Put on your thinking caps

[LLeff]

Sorry, didn't realize how big that image was. Laura, you might want to remove it and I'll post a smaller one.

OK, done!

[Jack Benny]

Ok here is the other picture I was talking about.

[shimp scrampi]

Random opinion: I really prefer the Hirschfeld caricature that went on the stamp (I have a few of those saved away somewhere!). And, a funny idea for a potential 39 cent stamp would be a design that just penciled out that two and scrawled in a 3. Jack wouldn't bother to hire a new artist! The "Car Talk" guys had a hilarious T-Shirt I always loved, that said "Chad's House of Croissants", X-ed out in yellow paint, and "Car Talk, National Public Radio" scrawled over it. Same concept!

[shimp scrampi]

Hey Jackson, see you took me up on that signature stamp pic. Love it!

[Jack Benny]

I wondered how long it would take for you to notice! Thanks for the idea!

[Roman]

The best way for getting out the word about Jack has already been done - the sale of all (or nearly all) of his radio shows on MP3. I daresay that very few of us here had ever heard more than a small handful of the radio shows until they were placed on MP3 by OTRCAT and others. Now a whole new generation has an opportunity to hear Jack in the format that he helped to revolutionize.

[Alan]

Certainly the mp3 explosion has made a big difference, but i believe that (to some extent at least) that Marshall McLuhan (sp?) was right: "The medium IS the message"

....my perception is that the large-vast majority of people (esp among post-otr generations) do not particularly care for spoken word comedy/drama.

How many "new" JB "fans" are there?...a few thousand??

The IJBFC may be barometer(?), but my (admittedly limited) perception leads me to believe that any large scale resurgence in JB is not at all possible via his radio shows (and just to be clear; i am a JB radio fanatic).

I'm guessing(hoping!) that a "significant" DVD release of JB TV eps will have just as much influence, and probably much more, in ramping up JB's popularity...

How much influence have the inexpensive "public domain" eps currently in circulation had? I know i have seen sets in at least 2 people's homes....but they are kinda regarded as inexpensive secondary "old" stuff to watch....and havn't made anyone into a JB "fan."....

I hate to use the word, but hopefully there will be some "synergy" (my apologies...i promise not to use "Solutions"...d'oh!)between mp3's, a quality/promoted DVD package(s!)and this forum.

Alan