“There are
no faster or firmer friendships than those
formed between those who love the same books.”
~~Irving Stone
Hi all,
Before I get into the newsletter, I have an administrative
note. It'll be familiar to those of you on the YG!
Periodically, I check with JABB members who I haven't heard
from for a while. This is a security measure to protect
myself and the other members. Unfortunately, if an
account is subscribed and abandoned, a hacker could gain
access and, on the YG, harvest members' email addresses for
spamming purposes. With the newsletter, they could get my
address which is problematic in the case of viruses since I,
in turn, email all of you. Obviously, we don't want any
issues like that!
Yesterday, I sent this check to YG members and, after sending
this newsletter, I'll send a similar message to
newsletter-only members. If you don't get that email,
don't worry about it. It just means that I've heard from
you within the last 2-3 months and, thus, am confident you're
still monitoring your email accounts. For those of you
who do receive the email, please respond by November 22nd to let me know
whether or not you want to continue to receive the JABB
newsletter. If I don't hear from you by the 22nd, I'll
remove your address from the newsletter distribution
list. If you happen to be taking a break from the web
and/or are on vacation and don't see my email until after the
22nd... no worries at all! Just let me know and I can
easily add you back onto the newsletter.
Thank you and please let me know if you have any questions.
God bless,
Jenni
So, every so
often, I amuse myself by wondering what it would be like
if the Dyeland stories were actually a TV show. This
newsletter is derived from those musings. First off,
I thought we'd consider some goofy tag lines for The
Anam Cara Chronicles (what I'd want to call the show
per Shelby's eventual book series.) I'm not very
good at coming up with actual tag lines but these amused
me.
Enjoy!
Taglines
1. The Anam Cara Chronicles... This is what
happens when Jenni thinks a TV show she loved had a
depressing finale.
2. Tune into Anam Cara... It's like Once
Upon a Time but with Bible personalities instead of
fairy tale characters!
3. The Anam Cara Chronicles... One
Nebraskan's take on Catholic Social Teaching... in fictional
form!
4. The Anam Cara Chronicles...
A really
complicated advertisement for Froot Loops.
5. Our Jesus is NOT hot! He's a perfectly lovely
and plain but pleasant-looking non-model. With good
hair. Read Isaiah, people!
6. The TV show that dares to answer "What the bleep
was up with Monica in 'Netherlands'?"
7. The perfect show for people who loved Touched
by an Angel but just didn't think it had enough other
worlds and vampires!
8. The ideal show for people who like all the Jesus
movies and TV but think they would be better with jeans, a
mini-van, and cell phones.
9. Because Andrew deserved better than fading away in
a field!
10. It's like the hit show Touched by an Angel
except with more unresolved sexual tension and unresolved
affectionate attention depending on what characters you're
talking about because it's definitely not about shipping
Monica and Andrew so don't even think about that or you'll
be super disappointed and also JenniAnn and Arthur will give
you evil eyes. Whew.
Martha Williamson
would occasionally mention getting feedback (aka
directives) from TPTB at CBS. It made me wonder what
sort of contact The Anam Cara Chronicles might
have with their own network brass. While I'd like to
believe that I'd placate and be pleasant if I were really
the executive producer of a TV show with cast and crew
members counting on my show for a paycheck, I'm not
really! So I can be snotty with my fictional network
execs. ;-) This is how I envision that going
through the years...
~*~*~
Memo
to Jenni, EP- The Anam Cara
Chronicles
Hey there! Loved
the show last night! And the rehearsal tapes from
yesterday were great. Quick question...
Would you at all consider recasting the role of
Joshua? That Mr. Davidson is a sweet fellow and I
enjoyed meeting him and that's something about the name
match. However, he's not exactly... a
looker. Audiences are fickle. We'd all like
it to be otherwise but looks matter. It's just the
truth.
Please reconsider.
-Tonya, et al
Memo to Tonya, et al at
network HQ
No. The carpenter stays in the picture... I mean
TV show. He feels like he was born for the role
and I agree with him. I foresee a lot more
appearances by him in future episodes.
