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Yong Fang · 08-17-2014, 03:04 PM

..........."Wings" was a successful NBC sitcoms in the 1990's. It also had a hot chick/girlfriend except that she was 4' 2"."

I am a fan of Mad Men and thought to myself, that this would be a great drama of the same quality, the 1960's, for a regional airline who is trying to go national, and split the stories between the executives and the pilots (who flew DC-3's and Martin 404's) and the flight attendants. Some of the home drama would be pilots and flight attendents having to be gone several days at a time.

I can even cast the roles from Mad Men. I would not have ti even change their personalities that much.

John Hamm Co-Pilot/Captain/Chief Pilot Don Draper (and they could even easily do the silly Dan Whitman backstory for him) Screws chicks in every port. (I am a heterosexual male, but if I were Gay or a Woman, yea, screw me. Jon Hamm and hit it hard.)

John Slattery as the Captain/Chief Pilot Roger Sterling. On Mad Men, he is the comedy relief. Drinks and smokes a lot! (Which is why I love the Mad Men era, huge T-Bone steaks, whiskey, cigarettes/cigars and bawdy humor)

Rich Sommer (Harry Crane) Co Pilot with wife troubles. A 38 year old sad sack who cannot make Captain. Married with a woman in every port.

Michael Gladis as another co-pilot. Maybe a baby boomer who is sea change, who likes to party and does the scene in California and New York and wherever

Jessica Pare' the sexy head stewerdess who had the affair with Don (For all you Megan haters, I will just address the men. Jessica is the Goddess Wife. She does her own thing. She likes to cook and cooks gourmet meals found only in kickass five stars restaurants. She speaks French. Makes love at the drop of a hat to a loyal man. Yea, she has an overbite, moving on.)

Robert Morse, the owner of the airline. Similiar relationship with Roger in the Mad Men Universe. Concerns himself with keeping the companies or accept a merger.

Aaron Staton Someone who works in head office and wants a merger with a bigger line so he could live elsewhere.

I could cast everyone else and make a great show. I think as a fan of Mad Men that this would be a great show about the aviation industry in the 1960's. But I went, Oh s&*t, this show has already been done....Pan Am.

Looking back, there has only been one successful aviation show "Wings". I put this above so anyone who comments doesnt bother with the Wings references. But in 60 plus TV years, there has been shows about aviation, and except....yes....Wings, the few shows have been unsuccessful. Why?

08-17-2014, 03:04 PM	#1
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,073	Workplace sitcoms, why is Aviation a failure? ..........."Wings" was a successful NBC sitcoms in the 1990's. It also had a hot chick/girlfriend except that she was 4' 2"." I am a fan of Mad Men and thought to myself, that this would be a great drama of the same quality, the 1960's, for a regional airline who is trying to go national, and split the stories between the executives and the pilots (who flew DC-3's and Martin 404's) and the flight attendants. Some of the home drama would be pilots and flight attendents having to be gone several days at a time. I can even cast the roles from Mad Men. I would not have ti even change their personalities that much. John Hamm Co-Pilot/Captain/Chief Pilot Don Draper (and they could even easily do the silly Dan Whitman backstory for him) Screws chicks in every port. (I am a heterosexual male, but if I were Gay or a Woman, yea, screw me. Jon Hamm and hit it hard.) John Slattery as the Captain/Chief Pilot Roger Sterling. On Mad Men, he is the comedy relief. Drinks and smokes a lot! (Which is why I love the Mad Men era, huge T-Bone steaks, whiskey, cigarettes/cigars and bawdy humor) Rich Sommer (Harry Crane) Co Pilot with wife troubles. A 38 year old sad sack who cannot make Captain. Married with a woman in every port. Michael Gladis as another co-pilot. Maybe a baby boomer who is sea change, who likes to party and does the scene in California and New York and wherever Jessica Pare' the sexy head stewerdess who had the affair with Don (For all you Megan haters, I will just address the men. Jessica is the Goddess Wife. She does her own thing. She likes to cook and cooks gourmet meals found only in kickass five stars restaurants. She speaks French. Makes love at the drop of a hat to a loyal man. Yea, she has an overbite, moving on.) Robert Morse, the owner of the airline. Similiar relationship with Roger in the Mad Men Universe. Concerns himself with keeping the companies or accept a merger. Aaron Staton Someone who works in head office and wants a merger with a bigger line so he could live elsewhere. I could cast everyone else and make a great show. I think as a fan of Mad Men that this would be a great show about the aviation industry in the 1960's. But I went, Oh s&*t, this show has already been done....Pan Am. Looking back, there has only been one successful aviation show "Wings". I put this above so anyone who comments doesnt bother with the Wings references. But in 60 plus TV years, there has been shows about aviation, and except....yes....Wings, the few shows have been unsuccessful. Why?