Saturday, June 27, 2009

The Stuff of Which They Make Movies

Did you know that the chief of police of Egg Harbor Township is Blaze Catania?

Honest, I'm not making that up, but doesn't it sound like a name you'd see in a mystery novel? Blaze Cantania, Chief of Police

I think somebody should make a TV series based on him. It almost writes itself.

  1. He lives in Egg Harbor - that's a name made for television.
  2. Egg Harbor is close to New York and to Atlantic City and not that far from the District of Columbia. We can send Blaze on a clue hunt to one of those locations when we need a boost in ratings.
  3. He's a police chief who worked his way up the ranks. In the show, Blaze will be popular with everybody except the creep who got passed over for promotion because every show needs somebody to boo (i.e., the antagonist).
  4. He has FBI and West Point training so we could work in some episodes about his connections with federal agents or an army captain.
  5. He's an assistant football coach. There's an opportunity there for episodes involving kids. High school, drugs, sexting, run-aways,throw-aways. They're all popular.
You know, I'm thinking with a little tweaking (or a lot), this would make a great Western. Maybe it could even make Westerns popular again.

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