Looking for Fencing Families

[Katie Lintner]

ABC’s PRIMETIME SHOW WIFE SWAP IS LOOKING FOR THE ULTIMATE FENCING FAMILY FOR PRIMETIME!


ABC’s primetime series “Wife Swap” is currently casting its fifth season and looking for unique families with plenty of personality to take part in the show. Specifically, we’re looking for moms who balance motherhood and fencing! If your kids are the ultimate fencers in town and you’re a die hard fencing mom (or dad!) who makes practice and competition a priority in your family, we want to hear from you! Families who participate in this documentary-style program are given a unique opportunity to share their beliefs and lifestyles with another family. It is truly a once in a lifetime experience that can be life changing for everyone.

Each week on Wife Swap, the mothers from two families with different values and belief systems will exchange lives. It’s an amazing family experience and opportunity to learn how others really lead their lives. Half of the week, mom lives the life of the family she is staying with. After making her observations, she introduces several "rule changes," where she implements rules and activities that are important to her family. It's a positive experience for people to not only learn but teach about other families and other ways of life. Wife Swap airs on Disney owned ABC television on Fridays at 8 pm- the family hour!

If you are a two-parent family with at least one child over the age of 5 living at home, and you think your family would make terrific TV, contact us to be a part of this groundbreaking show!


To apply or get information about the show
Please contact:

Katie Lintner (Casting Producer)
Email: rdfusacasting@gmail.com

[oso97]

For the love of all that is Holy and Good - PLEASE DO NOT ACCEPT THIS INVITATION!

We need good publicity. Not stupid gimmicks like this.

[migopod]

"documentary-style program"...

That's an interesting euphemism for "trashy reality TV show".

[Superscribe]

Explain to me how this would be bad publicity? If you get serious and successful fencing family, you see the effort and dedication given to the sport, as well as how legitimized fencing is in some places, which a lot of people don't understand.

Of course you could always get a weird fencing family, which would ruin our image forever... but that's the risk you take.

There's really no fighting this... there's bound to be a family who steps up to be part of the show, the only thing one can really do is try and influence who that family is.

[oiuyt]

I'd rather they use a family that's connected with mainstream fencing than a "fencing" family that's effectively some CF or SCA variant.

I don't think we suffered too much from MTV's The Real World: London (1995) including Kat Ogden (studying abroad that semester, but still returning to the US to compete on behalf of NYU, including some on-air time from fencing competitions (JO's and UAA Championships at least)).

Or Abby Emerson on an episode of MTV's Made (2005).

It's one more exposure for the sport to the general public.

-B

[erooMynohtnA]

For the love of all that is Holy and Good - PLEASE DO NOT ACCEPT THIS INVITATION!

We need good publicity. Not stupid gimmicks like this.

Oh come on. Seriously? Beggars can't be choosers.

With the level of publicity we get it would be a positive thing if a study concluded all fencers are rapists. At least we would be in the news.

Then someone drops a chance for fencing to appear heavily in a primetime (I think?) show, and everyone freaks out about how terrible it would be. Give me a break.

[Rockstar44]

For the love of all that is Holy and Good - PLEASE DO NOT ACCEPT THIS INVITATION!

I second this motion. EMPHATICALLY!

[leftyboy]

I'd be more suspicious of the gmail account for a major show like that.

[ShadyLane]

I'd be more suspicious of the gmail account for a major show like that.

I second that. Very unprofessional to be using a gmail account! What happened to her business email address? Sounds fishy to me.

[edew]

Don't know about others, but I got an email from her asking for the same thing. Can't hurt, I guess.

[SEM Fencer]

This isn't the first time I've heard of them looking for a fencing family. Also, last year they highlighted a fencing family on Super Nanny, too... We ARE big time...

[Beloit Fencer of Old]

I'd rather they use a family that's connected with mainstream fencing than a "fencing" family that's effectively some CF or SCA variant.

I don't think we suffered too much from MTV's The Real World: London (1995) including Kat Ogden (studying abroad that semester, but still returning to the US to compete on behalf of NYU, including some on-air time from fencing competitions (JO's and UAA Championships at least)).

Or Abby Emerson on an episode of MTV's Made (2005).

It's one more exposure for the sport to the general public.

-B

She's from my club!!!!!!

[Peach]

For the love of all that is Holy and Good - PLEASE DO NOT ACCEPT THIS INVITATION!

I don't object to the publicity. It's the idea of the show that I find unpleasant to contemplate. I hate that kind of "reality" garbage.

[fdad]

Having been forced to occasionally sit in the same room while that show was on the TV, I have never seen a family come off looking anything other than, at best, disfunctional. The draw, if you can call it that, of this type of show is to make yourself feel good knowing at least your life isn't as messed up as theirs. Why would anyone put themselves and their children through that? I consider shows like Wife Swap and The Nanny to be a form of child abuse.

[irishfolker]

Found this bio for a Katie Linter at the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com):

Katie was born March 29th, 1987. She has 3 younger siblings, Meghan (14), Kelly (12), and Nicholas (9). She plans on acting in New York when she gets older, until then she is looking for a talent agent and is in her area theatre shows, around the Philadelphia area.

[Cookeit]

I liked the episode of the
Hippies vs. Super Religious.

[parrythis]

"documentary-style program"...

That's an interesting euphemism for "trashy reality TV show".

Close. More like "Profiteering network goons exploit idiots who are willing to sacrifice anything for their 15 minutes of fame."

Explain to me how this would be bad publicity?

Have you watched the program? The key is that they mix families with different values. Regardless of how dedicated the family is to fencing, the wife that gets swapped in will overrule those values and force her own upon the family. The purpose of the program is to put a family into a stressful situation and watch them suffer. This, apparently, attracts lots of viewers. Not me.

[Nolano]

The only time I ever watched that was when a family I know was on. And then it was only for a few minutes.

[oiuyt]

The Australian Wife Swap seems to have found a fencing family (actually for the upcoming episode, airing this Saturday).

http://www.lifestylechannel.com.au/s...sode_id=278321

-B

[PeterGustafsson]

Hi!


Finally, someone who writes the expressions "LifeStyle" and "Wife Swap" in the same context as fencing.


Have a nice time!

Peter Gustafsson