Sincerely,
Jenni
~*~*~
Memo
to Jenni, EP- The Anam Cara
Chronicles Just read
the script for the two-parter entitled
"Safe." Good stuff but we're not
sure it's right for this show. Not
very family friendly. Perhaps skip
this one?
-Tonya, et al
Memo to Tonya, et al at network HQ
Absolutely not. What exactly is "family
friendly" anyway? By all means, put on the
necessary warnings but people and their family members
are impacted by sexual assault. Kicking it under
the rug is definitely not family friendly.
The cast members are passionate about this one.
The crew, too. If you nix it, I can't guarantee
that someone won't let it out there that our network
wasn't willing to take a chance on something that
could point people to the help and support they need.
Oh and I want a PSA from RAINN.
Sincerely,
Jenni
Memo
to Jenni, EP- The Anam Cara
Chronicles
Fine.
And you'll have the PSA.
But don't threaten us again...
-Tonya, et al
~*~*~
Memo
to Jenni, EP- The Anam Cara
Chronicles
While we
appreciate what's you're doing with this
whole Afghanistan plotline, can you please
wrap it up soon? The viewer feedback
team is sick of getting overwrought emails
and calls from people flipping out about
"poor, lovely Andrew."
-Tonya, et al
Memo to Tonya, et al at network HQ
At least they're passionate! But, yes, there
will be resolution soon. But I'm not hurrying
things. People need to know that coming back
from war isn't always an easy adjustment. In
fact, it's often not.
Plus, I loves me some angst.
Sincerely,
Jenni
~*~*~
Memo
to Jenni, EP- The Anam Cara
Chronicles Any
chance of... well, sexing things up
between Andrew/LJA or Monica/Arthur?
We think it would help the ratings.
It's not like it's never been done
before. See: Wings of Desire
Please consider.
-Tonya, et al
Memo to Tonya, et al at network HQ
Last I checked, I'm EP of an American TV show... not
EP of a French-German film. And we'd lose just
as many viewers as we'd gain.
Will not consider.
Sincerely,
Jenni
~*~*~
Memo
to Jenni, EP- The Anam Cara
Chronicles
Please
come see us. We'd like to discuss
the budget. Do you have any idea how
much an entire 1st Century Jerusalem set
will cost?!?
And you were right about Mr. Davidson all
those years ago... We're glad he
could reprise his role.
-Tonya, et al
Memo to Tonya, et al at network HQ
Told ya. :-)
Yeah... about that budget... Kellogg's said they'd
foot the bill. Apparently Froot Loops' sales
have really gone up!
Sincerely,
Jenni
Memo to Jenni, EP- The Anam Cara
Chronicles
Just
spoke to one of the Kellogg's reps.
Please disregard previous email.
Well done!
Also, please advise on where I should send
all these Froot Loops treats fans are
sending.
-Tonya Memo to
Tonya, et al at network
HQ
Joshua's trailer will do.
Thanks,
Jenni
~*~*~
Memo
to Jenni, EP- The Anam Cara
Chronicles
We need
to talk about the budget for real this
time. You've created a whole other
world!?! How are we supposed to pay
for the El-Chanan sets exactly????
-Tonya, et al
Memo to Tonya, et al at network HQ
Ummm... CGI? You know I'm bad with money!
Sincerely,
Jenni
Clearly I can't think
of anyone but Joshua as Joshua! And while I'm sure I
would have many more dust-ups with TPTB, I'm gonna cut it
short there cause I have Halloween, Thanksgiving, and
Christmas decorations scattered around my living room in
various states of being put away and taken down.
Need to deal with that!
This newsletter is dedicated to John Dye for making me sit
down. Ha. What I mean is this weekend has been
crazy and I've been on my feet most of the time cause of
the decorating. But having to write JABB and
watching an episode of TBAA gave me at least some time to
sit!
(Photo Credits: The
photographs used on this page are from Touched by
an Angel and owned by CBS Productions, Caroline
Productions, and Moon Water Productions. They are not
being used to seek profit.)
