Portage, MI (WFN) -- A funeral home director in Portage, Michigan, is dying to work as a consultant for the HBO TV series, "Six Feet Under" -- and he's uniquely qualified.

John Durham owns the Life Story Network chain of funeral homes and figures he's the perfect man to help producers keep the show alive because he's a real-life version of David Fisher, the character played by Michael C. Hall.

Like Fisher, Durham grew up in a funeral home and manages a funeral home. Also, both Fisher and Durham are gay and both have sisters addicted to drugs.

Durham fears his favorite show is digressing and figures he's got what it takes to keep "Six Feet Under" from going under.

Although he's been in contact with some "Six Feet Under" execs, Durham says he expects the change to be slow and that he "may have to be happy to get an inch as well as a mile."

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