Television Series: Weekend Dad

Aug 16, 2010 12:07


I propose an idea for a television series starring Mandy Patinkin, Jeff Goldblum, and Neil Patrick Harris called "Weekend Dad"--

A group of men who meet every weekend with the children they fathered but now only see on the weekends and a few weeks in the summer.

Mandy Patinkin's character would have been married, and when his wife left him and took ( Read more... )

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lurkerwithout August 16 2010, 20:45:22 UTC
There is a movie about this. Trying to remember the title. But it has Paul Resier in it...

Ah there it is, Bye Bye Love. Your version would probably be better...

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ewysiwyg August 16 2010, 20:55:04 UTC
Oh, no doubt.

It's like proposing the idea for Two and a Half men by saying you wnat to talk about two brothers--one is stable, the other is a sex addit--now name the top 10 movies with that plot. ;)

There are certainly tons of dramas on television that address the weekend Dad issue in special episodes too. But I like the idea of following them, every weekend, different ages of kids, new and varied issues both for the grown ups, and the children. I can see a lot of story lines there, you know?

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unomesowell August 16 2010, 21:53:34 UTC
I would watch that!

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