This is the true story of eight historical characters, hand-picked and transported to 2006 via the latest in time-travel technology, who live in an RV and have their "new" lives taped. It's the wildest reality show in television (and perhaps all) history, The Old World! Featuring Missing Pilot AMELIA "Lady Lindy" EARHART...Patriot & Seamstress BETSY ROSS... Former Roman Emperor & Amateur Musician NERO... Genius Deaf Composer LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN... Inventor & Statesman BEN FRANKLIN... Manson Family Member SQUEAKY FROMME... Homicidal Maniac LIZZIE BORDEN... Glass Sculptor TIMOTHY TATE... and, of course, DICK THE DRIVER!
—Kelley Slagle