Never let it be said that moss grows under a Jericho Ranger’s feet!  Now that the 10-day run of our Save Jericho Again TV ads have wrapped up, and many other campaigns, such the Variety ad, billboard, several great  humanitarian efforts, balloons and cake, and various nutty endeavors, have reached a conclusion, we’ve got to keep the momentum going. We’ve made some noise, and we’re being noticed, but our work is not over yet.

That’s why we’re moving into Round 2 of the TV ad campaign. Thanks to a very generous offer by PMary and Jeff Knoll to help us make some quick bucks and purchase more air time, we are offering for auction eight Jericho scripts from Season 2’s “Termination for Cause,” personally signed by that episode’s central players Brad Beyer and D.B. Sweeney, on eBay. 

PMary and Jeff successfully auctioned off other Jericho items through eBay to fund the Variety and billboard campaigns, and they are graciously doing the same to help fund us more ads and get more eyes on Rubberpoultry’s fantastic Save Jericho Again commercial.  We won’t be able to purchase as large a media schedule as before, but based on what we bring in through the eBay auction, we can certainly seek additional targeted airtime and supplement our continuing letter- and postcard-writing campaigns. 

So, if you want to own a script that showcased “Stanley” and “Goetz” in some of the finest and most moving TV I’ve seen in years, take a look at this.  At the same time, you’ll be contributing to Save Jericho Again.  Time is limited, and we have only a couple of days to get the word out and seek the best price on these valuable scripts bearing the John Hancock of Brad, our fabulous commercial voice-over guy!

We’ve also installed a Donate link here for anyone else who may want to contribute to this second run of the commercial. 

Our heartfelt thanks to PMary and Jeff for this generous donation and great idea! Our heartfelt thanks also to all of you who have contributed or supported the TV ad and other efforts in various ways.  It’s great to see all efforts coming together to Save Jericho Again! 

– Julie/Welcome2CHO

I think we’d all agree that Brad Beyer is pretty awesome for helping us get our message out by providing a voiceover for the TV ad (not to mention about a million other reasons). After checking out the site, and keeping up with all of our various efforts to get Jericho back into production, Brad wanted to send a quick note to the fans to encourage us as we wait for more on Jericho’s future. Here’s what he had to say:

“Love the website, love the billboard, love the commercial!  Thanks again everyone.  You are THE BEST FANS ever!”

 

—Brad Beyer

How many shows do you watch that you know the producers’ names? Probably not too many, and yet the majority of our people in this fandom know the names/faces of our producers, writers, and crew the way we do those with starring credits at the beginning of each episode.

One of the greatest things about the Jericho experience is the incredible interaction we have had with those who create the show. Dan Shotz has always been one of our greatest supporters, and he wanted to send us all a message about the campaign to save Jericho again.

Keep in mind as you read his words that Dan is up to his eyeballs in the development of Harper’s Island (a show we should give a chance). Here’s what he had to say:

The love and support for Jericho still amazes me every day. You guys have gone so above and beyond.  I personally stood by the billboard on Ventura and stared up at it so proud.  I watched Rubberpoultry’s perfectly designed commercial on the Discovery Channel, which is better than the actual content on the Discovery Channel. The blogs, the posts, the ads, the letters… thank you.

We miss making this show so much and are doing everything we can to bring it back.   

Dan

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Thanks, Dan, for always being so generous with your time when it comes to Jericho. We wish you much success in all of your endeavors, and we hope we will see the Jericho story being told again soon.

What say you all?

-Rubberpoultry

This has been the overriding topic since the commercial campaign was completed and began airing. If you count the period before the show was officially canceled, when Rangers started planning for the worst, it’s now been over three months of rigorous campaigning.  Ideas proposed and a lot of downright hard work. As the time has passed, we have begun to receive less and less official info regarding the status of talks between Paramount/CBS and potential investors. By all accounts, this greatly adds to the frustration level. It affects me just as much as any of you, but I think we can work through it.

Should new ideas and concepts be proposed and developed?  Sure, without a doubt, because it’s the backbone of our existence and how we have come to survive this long. So, please make sure you keep your letters flowing to Paramount and to Comcast.  It’s simple, it’s cheap, and it takes little time to accomplish. But we also need to step back and catch our breath for a minute or two. In such a short time frame, we have accomplished more than I think we thought we could when these endeavors all began:

• The thousands of letters written by you where you have poured out your heart and soul to Carol and the gang;
•  The “Variety” ad — this was the beginning of one of the many campaigns that were designed to make noise on our behalf, as well as that of the show itself. An incredible design was developed that would become a glaring symbol of what this campaign is all about: finding Jericho a new home;
• Various nut campaigns — though not as massive or diverse as last year’s campaign, they have gained exposure;
• The Hollywood billboard — perhaps one of the greatest accomplishments of this effort was also that it was the most ironic, and that being that the board itself was owned by CBS. It’s a blaring symbol, which sits high atop the California skyline and is eyeballed every day by hundreds of thousands of people, including some of the very same people who still play a role in Jericho’s future; and,
• The TV commercial — becoming what’s believed to be the first fandom to ever do fund and produce a TV ad has really helped in maximizing the exposure for all of us.  Though not all of the press has been friendly toward it, it can be easily seen that, for every less-than-positive review, there are at least ten more that love it and appreciate what it stands for. Fans from various other fan communities have expressed interest in putting together similar campaigns.

So, the question now comes right back to this — What next?

Personally, I cling to the words that Carol Barbee spoke at Jerichon. She said we will hear something this summer. I am going to read that as sometime within the next month. I would believe we will know something before the 1st of August.  By all accounts, talks continue, and, hopefully soon, they will conclude in our favor.

We continue on with what we have been doing, including writing letters, recruiting new fans, pushing the DVDs as best we can. These things are in our control, and they definitely will help.

But, in doing this, let’s try to return to something else that has been missing at times.

HAVING FUN!

Numerous threads have popped up that ring of discussion regarding Season 3 plots and story lines. Let’s dive into these threads and get back to having a little fun again. By doing so, we are still supporting the show, and if anything, it’s our way of saying, “We know Jericho will live on.”  People will see that, including many people who NEED to see it. They will still fight hard for us.

In the end, that’s all we can ask for.

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