4/25/2007

Please allow me to state something- since some of you seem to have a false idea of my importance around here at WCIU. I do NOT have any great power here. I am NOT THE owner, nor AN owner of this, or any of our stations! I do NOT make programming decisions. I don’t buy the programs. I don’t hire people. (I don’t fire people either, but, if I could…) You see, every week, I get letters and e-mails from viewers who really do think that I own this station- or, at the least, Me-TV. Some viewers ask me why I don’t get Abbott and Costello TV shows, or why I don’t run Laurel and Hardy shorts instead of the 3 Stooges. They ask why I don’t purchase all the Gamera the Giant Flying Turtle movies to show on Svengoolie. They ask that I hire them as writers, co-hosts, artists, chicken-throwers, and/or personal assistants. They ask me to move Batman to a better time on Me-TV…or complain, wondering why I moved the Honeymooners to a different time. They want to know why I would pre-empt my Stooges show for a basketball game- or why I don’t bring back Knight Rider. They ask why I don’t wear the old Sven green neck scarf anymore… no, wait, that’s one I DO have control over! I don’t wear that wacky disco scarf anymore because it had a tendency to untie itself constantly (maybe because it’s made of cloth of such a slippery, silky consistency)- and, yes, I still have it- and, no, I don’t miss it. The bottom line here is- though I’m flattered you might think I have a lot of power- I don’t. This station is owned by lovely people who allow me to work here. It is run by people who are much smarter than me. There are people here who are responsible for the choice and purchase of programs- who decide where to air programs- and when to move programs to a different time slot. None of those people are me. Would I like to won the station? Sure. However, I’d have to hire a lot of people to run it correctly, since there are so many things I have no clue about. I’m just little mister goof boy, who does these shows that , hopefully, entertain you. There are no jobs available on my show. I’m happy that you like it enough to want to be a part of it, but- it’s not possible. Sometimes, it seems like only dumb luck that I’m allowed to be a part of it. The only reason I’m bringing all this up is, simply, because it’s been becoming part of the FAQs in my mail and e-mail. So-unless you hear different from me- I’m not in charge. I’m just one of the worker bees in our television hive…or, just creating programs that will GIVE some people hives.