Reality Television Opportunity

This is the second time in two years I have received an email from a casting agent inviting my family to audition for a reality television show about multi-generational families living under one roof.

This is what the latest email said,

One of our topics involves documenting a family who decides to move in with their family, trying out multi-generational living. We are looking for a family who is interested in trying out combining households for 21 days and seeing if they want to change to this lifestyle or go back to the way they were living.

My answer to this lady was the same one I gave the first person who asked, “Absolutely, positively, no.”

The fact that I have been asked twice makes me suspicious. Just what do people think my family is really like? We are way too boring for Jerry Springer. We only had 5 children so we don’t qualify for the reality shows that focus on multiples or large families. We haven’t invented duck calls and my sons can’t grow facial hair (sorry boys) so we are not as interesting as the Robertson’s Duck Dynasty.

So what’s up with wanting to film us?

We have done the multi-generational thing a couple of times but at present only our twins live at home. Years ago when my grandmother had a stroke and began to get confused she lived with us. When it got to the point that I could no longer care for her she lived in a nursing home until her death.

My daughter and son-in-law lived with us while awaiting the arrival of their first child. They were looking to buy a house at the time and couldn’t find exactly what they wanted so they lived in our basement and when their baby was born it was this Nana’s house she lived in first.

Another son travels a lot and needed a home base for awhile. He lived upstairs and we would go for days at a time and not even see each other because of our very different schedules.

How did the casting folks find out about us?

Perhaps the neighbors are spying on us and told them about the time my son-in-law got locked in the garage when he went to check on our dog’s new puppies. He ended up spending the night in the garage because no one could hear him banging on the walls (we all sleep with box fans for the white noise). The next morning he was finally able to wake up my daughter. She still laughs about seeing him at the back door in his boxer shorts.

Truthfully, I know it wasn’t the neighbors. It was NanaHood that helped them find me. When you open up your life with your writing and air your funny laundry (I keep my dirty laundry to myself) on the web, you can expect to attract some attention. Just because I passed on the opportunity to be on reality television doesn’t mean that you have to.

The casting director asked me to share the info with you. So here you go,

Magilla Entertainment and a major cable network are looking for siblings who want to move their entire family under one roof for 21 days and experience life just like they used to while growing up…this time with their kids!   Following the “21 Day Myth” in which people can mentally and physically make changes after this specific time period, this docu-series will capture the excitement and the fears of the family as they test out this new lifestyle change.  If you are ready to get up close and personal with your extended family, contact us ASAP at castingdirector@magilla.tv with “FAMILY” in the subject along with your names, ages, location, occupation, contact numbers, recent photos and a brief paragraph about why you want to live with your entire family under one roof.  

Let me know if you apply and are chosen. I don’t want to be on a reality television show but I’d love to watch you!