...may have had 7 days to bed a bird1, but you only has 7 days to help save the world.
Well, a film.
Yes - once again I'm pestering peoples to contrbute to the kickstarter for:
Yes, it's hit the initial target of £20,000, but that just gets the basic documentary made. Only £12,000 more, and they can start to license all the rare and obscure tellyclips.
Come on people - some of them there reweards aren't that expensive, with the cheapest being just £1.
For those who can't remember Chris Sievey, he was:
● Founder & Lead Singer of The Freshies... you know, them what sang I'm In Love With The Girl On The Manchester Virgin Megastore Check-out Desk
● John Ross's gimp & Sex Slave on Endurance UK
● And most famously, Frank Sidebottom (being played by Michael Fassbender in the Film Frank, which is not this Kickstarter film)
As I mentioned here, if we weren't under threat of redundancy, I'd've contributed mega-bucks, but instead donated £200. Yes, that's £200 - so what's your excuse for not even spending a tenner on a digital download of the movie.
I accept we're not going to hit the £60,000 target, so no stop-motion revival of Frank's world. But to get to £40,000 in 7 days by a raising a measly £12k - it's easily achievable if you spread the word!
So, for once, I'm sending my blog out further than usual, and asking YOU to share it - especially if you know lots of people who remember The Freshies (ie old punks) and Frank Sidebottom off've N° 73, Remote Control, Radio Timperly etc (ie Northerners!. Being in Norwich, there's very few people who have ever heard of Frank Sidebottom, as their telly consists of Tractor TV and Farmer's Farm Farming Channel.)
Oh, if only Alan Partidge could promote the Kickstarter on Radio Broadland!
I was lucky enough to meet Frank waaay back in 1980-something at Rivington Hall Barn, where he was on Day Release from Strangeways Prison. And instead of tickets, it was badges that got you in (which I finally lost on the playing fields at Smithills School, although I still do have my signed Fantastic Tales cassette - really must put it onto my iPod, just to have Des the Hippo as a ringtone). I remember arriving at Rivvy barn, and as we were waiting in the bar, we were shoved aside as Billy and Barry Belly barged through, bellowing for beer! Happy days.
So, please SHARE this blog (just this one, not the rest of that mental bobbins) and let's get that £40,000 target met by following this link and making a contribution.
1 ACTUALLY, IT ONLY TOOK HIM 3 DAYS, THE REST SPENT SHAGGING BEFORE HAVING A CHILLI ON SUNDAY, WHERE HE GOT DUMPED BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T STAND THE SMELL OF HIS SMELLY CHILLI TRUMPS.
