Mini Marathon - Tuesday November 17th. The Best Show. WE WILL DO THIS.

[Tom Scharpling]

Hey everybody -

If you didn't know about it already, WFMU is doing a 24 hour mini-marathon this week, from Tuesday November 17th to Wednesday November 18th. We're doing it because the station fell short of its overall goal back in March and this coupled with the recession has left WFMU with no other alternative than to go back to the listeners and ask for some emergency help.

I will be doing my show Tuesday November 17th from 8-11 PM EST. We will be pitching for your pledges once again. Now I know you've come through in the past for me - everybody stepped up like true champs back in March - but we're going back again this week because WE HAVE TO.
The station needs to get enough money to make it through to the spring.

I am not taking this lightly. You have all been great, and I am trying to give back and make it worth your while. I will have a special new Fun Pack that is ONLY available by pledging DURING MY SHOW this Tuesday. It is called The Best Show HEROES DO WHAT HEROES DO FUN PACK, and it is pretty awesome.

It consists of a Best Show t-shirt designed by the one and only Michael Kupperman. I just saw the design and it is AWESOME! Kupperman is the hilarious genius behind SNAKE N BACON and TALES DESIGNED TO THRIZZLE, and he was kind enough to design this shirt for me! Take a look at it!




The next item is a CD filled with a ton of rare and unheard Best Show stuff. Some of the items included willl be:

- The Best Shows that were removed from the archives over the years.
- The first Best Show On WFMU, which has never been archived!
- The special Tom Scharpling One Man Performance of the movie MR BROOKS!
- Tom reading Best Show Fan Fiction!

and more awesome surprises! Trust me - it's gonna be AWESOME!

If that wasn't enough, my co-host will be the one and only TERRE T from WFMU's amazing CHERRY BLOSSOM CLINIC, heard every Saturday.
She is bringing along HER OWN PREMIUM CD called IDIOT BOX, another one of her fantastic comps of mega-rare punk and rock greatness! Her past CDs are pretty legendary - she gets requests all the time for them - and this one will be no different.

And all of this stuff is going to be available ONLY during The Best Show On WFMU this Tuesday November 17th from 8-11 PM EST!

You can call and pledge at 800-989-9368 or online at www.wfmu.org, but you need to do it DURING MY SHOW if you want my premium!

If you can't pledge during the show but want to, just drop me a line at toms@wfmu.org and I will take your pledge myself!

This is serious stuff, people. But I know we can do it.

AND SPREAD THE WORD ON THE MARATHON AND MY FUN PACK! Tell every Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and message board about it!

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 17th. 8-11 PM EST. 800-989-9368. www.wfmu.org.

Thanks in advance for your support!

Tom.

[JonFromMaplewood]

- The first Best Show On WFMU, which has never been archived!

Pardon the "Mike and His Ilk" parlance, but HOLY CRAP.

[masterofsparks]

You will get my money.

[moonshake]

Does WFMU have a target amount for this mini-marathon?

[kittykittymeowmixhead]

The Fun Pack is an offer one can't refuse!

[masterofsparks]

Does WFMU have a target amount for this mini-marathon?

On last week's SSD they said $200,000.

[Christina]

Does WFMU have a target amount for this mini-marathon?

On last week's SSD they said $200,000.

What one man can do, another can do.

[Sarah]

The usual $75 to get the premium?

[Martin]

I believe they're $100,000 short, not $200,000. But I'm sure $200,000 will do too!

Here's the pledge breakdown:

https://www.wfmu.org/marathon/pledge.php

WFMU will get all the money I didn't spend on vinyl this weekend.

[Kim Kelly]

Is Terre T's surely amazing comp included in the Best Show Pack? Just wondering!

And I can't wait to pledge. Well, obviously, I can wait, because I didn't turn in the pledge form when I first got it and decided to wait until the Marathon rolled around.

[Ike]

As good as done. 

Honestly cannot imagine a more bitchin' premium than the one Tom's proposed.  It blows my mind. 

I felt really great and oddly empowered by my pledge last time.  Preaching to the choir here, but there is LITERALLY nothing that gives me more joy than the Best Show, and to be able to put some sort of a price (even an arbitrary one) on that is actually helpful.  Curbs my Midwestern guilt. 

THANK YOU, TOM. 

Ike

[scratchbomb]

Is Terre T's surely amazing comp included in the Best Show Pack? Just wondering!

According to the pledge page, it is. Which is awesome, because (a) Terre T's comps are always kickass, and (b) I can probably only swing a 1-DJ premium pledge this time round. No matter. Everyone's getting homemade gifts this year, for I must have this Fun Pack!

[buffcoat]

Yes, finally that first Todd Billups call.  I knew you had a plan.

[AllisonLeGnome]

Sorry to be potentially annoying, but is there any chance of the shirt being available in any lady or even youth sizes? Obviously I always donate with the motivation of supporting the station, but it would be nice to be able to represent the Best Show in my wardrobe (beyond my Newbridge shirt... and my WFMU shirts from past marathons...) instead of shoving the shirt in a drawer somewhere.

[erechoveraker]

I'm giving up my weekend to work some extra hours to spend on WFMU (ahem*TOM*ahem). We're gonna do this, damnit.