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New auction just listed for Weird Al Star Fund. Full color “Weird Al” Yankovic art commission by Aron + t-shirt. Don’t miss out on it!

Bid early. Bid often.

Be sure to check out our merchandise shop, because a cool new design is available, featured on shirts such as this one and this one.

The Weird Al Star Fund ALendar is DONE!

( click image to view all months or go to www.CafePress.com/WeirdAlStar)

This calendar was once again another community project featuring photos from a few of your fellow Weird Al fans who have managed to snag some sweet shots over the past year on the Straight Outta Lynwood tour. There’s so many great pictures out there that this just scratches the surface of what’s available, but we hope you enjoy it and display it proudly in your home, office, shack in the woods, or wherever you may need to be reminded of what month it is.

Quickie photo credits:

Cover: DrSteggy

January: DrSteggy
February: Fred/DrSteggy
March: Jigawatt/Fred
April: Kristine
May: DrSteggy
June: clockwise from top-left: Fred/DrSteggy/Fred/Fred
July: Kristine
August: Fred/Jigawatt
September: Jigawatt
October: Kristine
November: Kristine
December: DrSteggy (Background), clockwise from top-left: gtrmu, Jigawatt, Jigawatt, Fred

The new year is almost upon us! Why are you still reading this? Go buy it already!

The American Gladiators have challenged the Weird Al Star Fund! And it’s a challenge we’re more than happy to take on! American Gladiators is prepared to make a donation of ten dollars per person for every person we bring to their audience! The show tapes at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, CA. If you are from the Los Angeles area, we need YOU to convince your parents, siblings, friends, teachers, distant cousins… whoever. As long as they can fill up a seat, American Gladiators will count them toward the donation for the Star Fund!

The date is Saturday, December 8, 2007. You will be meeting at the studio at 10:00 a.m., assembling with the rest of the Star Fund people long enough for an audience worker to get a headcount, and then enjoying the show for a few hours. A snack will be provided, but it won’t be a full meal so plan accordingly. The show is not violent, but there is a minimum age requirement of nine years old. To sign up, or for more specifics, please contact the Star Fund’s treasurer, Vikki DeVries at vikki@weirdalstar.com

The Star Fund wants to thanks Jon “TMBJon” Katz for coming up with this fun challenge. If you would like to attend a taping of American Gladiators on a different date, or if you have any additional questions, feel free to email him directly at jonkatz3@gmail.com. If you have any ideas for other fundraising events, please let us know at www.WeirdAlStar.com

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UPDATE
Here is more information for the December 8 American Gladiators event:

Sony Pictures Studios is located on Overland Ave between Culver and Washington (can’t miss it). Drive through the front gate and pull into the parking garage on the right. Then you will go down to the floor level of the garage where there will be an audience holding area. Please check in with Vikki so that she knows the whole group has arrived.

Sorry–yet another time change:
Arrive at 10:00 AM and the taping will begin at 11:00. We will be finished at 5:00 PM. There is another taping immediately following that you are welcome to stay for.

Wear darker clothing, or at least with no bright logos, etc. that will show. No cameras or cell phones–they will send you back to the car with them, so best not to bring them in.

And finally, with the holidays in full swing, give the gift of Weird Al Star Fund merchandise to your favorite Al fan this season. Now through December 9, use the coupon code CAMPERSLOGAN at checkout for a $5 Off $50+ coupon. We also have other great homemade merchandise at www.weirdalstar.com

Cafepress, which handles most of the merchandise for Weird Al Star Fund, is making some changes this week that I wanted to point out before it’s too late for you guys to take advantage of.

They are going to raise their base price by $3 on items that have second-side printing (i.e. shirts with print on the back, etc.), so if you want to save a few bucks, make sure you buy those items now!

Also, on or around August 28, all calendars will be transitioning from 2007 dates to 2008 dates, so this is the last week to pick up a calendar with 2007 dates.

We’re at the end of the second week of the July fund raising marathon and as of last count, we’ve raised $289.47 so far this month. Thanks to everyone who donated or bought some great merchandise so far.

This amount will be matched by The John D. and Catherine T. McHamster Foundation. For the entire month of July, they will donate $1 for every $1 donated to the Weird Al Star Fund, up to $1350, making a total of up to $2700, so if you want to make your donation count double, please get it in this month!

We’re also thrilled to add another great t-shirt design to our ever-expanding merchandise line. America, stop all this silly partisan bickering, and next year vote someone into the White House we all can agree on!

You can get this great design on a t-shirt through our website. $5.00 from the sale of each t-shirt sale goes to the Weird Al Star Fund. And don’t forget, if you order it before the end of July, that counts double!

www.weirdalstar.com

We’re at the end of the first week of the July fund raising marathon. For the entire month of July, The John D. and Catherine T. McHamster Foundation will donate $1 for every $1 donated to the Weird Al Star Fund, up to $1350, making a total of up to $2700! Thanks to everyone who donated or bought some great merchandise so far. We’ve still got a way to go to take advantage of the full matching potential, so get those donations in!

www.weirdalstar.com

For the entire month of July, The John D. and Catherine T. McHamster Foundation will donate $1 for every $1 donated to the Weird Al Star Fund, up to $1350, making a total of up to $2700!

The fund raising marathon starts TODAY! Get your donations in, and spread the word!

www.weirdalstar.com

July is a wonderful time to donate to the Weird Al Star Fund, the campaign to get “Weird Al” Yankovic a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

Why? Because for the entire month, your donations count double!!

The John D. and Catherine T. McHamster Foundation will donate $1 for every $1 donated to the Weird Al Star Fund from July 1, 2007 until July 31, 2007, up to $1350. making a total of up to $2700!

If you’re thinking of donating again, or for the first time, take advantage of this opportunity to make your donation go farther! Please share this information with anyone who might be interested. And as always, all contributions are appreciated!

If you haven’t been to our website in a while, stop by and check out the new items we have for sale directly on the website — beaded “AL” chokers, “27″ earrings, and star soaps — in addition to the cookbook which is still offered through the website. T-shirts, hats, mouse pads, and other items are available at our Cafepress store.

And just in time for summer, we’ve listed some women’s summer clothing on eBay. All proceeds benefit Weird Al Star Fund. To view our auctions, click here.

As you can see, we’re keeping very active with fund raising, and, if you can believe it, we’re already doing research and collecting data for next year’s application. Our current fund total is at $18,732.24. We’re well within reach of our $25,000 goal. But we can’t do it without your support!

www.WeirdAlStar.com
www.CafePress.com/WeirdAlStar
www.MySpace.com/WeirdAlStar

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has made their decision. Sadly 2008 won’t be Al’s year. I think it’s a horrible oversight. When you look at the list of nominees, it’s clear to me that Al’s name deserves to be there. If we find a positive in this, there is much more variety in the music category this year, unlike last year, where it was very skewed towards country. At least we now know that the Committee is open to considering every genre of music. And when it comes to novelty music, no one even comes close to Al.

For music the five recipients include: George Harrison (posthumous), Christina Aguilera, Brooks and Dunn, Ricky Martin and Red Hot Chili Peppers. For a complete list of this year’s nominees, please see here.

Once again, we’ll be lobbying for Al to be a part of the class of 2009. The Hollywood Chamber hasn’t heard the last from us. We knew it might take a few years coming into this, and now we’re determined more than ever to get Al his star!