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Off The Hook Melanie Behrens Off The Hook Archives A possible TV series?Jarrod Zimmerman (MHS class of ‘05) now lives in Chicago since his graduation from Northwestern University. He works as a web designer to pay his major bills and is also an actor, probably his first love. At Northwestern he met three guys, also actors, Alan Schmuckler, Michael Mahler and Blake Silver. Jarrod and two of the three, Alan and Michael, stayed in Chicago and Blake relocated to Los Angeles. In late 2008, the Chicago trio concocted the idea of writing a web series titled “Boyfred” about several young men in their 20s living in Chicago. The theme of the show is how to stay connected using 21st century technology. They gathered together $6,000 to pay for production of this 15 minute event, then they contacted their friend Blake in Los Angeles to join them. He served as director and the Chicago boys were the stars. This was to be the beginning of a web series, but was brought to the attention of well-known producer Thomas Schlamme. Last month they all met with Schlamme, who is a very big name and whose help would be important. He liked the production and saw it as a possible ABC comedy series. Original music written by part of this group will also be featured in the comedy series, but not in the traditional musical production sense. The four young men now have an agent (who convinced them in the first place to pitch this as a TV series) and are writing the script. There is some pay for them at this point, and the writers will be submitting it in December to be considered for a pilot on ABC. It could be a future product of Sony Pictures television. They should know by January if it will be accepted and then the fun could really start. Jarrod told me that wherever this project goes, they have met amazing people and feel that they might have their foot in the door for future projects. She’s in print Local resident Tessa Floehr is a teacher, mother and now a published author. She has had several recipes published, including some from her childhood. She loves to bake and has entered several contests where the winner could receive as much as $1 million for original recipes. Unfortunately she didn’t win any of those, but still wanted to get her original recipes into print. She researched opportunities and the Gooseberry Patch was to be her venue. This is a recipe book founded in 1984 by two mothers from Delaware, Ohio. They wanted a business which would allow them to stay home and sell their cookbooks at retailers throughout the United States as well as on their company web site, www.gooseberrypatch.com. Tessa’s recipe for raspberry-marshmallow (two of her favorite ingredients) cookie pizza can be found in the latest addition of “101 Christmas Recipes.” Desserts are her favorite creations and she has experimented with different versions on husband, Eric, and daughters, Amelia and Sophia. So, while her day job is as a teacher at Dublin Coffman High School (physical science), her future may include more recipes in print. Look for this and other recipes from the cookbook in Mel’s Favorite Fare on Thursdays in the J-T. Shared anagrams An anagram is rearrangement of one word or phrase using the same letters to form another word or phrase. Recently a friend shared some good ones with me. 1. Presbyterian - best in prayer 2. Astronomer - moon starer 3. The eyes - they see 4. The Morse Code - here come dots 5. Dormitory - dirty room 6. Snooze alarms - alas no more Zs 7. The earthquakes - that queer shake 8. Election results - lies! let’s recount (Melanie Behrens - melb@imetweb.net) |
