Bamber Bunnies Support The Writers, Join Them & You Can Go To A Hockey Game With Aaron Douglas
Jamie Bamber’s female fans often refer to themselves as the Bamber Bunnies, and they are putting their passion to good use by publicizing efforts to raise money to send the studios pencils as a gesture of support for the writers who are currently on strike. Jamie is supporting their efforts by giving a worn towel to the two fans who buy the most pencils in his name, a genius idea inspired by Jamie’s famous Battlestar Galactica towel scene. Jamie will sign each towel as well, and a third towel will be raffled off to a fan who supports the pencil purchasing effort. Kudos to Jamie and to the BSG cast for this creative and way to seduce fans into participating in the pencil efforts.
Fans who want to add their pencils to the pile can visit pencils2mediamoguls.com to make a donation and see daily updates on the campaign. Fans are encouraged to donate to the site rather than send pencils themselves, as Hollywood learned from ShaunoMac’s Save Jericho Campaign that items are more effective when they arrive in bulk. By buying pencils, fans show their support and they will also be entered into a raffle to receive prizes such as phone call from a BSG star or from other celebrities such as Michael Rosenbaum who plays Lex Luthor on Smallville. BSG cast members Tricia Helfer, Michael Hogan, Mary McDonnell, Michael Trucco, and Jamie Bamber have all agreed to make phone calls to raffle winners as well.
Ron Moore decided to trump that by offering the chance to attend a hockey game with Aaron Douglas, who plays Battlestar Galactica’s beloved Chief Tyrol (and who is reported to be hysterically funny in person). The winning fan will get to go to a Canadian hockey game with the Chief and an unnamed friend, who may or may not be another BSG cast or crew member. Great job, BSG folks, on finding creative ways to get fans involved in the process and inspired to support this cause!
December 31st, 2007 at 7:10 pm
[...] As Battlestar Galactica head writer Ron Moore said on his blog, it is a very creative idea and another impressive effort from these amazing fans. [...]