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To: LindyBill who wrote (94449)	1/9/2005 6:09:50 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793797

Memo To HBO Executives By Matthew Yglesias In case the reason you want to cancel The Wire is that it's demographic appeal is limited to young men, see below the shocking true tale of a conversation from last night: YOUNG WOMAN: I just moved down from Baltimore. MATT: You were in school there? YW: No, I was working for a web design company? MATT: Huh. YM: You seem surprised. MATT: It's just that I'm a big fan of this show called The Wire and I guess it gave me the idea that everyone in Baltimore was a heroin dealer. YW: I love The Wire! But no, no heroin. MATT: Maybe design a heroin-dealing website? YW: Much more boring than that. Do you think they're really going to cancel the show? . . . So there you have it. Everybody loves The Wire. I mean, y'all renewed freaking Carnivale, surely you can spare room in the schedule for the best show on television. Also: I think there may be promise in this online drug sales concept. You could base the site offshore. . . .