Sunday, July 10, 2005

30 Days

Nathan and I have enjoyed watching a show the past few weeks on FX called 30 days. The show is done by Morgan Spurlock. (the guy that did the movie "Supersize Me") Each episode has a person living 30 days in a situation that is unfamiliar to them. Outside their comfort zone you might say. One episode Morgan and his fiance' lived in Columbus, OH and had to live on minimum wage. They only went with $200 each. They had to find an apartment, jobs, didn't have a car, etc. Great experiment how they were only doing it for 30 days and they were pretty far in debt due to the fact that they both had to visit the ER because they didn't have health insurance.

Now, being that we have been watching this the last few weeks, guess what happened to Nathan? You're never going to guess...he met Morgan Spurlock. Just out of the blue! He was driving a golf cart on UCR's campus with a friend, did a doubletake, whipped the golf cart around and had a "celebrity moment" with Morgan Spurlock. He was there filming the final episode of 30 days where a mom binge drinks for 30 days to prove to her daughter how bad it is for her.

Anyway, this makes it sound like Morgan Spurlock is our hero, but really, we just like his show and the way he thinks about society. We highly recommend it. It is on Wednesday nights (10:00pm in our time zone) on FX. It's real reality TV.

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