Posted on 12/22/2008 by RealityWanted in Wife Swap
This week in "McCaslin-Deekens," a woman who can bench press 341 lbs
swaps lives with a woman who believes that a lady never lifts any sort
of weight and that sweating is for the beasts, on "Wife Swap," FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 26 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. Each
week from across the country, two very different families take part in
a two-week-long challenge: The wives exchanges husbands, children and
lives (but not bedrooms) to discover what it's like in another woman's
shoes. It's a mind-blowing experiment that often ends up changing lives
forever. (Rebroadcast. OAD 10/10/08)
The McCaslin family from
New York State live by the motto, "whatever it takes." Wife Sandi (43),
husband Zane (37) and daughters Sarah(16 ) and Kerri (12 ) all hold
benchpressing and powerlifting records. They live in an old converted
school and spend most of their time together training in the gym -
pushing each other on to their next big lift. Outside of the gym, life
for the McCaslins is easygoing and full of practical jokes; they live
in sweats and really don't care what others think because ultimately
they have each other. The family invite their friends round for
"Gameland" - an raucous evening of board games, joking and playful
insults. The only thing Sandi would change about her family is the
girls' aversion to chores.
Meanwhile on a quiet street in
Virginia, the Deekens live a life of quiet and calm gentility. Wife
Donna (57) is on a one-woman mission to bring femininity, etiquette and
the ladylike art of tea parties to the girls of Virginia. She presents
her tea parties in a range of personas, dressing as a princess, a
Victorian lady and a fairy queen, and prepares thoroughly for each tea
- counting out tiaras, testing flashing wands and personally picking up
the specially decorated cakes. Husband Bill (55 ) and son Greg(18) find
her obsession silly and childish, but that doesn't stop from Greg
helping out behind the scenes or spending money. In the Deekens' house,
the family lead separate lives, coming together for quiet meals and
their sedate daily walk - where spotting a squirrel is a cause for
excitement.
In the first week of the swap, Donna is plunged into
the McCaslins' testosterone driven world of weight-lifting and
struggles with the idea of young girls benching more than most men.
Meanwhile Sandi finds the world of tea-parties slightly ridiculous and
breaks down when she realizes the lack of support Bill and Greg give to
Donna's dream. In the second week, when the wives change the rules and
turn the tables, Sandi resolves to change everything in the Deekens'
home for Donna, and Donna finds the true meaning of family support with
the rough and ready McCaslins. At the end of two weeks, will Sandi
succeed in showing Bill and Greg the meaning of family? And can Donna
turn the bench-pressing McCaslin girls into demure little princesses?
"Wife
Swap" is an RDF USA production. It was created by Stephen Lambert and
is executive produced by Stef Wagstaffe and Michael Davies of Embassy
Row. Mike Gamson and Stephen Pettinger are the co-executive producers.
"Wife Swap" is broadcast with Spanish subtitles via secondary closed
captioning. This program carries a TV-PG,L parental guideline.
(Photo courtesy of ABC)
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