The success of the promo for Quarterlife in my heart was due, in most part, to how it seemed like it was written by aliens. I wanted in on the fun. I figured the people that brought you Thirtysomething are probably forty or fiftsomethings now, so i decided to turn the tables a bit and wrote my own hard-hitting, in your face, unbearably real drama called Bein' Moms and Dads from the perspective of someone who knows: me.
Natasha: Bein' 55 is so hard. I feel so alone.
Ethan: What do we do all day?
Sascha: What do we do at night?
Natasha: Do you ever wonder what we talk about when we're hanging out alone?
Ethan: I know, right?
Sascha: Do we find eachother sexually attractive? Does it work like that?
Natasha: We all have osteoperosis and that's difficult
Ethan: Let's watch Broadcast News on VHS
Sascha: But ER is on
Natsha: I love William Hurt
Ethan: I miss the war or something
Sascha: I miss the incomparable writing of Taxi
Natasha: You put my mailing address and home telephone number all over your rolodex!!
--cue Al Jolson song--
slow motion passionate embrace
All of the characters are played by Sela Ward
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Given the abruptness of the transition from the carrier-pigeon-osphere to the blogosphere, I think fifty-somethings are handling things pretty well.
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