May day and finally home!

Three months around the small world has left my head and body spinning. However, it feels good to be back home with Daniel and Casey, plus getting some additional family time over next two weeks. The best part of the trip was spending a week with Kelli in Seoul, South Korea - and even found some new formats there. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ It does seem like decades ago we left for NATPE in Miami. The baseball season hadn't started; Academy Awards were a month away; Boston was calm and cold; Small World was gearing up for the 3 titles to launch globally; I was still Searching for Sugarman; a Fall Out Boy and Elton pairing seemed ludicrous much less become a #1 album; I didn't know a key character dies in Skyfall (thank you lovely wife for that spoiler) and the thought of a professional male athlete coming out was not a blip on a radar screen. But after London, Oslo, Kristiansand, Stockholm, Copenhagen, more time in London bouncing around Marriott hotels (thank you dear niece Becca!), Paris, Munich, London again, Brighton, Bangkok, London, Cannes, Paris, Seoul, Bangkok, Tokyo and finally to LA, logging tons of airmiles and hotel points, along with a myriad of meetings, three key moments remain somewhat clear in my head. One, I shall not wear a tutu again and be upstaged by professional ballerinas. Two, our new Content family definitely knows how to end and celebrate a hectic, yet hugely successful MIP market - I believe I was on my back dancing at one point early in the morning banging a drum with the big guy assisting me. Three, karaokeing with my daughter and wife is a blast. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ From the Small World news department...Miss Country Girl launched in Thailand two weeks ago to very positive results, igniting more interest in the Media Factory format, from Australia to China....The Fan debuted April in Sweden on TV4 as Fantasterna and has been a solid #1 in target audience group (does that mean that should avoid people carrying rifles?)...and The Night Patrol adaptation in Norway has doubled the audience for TV Norge channel. And our Romanian wonderful friends at Media Factory launched a new show One Good Turn on Prima which is a surprise look at the values and ethics and goodwill of people. Maybe we should adapt it for US Congress? We will be based in London from June 1 at our new mini-flat working on our new adaptation of I Love Luci.....stay tuned.. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A tiny bit of Tim's Tips. DVD and movies: Searching for Sugarman is a terrific film aka documentary...42, 42, 42, 42 is a powerful movie about one of the most important and toughest person to ever walk this earth, Jackie Robinson....some music for the ears, I mentioned the Fall Out Boy-Elton Save Rock and Roll single earlier....in France, I discovered a wonderful group Les Soul Men, comprised of three diverse singers, Vigon, Bamy and Jay. They recorded an album of mostly pop and r & b covers. I never thought I would write that I love the song Feelings...and another French singer, Axelle Red....books, finally finished The President's Club and so darn good. Now reading State of Wonder in old-school paperback as well as Gone Girl (good tip sister Patti dear) on Kindle....and how hilarious was our President at the D.C. Correspondents Dinner last Saturday? Whatever your political persuasion, he was funny, self-deprecating and good pokes at NBC......lastly, whatever team Jason Collins signs with, I will be a fan. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ That's all the news that's fit to print and I promised sister Kimi that I will blog more frequently. So let that be a warning to you. Go forth with peace and progress __________________________