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Tonight is one of the final episodes of Angel, the much beloved Buffy the Vampire Slayer spinoff. These days, when not getting sucked into some other demon hole or something, Angel has been beat up by The O.C. or The West Wing in the ratings. Variety TV editor Michael Schneider has been getting lots of "Save Angel" mail from the dedicated Angels fans (photo, above):
They came from all over the globe: Oklahoma, Ireland, Australia, Denmark, England... even several postcards from soldiers in Iraq. And they all want to save "Angel."I suppose it would be too easy at this point to lament the fact that all of that energy could be better harnessed to feed the hungry or shelter the homeless. But hey, there's a TV show to be saved here!This reminds of the first "Save this show!" letter Gothamist ever wrote: It was to Bob Iger, to save Twin Peaks. Everyday we wonder if TP would still be on, had the power of the Internet been harnessed carefully, but we're still unsure. Anyway, Gothamist would like to take a moment and salute Angel, a show that can turn its leading actor into a puppet for a time and still scare the dickens out of us.
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yes, next month will be a sad sad time. it's a great show, but it kept changing directions too much to get a foothold. too many flashbacks I think, not enough kick ass on the evil baddies. And always with the big bad apocalypse.
can your master sleuthing help with something? A friend said they heard this morning on of all stations (ugh) Z100 that they are close to signing a deal that would bring a Buffy/Angel TV movie 4 times a year. Any truth to this? Someone give me a link to this potentially neat news?
It's true....well, according to the NY Post:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04202004/entertainment/22976.htm
First Buffy, now Angel. So sad.
Too funny. My first (and only) 'save this show' letter was also to Bob Iger, a seven page screed on the banality of network television and why Twin Peaks would change the world.
Plus, Kyle MacLachlan was pretty hot pre-SATC era.
I don't know that the internet would have saved Twin Peaks - it doesn't seem too effective in saving anything now....
Check this out... http://angelsfooddrive.com/
Angel HAS fed the hungry! :)
The Save Angel campaign has raised thousands of dollars to feed the homeless in Los Angeles. It has been and still is a major part of the campaign. It's a shame that whoever wrote this snippet didn't research that fact before commenting that the energy of the campaign could have been better harnessed by feeding the hungry.
Check this out: www.angelsfooddrive.com! You might just learn that Angel fans are helping the helpless! Next time Mr. Schneider, get your facts right before publishing it!
You should really take a look at all the charity work ANGEL fans have been engaged in - not just during this campaign, but over the lifetime of the show. We take "helping the helpless" to heart. To bad the network decided to stab us in it.
Thanks for the salute to ANGEL.
Just to let you know that one for the largest save ANGEL campaigns is called Angel's Food Drive - http://www.angelsfooddrive.com.
To date the campaign has raised almost $15,000 to feed the homeless and hungry in the city of LA.
The Angel fans are superb at 'feeding the hungry' They have donated thousands of flowers, which ended up at childrens hospitals, fed the homeless by the thousand, donated blood to help the sick, donated hundreds of beany babies, later sent to children, etc., these fans HAVE supported Angel but made sure that everything sent to people, bosses, tv bosses HAS then gone on to help others less fortunate! Its unfortunate that the person above didn't check this out before putting pen to paper. Angel fans are devoted and very kind people.
And make sure to see whats up with save angel at: http://www.saveangel.org
they havent given up!
I am the author of the new release 'I Fed an Angel.' I would like to donate a porton of the profits to the homeless. Does anyone have any ideas of websites or news reporters that would help me gain rapid attention.
Sincerely:
Ken Wilson