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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives wish
3 to congratulate the Zaccagnino family of Elmwood Park on
4 being the winner of the first season of the reality TV show
5 "My Life is a Sitcom"; and
6 WHEREAS, "My Life is a Sitcom" is a new reality series
7 that is televised on ABC Family; network executives conducted
8 a nationwide talent search to find a real family to star as
9 themselves in a television sitcom based on the family's real
10 life and invited any family that wished to enter the contest
11 to submit a videotape of themselves to the network; the
12 Zaccagninos were among hundreds of families from across the
13 country that submitted a videotape to ABC Family; and
14 WHEREAS, Of the hundreds of videotapes submitted to the
15 network, eight families that the network felt could be
16 entertaining enough to have their own sitcom were selected,
17 including the Zaccagninos; television production crews were
18 dispatched to each of the eight homes to see how funny these
19 families really were; and
20 WHEREAS, The network featured one family per week for
21 eight weeks; shortly after the conclusion of the eighth week,
22 the Zaccagninos were declared the winners by a three-judge
23 panel consisting of Dave Coulier, Maureen McCormick, and
24 David Faustino; the Zaccagninos won the exclusive right to
25 star in a sitcom pilot based on their real lives, which was
26 shot in front of a live studio audience in Hollywood,
27 California, and aired nationwide on March 24, 2003; and
28 WHEREAS, The members of the Zaccagnino family are Bob,
29 Karen, Dianne, Camille, and Danny; therefore, be it
30 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
31 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
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1 we congratulate the Zaccagnino family on being named
2 television's funniest family on "My Life is a Sitcom"; and be
3 it further
4 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5 presented to the Zaccagnino family.