Was poking through the BBC "lifestyle" website & saw their "caring for toys" section. And suddenly I got a great idea for a new medical reality show, along the lines of TLC's Trauma: I'm calling it Doll Hospital.
And if it's going to be filmed on location, then it's got to be filmed here at this place in NY. It would make a kick~ass commercial for them, actually, if it was presented utterly seriously as a series of different promotional spots for a new {fictional} show... I'd really like to see somebody do that. In fact, I'd like to see it make Cannes for the best commercials of 2005.
Some suggestions for clips:
~~ a teddy bear being rushed in on a gurney, his button eye dangling from one tenuous thread
~~ stuffies with their stuffing hanging out, or leaking their beans {... need a bean transfusion, 25CCs, stat! and a small bean bag used as an IV bag}
~~ action figures with missing limbs, maybe some severe burns
~~ a doctor talking about the local gang violence {teddy boys vs. babydoll skinheads} and the life expectancy of a doll on the streets
~~ the dolly who's in for cosmetic enhancements {maybe a barbie with magic marker "port wine stains" going in for their removal}
~~ the closing shot of one of the promos might have a nurse coming in to ready a teddy for his sponge bath; and the scene cuts to the window of a side~loaded washing machine full of stuffies, and a glimpse of a forlorn teddybear face momentarily pressed nose to glass before being whisked off into the spin...
Now, if this were a spoof on "trauma" type shows {and not a commercial for the NYC doll hospital} then I can imagine the kids in the waiting room being interviewed, and the question being asked, did you ever think that your dolly might die? and the poor kid bursting into tears...
Who knows, maybe NYers would be jaded enough to accept that last one in a commercial, so long as it was clear it's TV being mocked and not the feelings of little children...
Life is gritty & tough for NYers; why not for their dolls, too?
Posted by edgar at August 31, 2004 10:16 AM