Welcome! It’s Day Seven (I took yesterday off because this message is so long) of . . .
Operation: Daisy Duke.In which we send real daisies to Dawn Ostroff, President of the CW (address later in this post) in order to urge her to work one last time with Lauren and Alexis to revoke the cancellation of Gilmore Girls.
TODAY’S GOALS for “Operation: Daisy Duke” are 1) to STRONLY encourage those viewers who want to send daisies to Dawn Ostroff on their own to order and send a bouquet of daisies to her TODAY OR TOMORROW as you go to your local florist to buy flowers for your mom, sister, aunt or other female relative who's a mom, , 2) to buy the DVD of the Mandy Moore-starring movie "Because I Said So," which hits the stands today, because it co-stars Lauren Graham and 3) to stock up on the rest of your Gilmore Girls DVD sets if you haven't already done so as they're on sale at your local Target for $22.99 apiece for the rest of the week.Any day that Daisies arrive between now and the Upfronts on the 17th (and even beyond) WILL still help!REMEMBER:
It's time to double our resolve, not to give in! Lauren's exit interview with Michael Ausiello at TV Guide does NOT mean that all is lost. Farscape got its four-hour miniseries LONG after the show was cancelleld. Firefly's "Serenity" epilogue was greenlit LONG after that show was cancelled -- and that became a theatrical movie. Not saying that Gg would go to the big screen, but the perseverance of these show's fandoms BEYOND their shows' so-called endings resulted in proper endings for those shows.Without further adieu, I present to you “Operation: Daisy Duke.”
1) Why "Operation: Daisy Duke"? Because it just wouldn't be a Save Gilmore Girls campaign without a funny pop culture reference coming from left field. The show has made some very amusing equations between Lorelai and the hottest Dukes cousin, including having Lorelai drive a jeep (just like Daisy did), having Lorelai wear Daisy Dukes to her meeting with Headmaster Charleston on Rory's first day at Chilton, because Stars Hollow is the set where Hazzard County used to exist and because the exterior of Lorelai's house is the exterior of Uncle Jesse's house. And because the many ironies inherent in the show's premise strongly suggest that we'll have better luck than Max did with his daisies.
2) There are many sources from your local florisst to the internet through which you can send daisies to Ms. Ostroff. Two of the biggest online alternatives include FTD.com and, 1-800flowers.com, both of whom operate national delivery services through local florists anyway. Many of the online florists only promote $40 vase arrangements of daisies, which may be beyond a Gg fan's budget. A dozen daisies would likely come in a typical cellophane wrap if they're bought by the stem. Order the daisies in the way that is best for you.
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Send yellow daisies ONLY because that's the color of Lorelai. If whoever you order from is out of yellow daisies (unlikely, but still . . .) then, sure, go with white daisies, but Yellow is the color.
4) Send your daisies to Dawn Ostroff at the following address:
Ms. Dawn Ostroff, President of Entertainment
The CW Television Network
4000 Warner Blvd., Bldg 168
Burbank, CA 91522-00025) You can, of course, send small message cards with your bouquet. The rule is this: BE POLITE AND POSITIVE. Do NOT write anything like "I hate you because you cancelled Gilmore Girls!" or "I'm sad that you cancelled Gimore Girls" or "I won't watch The CW ever again unless you uncancel Gilmore Girls." I totally understand, respect and even share those feelings, but, after all, it's not something that Lorelai or Rory would do in this situation. Instead, write something like "Please renew Gilmore Girls!" or "Please uncancel Gilmore Girls"
and sign it with at least your name and address so that they know how far Gg's fanbase has spread throughout the country and the world.6) DEADLINE:
EVERYDAY is the official deadline.7) I'll do another big push on Sunday the 13th (yes, I know, I know, Mother’s Day) to encourage sending flowers on Gilmore Tuesdays, but the more constant the stream of daisies delivered to Ms. Ostroff on a daily basis between now and May 16th, the day before the CW's Upfront (Fall Schedule Announcement) is revealed, the better. Again, the last day for same day deliveries is May 16th, but other than that,
every day is deadline day for the campaign.
There is no 8 yet. That’s the whole point.
9) Please post to this thread when you've sent a bouquet. Even one hundred bouquets of just a dozen daisies sent to Ms. Ostroff will surpass the 1000 mark of daisies from LD&T and I am sure that we'll send a lot more than that.
10) Please spread the word of "Operation: Daisy Duke" around to other MBs and forums that have enthusiastic Gilmore supporters. Some of the obvious boards are FanForum, the cwtv.com lounge, TwoP, E!, etc. If you recruit at any other forum, please post here with which one you posted at so that we get an idea of how it's spreading and so that we don't duplicate the news too often (no more than once per day). We don't want to annoy people, especially since there are people who post to multiple MBs. But still, let us know which MBs it gets posted to and provide a link to this here Great 8 Mandate thread or even copy this entire post to that forum.
Okay? Okay!
Let's spread the word! "Operation: Daisy Duke" continues! -- Rob
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Season 8: Because "How I Met Your Mother" is having a wedding between two of its main characters, why can't
Gilmore Girls?
