Yo, gang! Beware the Hairy Mango will be five years old on September 14th! Holy crap! Never thought I’d last this long with this project. I thought it might be cool to do a participatory show to celebrate. What do you guys think? Like, maybe a question and answer show or something? You guys could send e-mails or mp3s. Tell me if you’re into it or if you’ve got a better idea. Keep in mind that I’m lazy, so don’t suggest anything even mildly elaborate.
We have to decide fast because we only have two weeks to put this together. Tell me what you’d like to do in the comments and share this post with other Mango fans who might not otherwise see it. I’ll make a decision in a few days so you guys will have time to do whatever and send it in.
We’re doing this in the truest half-ass, slapdash spirit of the Mango! Go, us!
I think the 5th Anniversary show should be a dramatic reading of every single divination of what the SF in SF Signal stands for.
I will accept no substitute.
Um… beef stew.
Yep. My imagination is broken.
-ls
Wow, five years already, that’s a whole lot of mango!
What about doing a Google Hangout? That’d be any easy way to do a Q&A, if you stream it live people can ask questions via chat, or join the Hangout if they have a mic or webcam.
Take your favorite Mango and read it again.
Backwards.
How about fan-submitted readings – see who can keep up with you? I’d like to take a swing at reading the CC license. 🙂
Oooo, that’s a great idea!
I was going to suggest the same thing!
Would you like me to send you the script for an old one, or do you want to write your own?
How about you email a bunch of those cc license outros to your mailing list and post them here, and challenge us to record one and send them to you? I’d give it a go!
Robyn, that’s a good idea. I’ll do that, but probably tomorrow evening.
I’m kinda plotting to write my own…
“This episode trips painfully over the Romanian ambassador as he tries desperately to extract his tie from the shredder he was desperately employing to destroy the incriminating photos of himself and gimp-suited and peanut-butter-jellied Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.”
Sounds great, Simon! Have at it!
It’s shaping up to be a free-for-all.
I’m sorry, Josh, but my shitty little netbook can’t handle Google hangouts.
After I put out the call tonight, I’d better get something from you guys, because David Bradshaw just made an awesome e-mail intro song for us!
Woot!
Bummer, time for an upgrade! How do you do the The Idea Generator videos then?
I did those on my daughter’s Macbook, but she’s out of town at school now.
Damn kids, always running off when you need them!
You know, the traditional gift for a fifth anniversary is mangoes.
-ls
If you send some, I’ll gladly accept them!
Worst case scenario: Mango-style explanations for why you won’t do any of these suggestions! ;P
Or send-ups of your devoted fans.
An honour roll of everyone who has literally peed their pants while listening to the show. Gold standard if they were in public when it happened.
Drunk-cast! That was hilarious the first time – could you (or we) survive a second?
Alternately, launch a Mango drinking game. Fan-source the rules. 😀
I peed someone else’s pants. Does that count?
-ls
I think that deserves extra credit.
Do I need to send all this again by email?
No. We’re just discussing the pre-game show. When I put the call out tonight, I’ll ask for e-mails and mp3s with questions, comments, and whatever else.
I just posted sample CC license bits here: http://bewarethehairymango.com/sample-license-bits/