What I sent to Oprah
POSTED BY: DevonNite
UPDATED: Thursday, December 14, 2006 20:44
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Kudos for doing that! You are another example of why Browncoats rule. 
"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle." http://whimsicalnbrainpan.blogspot.com/
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Great idea, DevonNite. I've been trying to get the word to Oprah for awhile. Check the link on my signature. I wrote a letter this last weekend also. I was so overwhelmed with the BDHs and the California Browncoats that I felt she should know about it.
Don't worry about the comment about spelling. Oprah gets letters from all type of people, and one small spelling error will not stop them from a GREAT idea for a show.
To anyone else checking this thread: if you think it is a good idea, go to www.oprah.com and tell how great the BDHs and the Browncoats are. It's the volume of requests that will get the message across.
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http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=20&t=25063&m=412141#412141
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Originally posted by SameErtia:Quote:
Originally posted by PirateCat:
Is that all you got say, Sweet Baby Jane. Little kid bs ooh you didn't cross your t. Who gives a whoop. Somebody was tryin to do good Jack Ass.
Man tired of the boobs on the internet. FF letter is a good thing. THANK YOU
"Battle of Serenity, Mal. Besides Zoe here, how many-" "I'm talkin at you! How many men in your platoon came out of their alive".
PirateCat,
You may not comprehend this, but in the professional world, spelling and grammar count.
A letter to Oprah won't mean a thing if her staff that sorts through three thousand emails a day says, "Oh, look, another badly written plea for supporting a fandom" and deletes it.
I agree, the letter is a good thing! If I'm not mistaken, the longer version went to CNN? Or one of the other major news sources? And I responded to that thread saying it was a good thing.
We, as fans trying to bring attention to a cause, cannot make the mistake of tossing out badly spelled, grammatically incorrect go se and expecting the world to stand up and listen.
Well written, well thought out, and grammatically correct writing may be heard amongst the masses of poorly churned chum that hits the newswires every single day. Something that looks like just more chum will be fed to the fish.
Now, if you feel the need to continue to call me names and thrash on me for making an essential suggestion, I suggest you take it to private message, where the rest of these folks don't have to wade through it.
If the shows staff is going through 3000 emails a day, and they can find that one word in that email, then more power to them, ofcourse I think that they are more than likely looking for repetition of the same subject matter, not a word by word analysis, but hey what do I know, i'm obviously just a grunt and I should not have wasted my time. I mean if one misplaced word in an entire email can doom the Firefly/Serenity "fandom" then I have truly ended all that was.
By the way, I wasn't making a "plea for supporting a fandom". I was bringing attention to performers who had given back to their fans out of the kindness of their hearts.
Do you really see this as a cause?? I see world hunger as a cause, I see helping the homeless as a cause. I see helping the people of Dafur as a cause. I see helping the people of New Orleans as a cause. I see Firefly / Serenity as entertainment that I really enjoyed and would like to see more of, but not a cause.
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Great work DevonNite! This was an inspired idea. Keep us informed if you hear anything more.
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How awesome would it be if Oprah did a show (or a segment of one) on the Browncoats and the BDHs? How big a surge of new fans would that generate? There may be little chance, but there's no downside to sending emails like this and the potential upside is vasty.
Somewhat more of a problem with this particular email than "there" for "their" is the fact that Christina's last name is not Hicks but Hendricks. Also, it's Mark Sheppard (double 'p'). I got his name wrong in a recent post, my own self (spelled it Shepherd).
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I'm pointin' right at it!
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Originally posted by DonCoat:
How awesome would it be if Oprah did a show (or a segment of one) on the Browncoats and the BDHs? How big a surge of new fans would that generate? There may be little chance, but there's no downside to sending emails like this and the potential upside is vasty.
Somewhat more of a problem with this particular email than "there" for "their" is the fact that Christina's last name is not Hicks but Hendricks. Also, it's Mark Sheppard (double 'p'). I got his name wrong in a recent post, my own self (spelled it Shepherd).
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I'm pointin' right at it!
Okay you got me on the spelling of the names LOL.
I was typing rather quickly, obviously faster than my brain was working.
If anyone can get in touch with Lexigeek or Theonetruebix and have them write to Oprah about how these stars came to their rescue and helped save the day for the fans of the show, maybe that will get some attention or all of us writing about that event might catch someones eye as a good, positive story.
I think that if we take the angle of "These performers coming to the rescue of wronged fans" as opposed to "Please help us get our series back" we will get a more sympathetic ear.
I am not a fan of Oprahs but I recognize the power that she has in the media. One segment from her can expose millions upon millions of new people to the "Verse"
JHMO
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For Sameertia I comprehend just fine. Ever try to read a Doctor's handwriting. If ya can you'll fine a misspelled word. The nurses do it for my professional doctor. I use to have a neighbor that is UNC proffessor ex bartender cause he couldn't find a real job. He is the most ignant person I ever met and he is teaching young people what a joke.
"Battle of Serenity, Mal. Besides Zoe here, how many-" "I'm talkin at you! How many men in your platoon came out of their alive".
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Hello all you browncoats
Well just sent a letter off to Oprah. Will I get a response? Don't know but an effort was made. It was about Devonnite's email and how they should look into it. It wasn't about the show Firefly. Nope it was about the actors/crew of the show. Real world causes that are helped by the Oprah show are GREAT.But not every show has that.There are some that just have a message.Her show is something that I don't watch on a regular basis but I do know that many actors that have a new movie coming out can find time there. So this is what the email (and Devonnite's) was about. THE ACTORS. These ppl spent their own time and effort going to a place where they knew fans would be. They didn't go there because "60 Minutes" would be there. They didn't go because Dr.Phil was doing a show about the psychology of FF. They went for th fans. For the love of the fans and the show itself. I believe FF in it's creation has a message. A message about believing in something. About caring for family and friends. About doing what you feel is right. Is that a wrong message? IMO it isn't.
The fans believe in the show and as we have seen that the CREATORS and ACTORS do too and "Well, I guess that's something" and isn't that a good message. Seems to me it is. just wanted to point it out to them. Hope that it shows a favorable light on our BDHs.
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