Sorry - spammy! Update on the Studio 60 "Thank You" ad.

[caz963]

I'm sure most of you've seen this but...



... now we've raised the money for the ad, anything you want(ed) to contribute is going straight to Tipitina's Foundation.

I was so busy squeeing and doing stupid Josh-style victory dances when we reached the target yesterday that I forgot to say anything about it.

So I'm doing it now and want to encourage you to give what you can.

Oh, and digitalred93, "coloneljack and hooloovoo_42 are just the greatest bunch of crazy women it has ever been my privilege to know and work with. But we're not done yet!

We're still waiting for the actors to approve the ad (and yes, coloneljack has already voluteered to sort Brad out in person - *rolls eyes* - yeah, I thought you'd be surprised... ) but once it's done we'll put it somewhere you can see it.
And we're also continuing with our efforts to raise awareness of Tipitina's - there's a press release doing the rounds and we've had some interest from the media, so we're not bowing out quite yet! More details as soon as things are finalised.

Sorry for teh spam - but it's for a good cause!

Comments

[hooloovoo_42]

'Ere, are you calling me crazy? Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry!

[caz963.livejournal.com]

Okay, okay - keep your shirt on! ;)

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Holy lord, are you using photos of the actors when they have image approval? You are a braver group of people than I am. I'm assuming that's why they have to see it -- I'm unclear as to why the show and network have any approval over this, if it's fan-generated. Are you using the show logos or something?

[caz963.livejournal.com]

Hee! Well, brave or just plain stupid, and I haven't had time to work out which yet!

But yeah, Linz has designed a simple, classy ad which features mugshots, but they're pics that have already been used for promotion, so WB are telling us it should be okay. I think it's just a matter of getting the thing under the actors' noses. And yes, because we wanted to use the official logo, it went to Tommy Schlamme for approval, who apparently liked a lot!
But we have a fallback option (already approved) if we can't get the artist approvals in time.

[hooloovoo_42]

You just have to love the way she just drops Tommy's name in there. ;-)

[caz963.livejournal.com]

Oh.
Shut.
Up.
:)

[hooloovoo_42]

digitalred93 did it in one of her emails last night/this morning. I was too tired at the time to call her on it ;-)

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Well, kudos to you for your diligence, I must say. I have experience with image approval stuff in my professional life and it is not fun. (Here is also where I wag the cane and say, "In my day, when fans took out an ad in the Hollywood Reporter for The X-Files 100th episode, we just used simple text and stock art!" Hee.)

[caz963.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it can be a pain, you're right - I used to work in PR in the music biz, so I know what a headache it can be.

I consider myself wagged at! You'll be quoting Monty Python next... ;)

[kassandra-w.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on achieving success on this project! I think this was a fine way to honor the show and at the same time help a worthy cause. Bravo!

[caz963.livejournal.com]

Thanks. We're hoping to do more to help the charity if we can - I'll post about it when we've got it worked out.