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[Tabbyclaw]

There's a story of dubious authenticity that says a television listing once summarized The Wizard of Oz thus: "A young girl is transported to a strange country where she kills the first person she encounters, then teams up with three strangers to kill again." Insane, misleading, but not technically inaccurate. Which is exactly what we're going for in this game! Here's how it works: Someone picks a TV series, miniseries, or TV movie, and writes a summary for it that is completely true, but still doesn't really capture the concept. Everyone else tries to guess, and the first person to guess correctly does the next write-up. Here's your first one:

A shy baker struggles to resist acting on his necrophiliac desires.

[Treppie]

Pushing Daisies.

Next: After suffering a tragic loss, a talented young man joins his brother in a life a petty crime and vigilantism.

[The Mad Maple]

Supernatural.


A sharply-dressed man explored the New York dating scene while putting up with his friends' foibles.

[tashiann11]

How I met your mother.

A self righteous leader drags his team across the universe interfering in people's lives so that he can meet women with whom he can have sex.

[Treppie]

Star Trek (Original Series)

Led by their domineering matriarch, a family struggles to survive in an unforgiving environment where they are surrounded by rivals.

[Tabbyclaw]

Meerkat Manor?

Since I'm not sure, I'll wait for confirmation before posting.

[Treppie]

You got it, Tabbyclaw.

[Tabbyclaw]

A young man atones for stealing his best friend's girlfriend years ago by giving him the information necessary to attract the attention of a gorgeous woman who'll stop at nothing to keep him near her.

[GreenPhoenix]

Chuck.

A doctor joins a man's quest to solve a family mystery while repeatedly telling him that he's wrong about what he sees.

[Rabrab]

Was Scully a doctor? Then it's the X-Files.

I'll wait for confirmation.

Edited by Rabrab, Jul 2, 2008 @ 6:05 PM.

[GreenPhoenix]

Yup, that's it!

[Rabrab]

A man hallucinates both an alternate world filled with "friends" and invisible companions which he visits with. None of his real friends express any concern that he may be psychotic, and several of them actually play along with his delusions.

Edited by Rabrab, Jul 2, 2008 @ 6:26 PM.

[ciscokidinsf]

Journeyman ?

(I'll wait for confirmation too) Not too sure here.

[Rabrab]

Nope, although it might fit. Mine is an older show, and bear in mind that I have a sick sense of humor.

I'l be gone for as couple of hours and will check when I get back.

[Tabbyclaw]

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood?

[Rabrab]

Yep, Mister Rogers it is.

Told you I was sick.

[Tabbyclaw]

After settling down and unexpectedly becoming a single mother, a former explorer discovers that the perils she faced in her youth are still out to get her -- and her little dog, too.

[Rabrab]

I admit, you have me completely stumped...

[ceindreadh]

Tabbyclaw is it the Sarah-Jane Adventures?

(not posting a new clue because (a) I might be wrong and (b) I need to think up a good one)

[Demian]

Led by their domineering matriarch, a family struggles to survive in an unforgiving environment where they are surrounded by rivals.

Meerkat Manor?

Ha. I thought it was Dallas.

[Rabrab]

That's what makes this game fun, Demian. There are sometimes so many possibilities that are oh-so-close to right. And it's challenging trying to figure out how to warp the premise of a TV show that is well-known into something sick and twisted.

[Metroid13]

After settling down and unexpectedly becoming a single mother, a former explorer discovers that the perils she faced in her youth are still out to get her -- and her little dog, too.

I'll take a stab at Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

[Tabbyclaw]

ceindreadh got it!

[The Mad Maple]

Meerkat Manor?

Ha. I thought it was Dallas.

I was thinking Star Trek: Voyager, myself... :)

[ceindreadh]

A woman travels extensively, outwitting the police at every turn and leaving a trail of bodies behind her.

[Rabrab]

That's mean.
Is it Bones?

[ceindreadh]

No, not Bones.

[mooncreek]

If you think that's mean...

Is it Murder, She Wrote?

[ceindreadh]

Yes, you're right mooncreek

[mooncreek]

This is the true story
Of a bunch of strangers
Picked to be stuck with a fool
Work together and have their lives taped
To find out what happens
When people stop being polite
Yet want to earn their check