Some of you know that in my spare time years ago, I created a variety of different websites about TV shows I liked at the time or about areas where I lived. The one picture representatives of "Osbournes: Reloaded" wanted came from the website about the town I grew up in. One of the pages on that site is about a small farming community called Slapneck, MI. Yes, for those individuals not from near my hometown, that really is the name of that community. It's roughly eight miles east of the town I grew up in and was where my dad lived when he was a kid. It's really a beautiful place and very peaceful. You can imagine not a lot goes on there. But what makes it most famous is not the land nor it's people, but the name on which it was founded. In essence, the town of Slapneck was actually named for a man with the last name of Slapnick. Well, his name became misconstrued as Slapneck and that particular name stuck. The name was temporarily changed to something different for a time, but residents were so used to the Slapneck name, they automatically reverted back to that. And thus, that is what it remains to this present day.
"Osbournes: Reloaded" is using a picture that includes probably the most noteworthy attraction in this small burrow. The picture includes a small water tower - a replica of the one that existed in the olden days of Slapneck during the railroad boom. To the left of the water tower is a small memorial to the veterans from the Slapneck vicinity that served in World Wars I, II, and in the Vietnam War. Below the veterans memorial is a small landscape replica of how Slapneck looked in the late 1800's, early 1900's. That particular picture is one I took in mid-to-late December three years ago - when there was hardly a trace of snow on the ground. This is Upper Michigan afterall, we should be seeing a healthy snowcover in that picture! But alas, it is not about WHAT is in the picture, but what the picture represents. Let's face it, Slapneck is a pretty remote place. Not a lot of people live there and it's basically just a dot on the map. It's name is what gives it recognition. This picture represents Slapneck's little slice of history. It's an active museum of sorts and gives residents from the past and present great pride of what took place on that piece of land years ago and what that land still represents to this day. I have a feeling the show may try to mock or make fun of what really makes up Slapneck as represented by this picture - but we must try to remember that it's all in fun. It is only television.I really don't have any idea the importance this picture will have in the show. All I know is that I will take great pride in knowing one of my pictures might be used in the show and an area I am very familar with will get its representation in a variety show featuring the Osbournes of all people. They didn't say the picture would absolutely make the cut. Either way, I know my name will at least appear in the end credits. As part of the deal, if I was able to submit a standard material release and have it faxed in as soon as possible - my name would appear in the end credits of the show regardless of whether the picture makes it into the episode or not! So you can be sure that even if I don't catch any of the premiere episode (that's when I'm assuming the picture will appear), I will at least be watching the end credits. What am I saying? Of course I'm going to watch the episode because I have to see if my picture actually makes the cut! The fax ended up costing me $1.50 to send which is a very small price to pay to see your name appear on television. Obviously I'm getting a pretty big kick out of this and you can be sure I'll have screen shots and video of the whole thing if it happens to make it in the episode. So stay tuned to this ongoing story!
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