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Re: "Around the World for Free!"
apskip:
I feel compelled to state the obvious: use of the title "Around the World for Free" is a blatant misrepresentation of what actually occurred. The concept of, as Jeff says, "interactive entertainment" is a valid and useful one. Having other people pay for all the airplane, train, bus, or other transportation fares is a really poor idea. That is because the fare for an Around-the-World airline ticket with many stopovers is less than one-third of what I estimate the individual flight fares to be. Both Jeff in ATWFF and Alex in ATWFF2 accepted huge amounts of money from strangers to get them where they needed to go. This was grossly inefficient. I feel that the show would have been just as interesting if the same major stops were made and the same sights visited. It is OK for people to pay for or provide food, lodging, area tours and admission fees, etc. in my opinion). This would have resulted in equally good television.
georgiapeach:
I agree apskip. My one and only objection to this show is the times they rely so much on plane tickets being donated. It was lovely that the BB fan board was able to help Jeff so much....but how does that really support the concept of making your way around the world for free? It wasn't for free at all, just free for Jeff, and that mostly because of his BB involvement.
And I would love to see less flights and more other means of transport. I liked that he tried to catch a ride on a big rig instead of flying at the end, that would have been fun to see. Even more fun if he worked a day unloading or loading in order to "pay" his way.
I would love to see any future editions rely more on a bartering of sorts...the person could be asked to teach or lecture or cook or something... in exchange for their food and lodging and even transportation.. Alex did more of that than Jeff...
TexasLady:
I agree with both of you, it would be far more interesting if Jeff had to earn his way around the world by using his considerable people talents. Maybe lose the laptop?
Pedaler:
First, let me say that I'm assuming any future host of the program will come from a CBS reality show. Of the three main CBS reality programs, I only watch The Amazing Race. Can anyone speculate who could be the female hostess next summer?
--- Quote ---"We feel very honored by our two DIVA awards for AROUND THE WORLD FOR FREE. What made this Web series so significant is that it created a new style of programming in which the users created the story," said Joe Ferreira, Senior Vice President, Network Liaison & Original Content, CBS Interactive. "The feedback has been so impressive that we are already in the planning stages for next season, which will air summer 2011 and feature a female host."
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Source : http://170.20.0.38/div.php/interactive/release?id=26759
georgiapeach:
Brook! ?? !!
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