NBC's Monkey's Paw

Amy Grant has returned from o'er the river Styx to lure helpless Americans into her prickly grasps. Her new NBC show entitled 3 Wishes focuses on giving 3 people in an American community a chance to make their lives better whether it be by building a handicapped girl a private gym or giving a guy a truck. These innocent townfolk don't know what's coming, though - because these wishes come at a price - one so horrific and putrid that their town may never be the same again.

Are you familiar with the tale of The Monkey's Paw? If not, it is an old short story by W.W. Jacobs. In the tale, each person who receives the mummified paw is granted 3 wishes at the expense of somebody else's misery...and such is the mystery of 3 Wishes the show.

As the show progresses, each person is granted their wish, resulting in tears and applause. But then, night falls and Amy Grant beckons her new followers to her temple (a rickety stage on the back drop of some Scooby Doo State Fair). Like zombies the freshly satisfied townfolk approach her alter wanting more...more guidance...more Amy granted wishes...more...more...more...and then as the farris wheel creaks to a halt, loud shrieks and guitar plucks resonate from the stage...and the carnage that is Amy Grant's singing begins.

Yes people, you can have your 3 wishes, but just like everything in life...there is a price.