In honour of the Romancing
Singapore campaign, we at TalkingCock took the liberty of
rifling through the wastebasket at MediaCock TV, and look at this
email printout we found
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2003 17:06:06 0800
From: "Programme Assistant"
To: "Head of New Programmes"
Subject: Re: New Programme Suggestions
Dear Assistant,
Ive had a look at the programme suggestions youve given me and
Ive appended my comments in bold.
>>Dear Boss,
>>Ive been thinking: why dont we come up with Singapore
>>versions of hit American reality shows like Who Wants to
>>Marry a Millionaire?, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette
>>and Joe Millionaire? Ive come up with a few
>>suggestions for your consideration:
>>Who Wants to Marry an Engineer?
Target audience too small.
>>Who Wants to Marry a Single, Graduate Female Over 30?
Target audience does not exist.
>>Who Wants to Marry a Foreign Talent?
Target audience is large, but theyre all probably hanging
out at Boat Quay and not at home watching TV.
>>Who Wants to Marry a China Bride?
Target audience probably all in China
hunting.
>>Who Wants to Marry Their SDU Match?
Nice premise, but probably no participants. Would you
announce that youre using the SDU over national TV?
>>Who Wants to Marry a Civil Servant?
Possible. But will probably only work if changed to: Who
Wants to Marry an Admin Service Officer?
>>Who Wants to Marry a Scholar?
Possible, but must make sure marriage doesnt distract the
scholars from their studies. Skarly Gahmen sure hantam
us.
>>Who Wants to Marry Fann Wong?
Probably a lot of people, but for the wrong
reasons.
>>Who Wants to Marry a Mediacock TV Programme Assistant?
Youre fired.
--BOSS