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If I could give up one wish of mine to help this dad with his I would..

I wish for a body free of disease. 
I wish for the chance to have another child with Rachel. 
I wish for the chance to comfort my boys when they get their hearts broken by a girl for the first time. 
I wish for the chance to take them to their first U2 concert. 
I wish for the chance to see them become men… to tell them how my heart swells with pride when I see what they have become. 
I wish for the chance to hold Rachel’s hand… to offer her my arm… to steady her in her old age. To tell her she’s still beautiful when a lifetime of smiles are visible on her face.
I wish I understood why I have cancer. 
I wish for many things…. but most of all…. I wish for life.

 

The Cancer Guy "How the Light Gets In."

This is the link to the blog of the guy who made the news today by sending a video message to his wife on her Birthday. The video is al over the web but the blog is truly inspirational get to it here how the light gets in in a world when we all get obsessed with ourselves take some time to read this and think of others. He has a 3 year old and a 18 month old baby.

This is the video if you haven't seen it.

<p>Rachel's Birthday Video from Kristian Anderson on Vimeo.</p>

This is what I'm upto!

We've just started up talentdigital. Providing online services to the internet. And here is our first offering.

THE END

So I'm going to stop posting to this site! If you are interested in the goings on at Chez Glazier a list follows!

Work - www.jonathanglazier.com

Parenting - Oh My God Twins

Emigrating - Our New Life

ELVIS

I'm told the BBC are developing a show around the best Elvis impersonators, been there done that. At Granada we did an Elvis special Stars in Their Eyes. It was fantastic, great fun, very camp but also holds very sad memories. Dear Lesley Crowther should have presented the show but sadly had a near fatal car crash that ended his career. I loved Lesley and worked with him often in my early career. We did The Price is Right, during an electricians dispute we had to cancel the show but the audinece were arriving. Lesley said find me a Piano, which we did he did an off the cuff 90 minute show. It was fantastic he was a true pro.

Russ Abbot actually presented the Elvis Special. I also had one of the most awkward jobs of my career, to persuade Russ to do the show whith out his syrup (wig)..he did.
It was a great show.

I would also like to sate my claim that I invented the Plural for Elvises namely the Elvi, which sounds like an alien race from star trek. Believe me in the world of Elvis impersonators a description that is not far off the mark!

Oh and I'd like to further state that the 1969 Elvis come back special is, apart from the kung fu segment, the most important LE show ever made.



For those of you are interested here is the version you may have seen on American Idol Gives Back. Its all smoke and mirrors!!



And this is one of my favourite clips from the 69 Come back.

MIP

SO after a break of 2 years I found myself at MIP once again. Great to catch up with everyone and comforting to know that the industry hasn't changed! The sevice at Cafe Roma was as idiosyncratic as ever, I even witnessed a near physical fight! And the Sony Monday night gathering was a delight and very sad as we said goodbye to Paul Gilbert, who I'm sure will be back with a new expense account on a different company at MIPCOM!

I didn't see any thing that really set my interest alight. Game shows are definitely back on every broadcasters lips. Scripted Drama seemed to be doing very well.

The Game shows were big and brash, the reality was more observational. There was no single buzz. There was a lot of talk about the over valued UK indie market some even valued at over 12 times earnings. But there still seemed to be some potential takers.

Some interesting developments in training, some I'm involved with and more news on that later.

You Bet! and Ant and Dec!

Who would have thought Ant and Dec would use "You Bet" as the spring-board for their next crack at the USA. It was a great format and I'm sure given the "treatment" and cash of ABC in the USA it will find a new lease of life. Big shiny floor entertainment really isn't a trend anymore its a fact! And with one of the Daddy's of them all making it back to the screen a proven fact! Although in Germany YOu Bet has never been away, I think? It must be one of Germany's longest running shows.

You Bet is the show where a panel of 3 celebrity judges bet on various challenges in the studio and location. Get it right and they win and the money goes to charity. The percentages are effected by the audience voting on the out come. I'm sure the new version will be interactive in some way.

I directed 3 Series with the lovely Matthew Kelly Hosting. It was a great show for a director, a real challenge in its self. The pre recorded challenges were great. My favorite was a guy who said he could climb up the side of a hot air balloon and abseil back down to the basket, all at 3,000 feet. We used radio link cameras from on board the balloon so we could watch live from the ground, all good stuff!

I've put the only clip I could find on the Pod below unfortunately its is a negative review although tong in cheek!!