Published by Linda on 01 Nov 2009 at 10:03 pm
Quick Update Regarding Future Recaps
An email reminded me that I wanted to make this point.
You guys funded through the ninth episode of the season, and I intended to put up propsals for the last couple of episodes of the season and didn’t get around to it. But, of course, since you all helped Sarah raise more than $300,000 for Donors Choose, and because you’ve been so wonderful about coming back after I’ve been away from this gig for almost two years, I will happily finish out the season to thank you for your generosity and your goodwill.
It’s been great to see everybody again, it’s been great to feel like I’m working in a little bit of a tag-team with my dear pal M. Giant, and it’s been great to experience the frustration of hearing myself talk for pages and pages about something I know I shouldn’t care about quite so much.
So we’ll finish out the season, don’t worry. You’ve all been grand.
Lesley on 01 Nov 2009 at 11:01 pm #
That’s great. It’s like the cherry on top of the giving sundae. Thank you. And based on the previews for next week it is really something to look forward too.
mariannem on 01 Nov 2009 at 11:03 pm #
Hooray! You’ve been away for two years, but it doesn’t feel like that long. I’ve been glad to get to read you on Monkey See, but there’s really nothing as awesome as a TAR recap, and having yours and M. Giant’s to read is just double the awesome. Thank you, Linda.
Stacey on 01 Nov 2009 at 11:51 pm #
That’s the best news I’ve heard all day
Welcome back!
Nicole on 01 Nov 2009 at 11:54 pm #
Wow, thank you. I’ve missed your recaps.
Rinaldo on 02 Nov 2009 at 7:17 am #
That’s wonderfully generous, and very welcome news. You say “of course” you’ll do this, but you weren’t obligated to, so THANK YOU so much for this!
groundhog on 02 Nov 2009 at 12:15 pm #
Yay! Your recaps always make me laugh out loud, as well as think more critically about television. Thank you so much!
barbra on 02 Nov 2009 at 2:40 pm #
Hooray! Thanks so much, Linda!
Mike on 02 Nov 2009 at 2:59 pm #
Such a lovely nostalgic feeling reading your recaps of TAR, which is what got me hooked on TwoP back in the day. Between that and the warm glow that comes from supporting Donor’s Choose (as part of the greater Tomato Nation) people are going to wonder why I’m Mr smiley-guy today.
GracieGirl on 02 Nov 2009 at 4:39 pm #
Hooray! I, too, have missed your TAR recaps (though I definitely enjoy M. Giant’s – boy, I hope I never have to choose between the two) and am so glad I’ll have them to look forward to over the next few weeks!
Julie on 02 Nov 2009 at 8:04 pm #
Wonderful news! I love M. Giant’s recaps too, so getting to read both (and thus feed the TAR obsession further) has been a real treat!
Brandon on 06 Nov 2009 at 5:50 pm #
As you say, we all shouldn’t care about this stuff quite so much, but I think your strength as a writer is that you write thoughtfully, articulately, and humourously about the elements of the show that make us connect with it so strongly. Maybe the two years off was just what you needed to re-charge creatively.
Great to support some worthy causes, too.
I think M. Giant wears the Steve Young jersey very well, and your complementary approaches to content and style make for really good reading together.