How Did the Nuts Campaign Change You - Arabelle’s Alley
I got my cute little Google Alerts for Jericho this morning in my inbox, and I found a link that really got me. I mean, this is a great question, and I really wanted to share this with y’all after all of the things we’ve been through with the Nuts Campaign.
Arabelle’s Alley says that they asked on the CBS Jericho Message Board a while back on How the Nuts Campaign Changed You and was it for Better or Worse? They’ve posted some of the answers, which I just adore beyond words, and they’ve also posted a second set of them in a post entitled Jericho: Changed by the Nuts.
What’s so surprising to me when I read through these is just how much people were changed by saving Jericho. I mean, seriously, it’s a television show. One that I adore beyond reason, needless to say, but what happened with the Nuts Campaign really went far beyond what I expected, and it really became its own creation which is still really, deeply touching people even now. Friendships have been made that will outlast the television show itself, and lives have been changed in absolutely wonderful ways. People have stood up for something that they believe in, sometimes for the first time in their lives, and others became more involved in the online community and have made friends from all around the world. This campaign took Jericho from being just another canceled television show into a movement that doesn’t look like it will slow down for a long, long time.
And since I didn’t see the post on the message board originally, I’d like to add my answer here.
The Nuts Campaign showed me that if you give something to people that they are truly passionate about, they will react and make sure that they are being heard if you take it away. I’ve been a part of other “Save Our Show� campaigns in the past, to the point that I used to think that if I liked a show, it was a guarantee to be cancelled, but there’s really not been anything quite like the Nuts Campaign before. It really showed me that it was a good thing to believe in people and what they can do, given a chance.
So, how did the campaign affect you?
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October 3rd, 2007 at 9:28 am
Hi Amber,
Thanks for posting this and thanks for adding your own comment. I’ll add it to tomorrow’s blog.
It truly is wonderful to know so many people could band together for this campaign.
October 3rd, 2007 at 9:48 am
Fantastic piece. What less could we expect surrounding a truly original show? Thank you for your continuing coverage of Jericho.
October 3rd, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Hey Amber,
I know exactly what you mean about “if I liked a show, it was a guarantee to be cancelled.” In the last year I liked Knights of prosperity, Notes from the underbelly, The Black Donellys and Jericho. But we did it! We beat the odds and got Jericho Back. I am glad you added your thoughts to the bunch.
-b
October 3rd, 2007 at 8:04 pm
Hey Amber,
I love that the Nuts Campaign changed so many of us in so many different ways. One of the selling points for me for Jericho was that so many different people loved it. It has been nice to read that the changes in people have been just as different. Thank you for sharing a little bit of your Nuts Campaign experience with us. Great Job!!
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:55 am
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