_plots/

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 3:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
How did you see an episode, Ryn? Anyway thanks for the bump.. I've not got it set up to record on the 19th and forward...

Ryn
Moderator

08-11-2000

Thursday, April 15, 2004 - 7:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Someone promoting the show conteacted me via my website (ilovereality.com) - I was flattered to say the least.

Btw - stay tuned - we got some stuff to give away!!! Nothing "huge" but some show related stuff. We just have to figgure out how to give it away ;)

Halfunit
Member

09-02-2001

Thursday, April 15, 2004 - 8:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This sounds like something I am going to enjoy - but the first thing I thought of was the former Lamb Funeral Home in Hesperia, CA.

They were the subject of the book "Chop Shop", where the owners of the funeral home literally cut people up for money (gold in the teeth, organs for science, etc.), along with mass cremations - without the family's knowledge or consent.

Horrible story - great book. Can't wait to see a "lighter" side with this show.


Ryn
Moderator

08-11-2000

Thursday, April 15, 2004 - 11:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Coming very soon - some type of contest with valuable prizes......

ok - some t-shirts and funky lip balms related to the show :-)

Details once we have them figgured out!!!!

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Thursday, April 15, 2004 - 7:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love the name of the lip balms!

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Thursday, April 15, 2004 - 7:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wow, Ryn, you are getting to be FAMOUS.. LOL

Paloralie13
Member

04-15-2004

Thursday, April 15, 2004 - 8:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I sometimes volunteer at the Museum of Funeral Customs in Springfield, IL and it is great to see that there are more shows that show more taboo things such as this one... it is about time that the profession is seen being held by normal humans and not creepy people, honestly!

Paloralie13
Member

04-15-2004

Thursday, April 15, 2004 - 8:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OOH... almost forgot, Don't forget to read the great book _Stiff: the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers_ this is a great one to read before viewing this show... A Four Star book!

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Thursday, April 15, 2004 - 8:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
RIP Raspberry!!

ROFL!!

THe t shirts sound cool too..

I have it set to record, tho will be catching the second set of shows on Mondays, due to conflicts

Aus10
Member

09-28-2000

Thursday, April 15, 2004 - 10:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you Paloralie.....we are (or in my case were, since I no longer work there)very normal caring people. Everyone always asked me how I could possibly work in a funeral home. My reply...It was the best job I ever had. We had fun when things were slow, professional when there was a job to be done...and compassionate about the families we served all the time. I can't wait to see this one!!

Melfie1222
Member

07-29-2002

Saturday, April 17, 2004 - 6:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I heard part of an ad on radio for this, didn't realize it is a reality show... sounds interesting, I will try to catch it.

Hamsterlady
Member

07-03-2003

Saturday, April 17, 2004 - 7:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I didn't realize this was a reality show either.

I will HAVE to make myself remember to watch this. Hey, it'll be a show to take The Apprentice's place.

Wouldn't it be cool if Darrah made a guest appearance? hehehe :-)

Jan
Member

08-01-2000

Saturday, April 17, 2004 - 7:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Doesn't look like it will be carried in Canada????? Anyone know?

Luvmykitties
Member

01-02-2004

Saturday, April 17, 2004 - 8:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was interested in this show as soon as I saw the promo a couple of weeks ago! It didn't look like Six Feet Under - that's for sure.
Can't wait to check it out.

The promotional items sound cool too.
Looking forward to the contest.

Dahli
Member

11-27-2000

Monday, April 19, 2004 - 11:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jan - I hope to be able to watch on A&E, that's been the station I've got here where the promos have been running anyways... check your A&E listings for tonight and see if it's there. Last night during Airline they were running a ton of banners...