'John From Cincinnati' Fans Still Have Faith In Their Surfing Messiah's Resurrection

Mark — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:50:30 EDT

The "save John From Cincinnati ad" taken out in today's THR is probably a case of too little, too late as the quickly aborted surfing drama's sets have been struck, its cast scattered, and its creator already tasked with dreaming up a new world in which his characters can communicate in a language primarily comprised of expletives. But if we've learned anything from the Jericho's successful Nuts! campaign, it's that the only way that fans can have their voices heard is by annoying TV executives with non-stop deliveries to their places of business, hoping that the constant presence of handtruck-pushing men in brown shorts in their offices wears down their defenses.

Accordingly, we'd recommend that the Save John alliance redirect its ad-sales budget into the purchase of thousands of dildos for immediate shipment to HBO's headquarters, sending a message that the network's fucking-obsessed programmers made a grave mistake when they decided to make Tell Me You Love Me the focus of their post-Sopranos schedule instead of their beloved Cincinnatian.

[Ad via THR Digital Edition]

Center for Save John From Cincinnati Campaigns [Savejfc.net]
Previously: HBO Gives Up On 'John From Cincinnatti' After Just One Inscrutable Season [Defamer]

Mysterious, Nonsense-Talking Surf Town Stranger May Have Just Been Hammered

Seth — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:13:48 EDT

Actor Austin Nichols, who recently rose to prominence playing the titular, gibberish-talking drifter in HBO's recently canceled spiritual surfing allegory (we think?) John From Cincinnati, was stopped early this morning on suspicion of driving under the influence near his family's vacation home in Michigan. From the Jackson Citizen Patriot report:

Jackson police arrested television actor Austin Nichols early this morning on suspicion of drunken driving and lodged him in the Jackson County Jail. [...]
Lt. Aaron Kantor said a city police officer stopped Nichols' car on N. Jackson Street at Louis Glick Highway at 2:30 a.m.

The 27-year-old actor was administered a breath test at the scene and hauled to jail.
Kantor said a blood-alcohol content measurement was not available yet this morning.

Nichols once described his mysterious character as "a purifier...I take [negativity] in and drop all the evil and give back to you pure joy"— a tactic that works better in impenetrably esoteric premium cable dramas than it does in the practical world of Michigan law enforcement, who responded to his suggestion that they consider "putting away the breathalyzer and taking out the love" with the very non-Christian sentiment, "How about saving the hippie-dippie special-needs talk for your boyfriend Dylan McKay, Sopranos-killer?"

HBO series actor pulled over on DUI suspicion [mlive.com]

Gawker: defamer, john from cincinnati

'John From Cincinnati' Fans Still Have Faith In Their Surfing Messiah's Resurrection

Mysterious, Nonsense-Talking Surf Town Stranger May Have Just Been Hammered