It’s time to check in and let you know where we stand with all our Save Jericho Again activities, as well as to applaud YOU for your continued loyalty, commitment, and zeal to keeping alive one of the most thought-provoking, talked-about, and, from our standpoint, beloved TV shows in years. 

But first, I’m going to make it a little bit hard for myself in order to help educate my offspring in the art of language.  She’s working on high school level vocabulary words and moaning and groaning with aggravation that her mother gets so jazzed about such things.  Anybody who knows me knows that I LOVE words, and anybody who reads my writing or becomes the unfortunate victim of my ramblings knows that I love LOTS of words (verbosity) and big ones, at that!  My daughter…..eh, not so much.  Not a verbal sort (but with vastly greater intelligence than my own), and she can’t begin to fathom why her vocabulary words even matter or how they can add anything of interest to the world as it currently exists.  You may agree with her, but  ~ HANDS OVER EARS ~  I’m ignoring you. 

Honestly, it’s such a strange compilation of words, neither can I, but I’m trying to make a point here.  This may be awful, but please abide with me as I provide you with latest info on my other great love Jericho, all the while, proving to my daughter that some of these words actually work (however awkward).  Oh, she, of little faith!  Who knows?  It may be educational, but if it’s making your stomach roil, please cut a poor mother a break as she pushes her progeny toward the importance of two of the Rs of learning.  So, without further ado (and NO teenage eye-rolling):

• Thanks to a second push to satisfy our desires as part the so-named Jericho syndrome, we have reached over $4,000 in donations for the second set of TV ads to run in the Los Angeles area during a  two-week run, beginning September 1st.  We are slated for 195 prime-time and bonus spots (which means after 6 a.m. and before noon — not the tenebrous wee hours of the morn!) in the same Westside/Beverly Hills and South San Fernando Valley areas, just as before, on Discovery, ESPN, History, and SciFi Channels.  In addition, Redsox has worked with Time-Warner to secure $800 worth of additional spots, at no extra cost, and we should have more detail very soon on that media flight (Julie’s euphemism for “schedule”).  You’ve heard it before, but Redsox’s work with Time-Warner has been phenomenal, and we should be grateful that we have such a skilled negotiator working on our behalf. 
• And while I’m in the thanking mode, let me say that there’s no sign of any megalomania, but instead nothing but humility and good ‘ole team spirit from so many people involved in this latest feat we’ve accomplished together.  Beyond the extraordinarily generous monetary donations of over $2,600 by hundreds of Jericho fans (some, several times over), we would have never reached our mark without the special assistance graciously offered by PMary and Jeff Knoll through Jericho scripts for auction.  Many thanks to both of them (and especially to Jeff on the use of his auction site account) for helping us raise $1120 for this effort.  Thanks also to RP and writer Robbie Thompson for the donation of the incredibly entertaining and valuable “A.K.A.” script and additional autographs. Our sweet, quiet grandmother Nana said she broke open the bank for this $402 token of her favorite episode!  A special ‘thank you’ also to Jericho’s Brad Beyer and RP (again) for the signed DVD copies of our spectacular Save Jericho Again ad. 
• WE also have to extend our sincere appreciation to superfans K6 and Beebull who displayed super examples of superego in their sacrifice of cherished personal items to be auctioned as part of our fundraising goal.  We’re continuing to auction these items, so check out the remaining goodies.  To everyone else, I wish I could name each and every person by name who’s made this entire campaign possible, but, for now, our Donor page on this site will have to suffice.  Please know, however, that there are no adequate words (can you believe THAT?) to express how you have humbled the Save Jericho Again team with your trust in us and your trust in our ability to represent you.
• So as not to be dissonant, however, in efforts to allow each of you the opportunity for some of the aforementioned Jericho items, RP has created five extra DVD copies of the TV ad for giveaways to some lucky donors.  For anyone who’s donated at least $20 going back to the very beginning of this campaign in  May, your name will be thrown in the hat for a drawing to win one of these keepsake DVDS.
• Please check in soon to see the latest posted Time-Warner ad schedules and to hear more details on the DVD giveaways. 

I apologize for this post’s lack of pungent wit (and length), but hey….sometimes, the road to education is painful!  Thank you for allowing me to expostulate on its importance — and, more importantly, thank you for loving Jericho!

** How’d you do?

• verbosity — wordiness
• progeny — offspring, as a child
• syndrome — pattern of symptoms indicating particular social condition
• tenebrous — dark and gloomy
• euphemism — substitution of indirect expression for one thought to be less blunt (pre-owned rather than second-hand; expire rather than die; undocument worker for illegal alien)
• megalomania – delusions of greatness
• superego — part of personality representing conscience and goodness
• dissonant – inconsistent
• pungent — mentally stimulating, as in pungent wit
• expostulate — counsel, to reason earnestly for discussion

- Julie/Welcome2CHO