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MCVEIGH EXECUTION PAY-PER-VIEW DEAL INKED Burbank, CA - (GNS) - The execution of mass murderer Timothy "Collateral Damage" McVeigh will be telecast pay-per-view in the first of what many in the entertainment, news, and justice industry predict will be a long series of pay-per-view execution events. "There's a growing interest in this kind of programming," declared Ron King, chair of Zappem, the production company that managed the deal and will produce the event. "They were mired in this closed-circuit lottery thing. Two hundred and eighty people from Oklahoma City wanted to see it, and they were gonna have only ten seats. We just had to re-orient their thinking," King said. He said the previous Justice Department was reluctant, but the change in administration smoothed the way. "Justice wants to make some money, the people want to see it, and, frankly, the criminals like the idea, too. It's win-win," he said. The execution will be the main event in a package of three events, King said. The first two events will be police abuse of power, one on an urban street, and one in a police interrogation room. "People like to see that, too," King said. He added that those events haven't been nailed down, but negotiations are underway with police officials from L.A., Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and New York City. "If we had known the New York police were gonna shoot that guy forty-one times, we could've made a fortune. And the broomstick? I could've retired on that," King said. Speaking about the deal for the Justice Department, Attorney General John Ashcroft said, "This is for the people. Lynchings used to be popular. A real event. It helped bring the community together, gave them a common goal, a purpose, and a chance to celebrate their values. Then the sissies took over and everything was Alan Alda and music videos and mush. Well, there's a new sheriff in town. You got your cross-gender programming, now we've got our execution programming." King said plans were also underway to create a reality/gameshow based in part on "Survivor" and in part on "Millionaire". "The winner wins big, the loser gets the chair," he said. King predicts this will be the largest pay-per-view event yet, "priced at an affordable $19.95, it'll be fun the whole family can enjoy." |
