• by Masha Geller , April 3, 2001

I generally don't talk about things offline, but this one made me laugh. Talk about taking the dot-com crash too far. As Adweek online reported recently, TV's Ron Livingston ("Office Space") and Leslie Stefanson ("Unbreakable") have been tapped as the leads in Charles Randolph's untitled Silicon Valley-themed dramedy pilot for ABC, about a dot-com in dire need of resuscitation.

The pair will star as young, ambitious co-owners of a once- hot dot-com, who are forced to bring in corporate-type executives to help save their company after the company stock takes a dive.

Realistic enough, right? I can see the sponsors lining up now.

On a lighter note, not every dot-commer is struggling. ClickZen.com stunned the e-business world last year by actually skyrocketing their teen-headed Internet Advertising Agency to stardom with sales over $1.5 million in 2000. Today, ClickZen regretfully announced that their CEO and Co- founder, Ruchit K. Shah has decided to retire at the ripe old age of 17.

According to the announcement, Shah decided to leave after being coerced into joining his school theater production of "To Kill A Mockingbird." He said, "I had more money than I knew what to do with and there just were not enough hours in the day, so I want to take a breather and enjoy the beauties of life."

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