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Ivan, I love your idea. And it reminds me of an idea you proposed some time ago - that this disease should have a new name - DOPAMINE DEFICIENCY DISORDER - I think it was your idea. ANyway this seems to be a good time to introduce it - it kinda goes with the Dollars for Dopamine, dont you think? Might this not also bethe time to start using the name you prooposed Ivan M Suzman wrote: > > Hi folks, > > Here's a TV special proposal - for what it's worth - for your > consideration. It would build > money for research on PD. It involves a TV show to kick off a "Dollars > for Dopamine" fund-raising campaign to benefit a research organization. > It could be set in Portland, Maine, with links by satellite to Barb > Mallutt, famous Hollywood talk-show hostess extraoridinaire. > > Opening scene of late summer near Mt. Katahdin, Maine. Fade to TV > studio: > > Good morning from Maine, land of fabled colored leaves and CRISP morning > air. It's > a knee-rattling, 53 degrees here today. I am your host, Camilla > Flintermann of Oxford, Ohio. > I will be talking with a number of celebrated persons living with > Parkinson's DIsease, now known also as a dopamine deficiency disease. > > We will be interviewing Muhammad and Lonnie Ali, Janet Reno, Michael > J.Fox and Tracy Pollan, Johnny Cash, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Ivan > Suzman. > > We will also feature Hilary Blue, creator of Porquetta Pig, and writer > John Bjork. > > > > > > >AND I can report that OF COURSE the TV version of the saga will be on > >PUBLIC TV, because of the high level of quality involved! No > >commercials > >to sully the tale (tail???) of these Porkers! The only $$$$$ they > >are > >concerned with is the Pennies for Parkinson's campaign. > >I have heard on the grapevine that there is a possibility Ivan > >Suzman, > >veteran TV/PD anchor man and celeb, will be asked to do the Intro to > >the > >TV version, as he is so accustomed to the bright lights of that > >medium. > >Lacking his availability, M.J.Fox would be the runner-up of choice, I > >expect. > > And of course the wrap-up bash after the show is taped will be > >hosted by > >none other than Barb (ducking and grinning) Mallut, the "Hostess With > >the > >Mostest" ! > > To obtain "sponsors" who will *delicately* be named but allowed no > >extended pitch, we have retained Ken (Show Me The Money) Becker, and > >PR > >will be capably handled by Hilary Blue, sty-mother of Porky and > >Porquetta..... How's that for a celebrity lineup? > >Watch your local paper for the date of showing in your area-- why not > >plan > >a neighborhood block party with authentic Pennies for Parkinsons jars > >to > >advance the CAUSE ! > > > > > > ---just for fun!........ Camilla <[log in to unmask]> > > > > http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/camilla/one.htm > > > > Laughter-- :-) :-) > > the best medecine ! > > ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) > Ivan Suzman 49/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) > Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 53 deg. F :-) > ********************************************************************