To the Airwaves

So there is only a month left until Leap Day! How can we get this message out there on the TV?

Does anybody out there know somebody, who knows somebody, who knows somebody, who is in broadcasting? If you do, be sure to put in a good word for this site!

I was thinking that getting on 'The Today Show' would work pretty well at getting the word out. Their show runs like 3 hours long, surely they can fit in a mention about this cause. Then again, the show runs in the morning and the main audience is probably people who are sitting at home anyhow.

Maybe a mention with Dave Letterman would be better. Dave seems like a pretty cool guy, he is popular, and he is on late at night. If he can devote time in his show to stupid pet tricks, surely he can spare us a few minutes. Who knows, maybe Paul can even create an official song or jingle for the campaign!

Regis Philbin is kind of a combination of the two. He is a cool, respected, fun loving guy, but he is stuck at a bad timeslot.

Of course, maybe I should just quit worrying about whether the audience is housewives who stay home all day, or college kids that are up all night. Any publicity would be good publicity at this point. So getting to be on TV would have to be a good thing (except for getting to be on COPS, that wouldn't be such a good thing).

Here is an open letter then, to the good folks at the Today Show:

Dear Today Show,

I am interested in being featured on your fine morning show program. I am the founder of a movement to get Leap Day (Feb 29th) recognized as a national holiday. To find out more information about this, please refer to the website http://www.nationalleapday.com/.

I know that you often feature various special interest and humorous new stories on your show, and I believe that this message would go over well with your audience. With all of the election coverage and other news stories, a light-hearted feature of this campaign for a National Leap Day would be well received.

If needed, I am more than willing to be interviewed for part of the show. I would be a witty and entertaining guest, and it would be fun trying to match wits with Al Roker! I would NOT be willing to sell myself out and go all kinds of crazy (Matthew Lesko, Richard Simmons, Britney, Tom Cruise), just for the chance to be on TV. So if you are expecting something like that, sorry but I just won't do it.

It would be exciting to have the chance to see the set, and meet all of the morning show hosts. Although, I would rather meet Meredith on the set of her other gig, hosting Who Wants to be a Millionaire!

If you would need to contact me for any reason, I am sure you have the resources to handle that. Just put your top investigator on the case, Willard Scott. If that guy is able to travel the country and track down all of those 100+ year old, little old ladies, I am sure that there is no hiding from him. I will not be surprised at all to have him show up, unannounced on my doorstep early some morning. I would just offer him some of his favorite Smuckers jelly, invite him inside and talk about the good old days!

So there you have it Today Show. I think that the National Leap Day campaign is an important message that your audience and all of America needs to know about. Thank you for your time, and I will leave a light on for Willard!