Operation: Daisy Duke (ODD)

divine · Site Admin

MISSION STATEMENT: Our overall goal with ODD is to send real daisies to everyone who could possibly be needed to get everyone back to the negotiating table in order to urge them to work to revoke the cancellation of Gilmore Girls -- with a gentle reminder.

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 bizarro 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) Besides the obvious reference to the episode "Love, Daisies and Troubadours," why daisies? Because nationwide flower delivery is faster than snail mail at this point (i.e.: next-day delivery) and it's our "Tabasco Sauce" campaign without a chance of frightening the network in these post 9-11 days.

3) Yes, the series season finale has aired and exit interviews with certain actors have been posted at reliable websites, but it's time to triple our resolve, not to give in! It's time to set up some infrastructure and dive into some serious save-the-show projects. Lauren's exit interview with Michael Ausiello at TV Guide does NOT mean that all is lost -- she was taken aback by the abrupt cancellation of the series. Furthermore, Scott Patterson said in no uncertain terms in his exist interview with Ausiello that he is not happy with the way that the show ended. MOREOVER, Kelly Bishop and Liza Weil both voiced their unhappiness with the abruptness of the show ending in a Washington Post article posted on Tuesday, May 15th here (free and fast registration may be required.) Such series as Farscape and Firefly got their conclusions (a four-hour miniseries and a theatrical movie, "Serenity," respectively) greenlit months after their shows' cancellations were announced. Also, Amy Sherman-Palladino voiced interest in a 2-hour Gilmore Girls movie to Michael Ausiello at the recent Upfronts for Fox (where her new series is). Not saying that Gg would go to the big screen, but the perseverance -- the hard work -- of these show's fandoms BEYOND their shows' so-called endings resulted in proper endings for those shows. The sooner we voice our opinions, the sooner any sort of revival of the show gets made.

4) Please send your daisies through your local florist. There are many sources from your local florist to the internet through which you can send daisies to the subjects of this project. Three of the biggest online alternatives include Teleflora, FTD.com and, 1-800-flowers.com, all of which 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, but you can probably ask them to send a much cheaper bouquet of a dozen daisies if you ask them (Can't blame them for promoting the more expensive stuff). 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.

5) Send yellow daisies ONLY because that's the color of Lorelai.

6) Send your daisies to any or all of the following address:

Alexis Bledel
c/o Flutie Entertainment
6500 Wilshire Blvd
Suite 2240
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Email: Michael Flutie: info@michaelflutie.com
Email: Paul M. Brown: pbrown@flutieent.com

Lauren Graham
c/o John Carrabino Management
100 North Crescent Dr.
G-400
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Ms. Dawn Ostroff, President of Entertainment
The CW Television Network
4000 Warner Blvd., Bldg 168
Burbank, CA 91522-0002

And, after these three above, the additional targets of:

Amy Sherman-Palladino
c/o Creative Artists Agency
2000 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067

Peter Roth
President, Warner Brothers Television
300 Television Plaza
Burbank, CA 91505
PH: 1-818-954-6000

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 Gilmore 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.

7) DEADLINE: EVERYDAY is the official deadline.
Any day that Daisies or letters or voicemails or email arrive ESPECIALLY because the Fall Schedule was announced at the Upfronts WILL still help! They need the input about what you think about the fall schedule (and don't say, "It sucks because Gilmore Girls is not on it.")

Cool

There is no 8 yet. That's the whole point.

9) 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, etc. 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 thread or to the Great 8 Mandate thread. If you so desire, please copy this entire post to that forum. Even one hundred bouquets of just a dozen daisies sent to Alexis, Lauren and/or Ms. Ostroff will surpass the 1000 mark of daisies mentioned by Lorelai and increased by a factor of, oh, ten by Max at the end of LD&T and I am sure that we'll send a lot more than that.

10) If you can't afford to send real daisies, then we have an alternative: The Little Daisy Duke Campaign. Please check out that FAQ for details.

-- Rob (ShutUpRob)

LinaLoN · Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 1:18 am Post subject:

Should you keep the old LA address to Amy? I just don't want things to be floating in LA when there's a chance she might not receive them.
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