It's Your Thang!
The Dana Gould Hour
Dana Gould
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2019
⏱️ 165 minutes
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Summary
We did it! The March episode is here! Just in time for April! There's so much going on. We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it. In any event, we here, it is now and that's all that matters. Our theme today is fandom. Having your thing and loving it. And we have some amazing guests who talk that talk and walk that walk.
John and Bjo Trimble. For those of you who don't know John & Bjo, I'm very excited you get to hear their story for the first time. In the late 1960s, they were fans of a little TV show called Star Trek, and when it was announced, during Star Trek's second season, that the show would not be returning for a third, they sprang into action. John and Bjo knew that TV shows don't go into syndication unless they have three seasons - that gives you enough episodes strip the show. In other words, you need enough episodes to run five nights a without repeating episodes too quickly. You needed volume. And two seasons was not enough.
In those pre-internet days, John and Bjo started the letter writing campaign that saved Star Trek. Thanks to John and Bjo Trimble, Star Trek had three seasons, which allowed it to be syndicated, which allowed it to catch on, find its audience and become the juggernaut that it is today.
We also have Paul Myers. Paul Myers is a smart funny, exuberant writer, and good friend of mine. His new book is called The Kids In The Hall: One Dumb Guy, and tells the story of his discovery of The Kids In The Hall, how they rose to fame in Canada, made the move to the United States and became, quite literally, the comedic voice of their generation. I strongly believe that. Paul also wrote an amazing book about Todd Rundgren called A Wizard A True Star, Todd Rungren In The Studio. Paul, John and B Joe, if I may paraphrase the Isley brothers, has his thing and he does what he wants to do.
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| 0:47.8 | Keeps hair today hair tomorrow. We did it! The March episode is here just in time for April. |
| 0:57.4 | But there is so much going on. We have so much time and so little to do, strike that, reverse it. |
| 1:04.8 | In any event, we are here, it is now and that's all that matters. |
| 1:09.6 | Our theme this month is fandom, having thing and loving it and we have some amazing |
| 1:16.4 | guests who talk the talk and walk the walk. John and Bejo Trimble for those of you who don't know John and B. Joe, I'm very excited that you get to hear their story for the first time. |
| 1:30.0 | In the late 1960s, they were fans of a little TV show called Star Trek. |
| 1:35.6 | And when it was announced during Star Trek's second season that the show would not be returning for a third season, |
| 1:42.2 | they sprang into action. |
| 1:44.2 | John and B. Joe knew that TV shows don't go into syndication unless they have three seasons. |
| 1:50.3 | That gives you enough episodes to strip the show. |
| 1:53.0 | In other words, you need enough episodes to run five nights a week instead of one night a week without repeating episodes too quickly. |
| 2:01.0 | You need volume. you need multiple seasons, and two seasons is not enough. |
| 2:08.0 | In those pre-internet days, John and Bijo started the letter writing campaign that literally saved Star Trek. |
| 2:16.6 | Thanks to John and Bijo Trimble, Star Trek had three seasons, which allowed it to be syndicated, which allowed it to be syndicated which allowed it to catch on |
| 2:24.7 | find its audience and become the cultural juggernaut that it is today. We also |
| 2:31.4 | have Paul Myers. Paul Myers is a smart, funny, exuberant writer, a good friend of mine. |
| 2:38.0 | And his new book is called The Kids in the Hall, One Dumb Guy. It tells the story of his discovery of the kids in the |
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