Comments on: Detroit Drama Coming To The Small Screen? http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/detroit-drama-coming-to-the-small-screen/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:55:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: storminvormin http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/detroit-drama-coming-to-the-small-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-501641 storminvormin Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:01:41 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/detroit-drama-coming-to-the-small-screen/#comment-501641 Matthew Danda: <em>Enter Lutz as comedic relief, and Mulally as the white knight. What a show!</em> From hereon, he shall be referred to as Bob <em>Lulz</em>. Matthew Danda: Enter Lutz as comedic relief, and Mulally as the white knight. What a show!

From hereon, he shall be referred to as Bob Lulz.

]]> By: golden2husky http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/detroit-drama-coming-to-the-small-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-501131 golden2husky Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:30:59 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/detroit-drama-coming-to-the-small-screen/#comment-501131 In the interest of fairness, doesn't any of this drama occur at other manufacturers, too? Is only GM guilty of stupidity? In the interest of fairness, doesn’t any of this drama occur at other manufacturers, too? Is only GM guilty of stupidity?

]]> By: yankinwaoz http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/detroit-drama-coming-to-the-small-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-500181 yankinwaoz Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:25:40 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/detroit-drama-coming-to-the-small-screen/#comment-500181 Already been done. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077228/" rel="nofollow">"The Betsy"</a> in 1978. It has all the elements you mentioned in the article, and seemed to me to be a fictional version of the Ford family. A commenter on the IMDB site calls it "Dynasty... on wheels" Already been done.
“The Betsy” in 1978. It has all the elements you mentioned in the article, and seemed to me to be a fictional version of the Ford family.

A commenter on the IMDB site calls it “Dynasty… on wheels”

]]> By: Facebook User http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/detroit-drama-coming-to-the-small-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-499851 Facebook User Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:17:38 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/detroit-drama-coming-to-the-small-screen/#comment-499851 All of your ideas are better. I might even tune into a urban "Survivor" set in Detroit. All of your ideas are better. I might even tune into a urban “Survivor” set in Detroit.

]]> By: seoultrain http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/detroit-drama-coming-to-the-small-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-499822 seoultrain Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:06:22 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/detroit-drama-coming-to-the-small-screen/#comment-499822 <em>he deals with uncle/mom entanglement, a ghost haunting the factory, a "spunky" girlfriend, and other eerie parallels to Disney's The Lion King.</em> Genius. he deals with uncle/mom entanglement, a ghost haunting the factory, a “spunky” girlfriend, and other eerie parallels to Disney’s The Lion King.

Genius.

]]> By: jaje http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/detroit-drama-coming-to-the-small-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-499781 jaje Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:59:47 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/detroit-drama-coming-to-the-small-screen/#comment-499781 Yawn. I'd rather see the egotism, contempt, ignorance of what is truly going - kinda of a documentary. TTAC - I think it's high time you had your own documentary production. Yawn. I’d rather see the egotism, contempt, ignorance of what is truly going – kinda of a documentary. TTAC – I think it’s high time you had your own documentary production.

]]> By: menno http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/detroit-drama-coming-to-the-small-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-499752 menno Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:56:08 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/detroit-drama-coming-to-the-small-screen/#comment-499752 They could do the ups & downs of American Motors from the Nash and Hudson days, after the war, through the January 1954 merger, on to the death of the machine behind the merger (George W. Mason) almost immediately after it happened, then on to his mentor (George Romney), who presided over a struggling also-ran, brought it back from the brink, made themselves into the 3rd best selling make (ahead of Plymouth) by 1961, then ran for / obtained the office of Governor for Michigan, followed by the inevitable decline, the "Alaska purchase" decision to buy Kaiser Jeep in 1970, the partial buy-out by the truffle-eating surrender-monkeys at Renault, right through the sell-out (in more ways than one) to Chrysler. The show could be made to last as long as M.A.S.H. did (which was actually longer than the real Korean war...) They could do the ups & downs of American Motors from the Nash and Hudson days, after the war, through the January 1954 merger, on to the death of the machine behind the merger (George W. Mason) almost immediately after it happened, then on to his mentor (George Romney), who presided over a struggling also-ran, brought it back from the brink, made themselves into the 3rd best selling make (ahead of Plymouth) by 1961, then ran for / obtained the office of Governor for Michigan, followed by the inevitable decline, the “Alaska purchase” decision to buy Kaiser Jeep in 1970, the partial buy-out by the truffle-eating surrender-monkeys at Renault, right through the sell-out (in more ways than one) to Chrysler.

The show could be made to last as long as M.A.S.H. did (which was actually longer than the real Korean war…)

]]> By: Matthew Danda http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/detroit-drama-coming-to-the-small-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-499742 Matthew Danda Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:56:06 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/detroit-drama-coming-to-the-small-screen/#comment-499742 The Wagoner, Kerkorian, and Gettelfinger love trio would make a heck of a series. Enter Lutz as comedic relief, and Mulally as the white knight. What a show! The Wagoner, Kerkorian, and Gettelfinger love trio would make a heck of a series. Enter Lutz as comedic relief, and Mulally as the white knight. What a show!

]]> By: Landcrusher http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/detroit-drama-coming-to-the-small-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-499731 Landcrusher Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:53:49 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/detroit-drama-coming-to-the-small-screen/#comment-499731 Your right. I like your ideas better. Your right. I like your ideas better.

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