Good News Easties!: We are very close to meeting our goal for our special WLIW EastEnders drive. And, of course, because we have teamed up with WLIW to do this, they are doing their bit as well. Tonight, before each EastEnders episode, you saw a message from WLIW President John Servidio, making his appeal.
If you haven't pledged yet, please do! All the pledge information is in the post below (in my last post). Thank you to all who have participated already & if you haven't it's not too late! Please check out all the info in the post directly below this one.
Cheers,
Debs
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Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
URGENT: Save EastEnders on WLIW21
Dear Easties,
WLIW has contacted me to let us know that the on-air fundraising for EastEnders this year did not raise enough money for WLIW21 to buy another year of the series. We are $15,000 short of what is needed and the new contract must be signed at the end of March. Given this shortfall coupled with already tight budgets, the program director cannot justify re-signing unless we help.
If we EastEnders fans cannot raise that money by March 15, EastEnders will no longer air on WLIW21. They have made it very clear that this is not any kind of a threat or bluff: It's just an economic reality for the station.
It is actually a testament to the relationship the EastEnders fan community has developed with WLIW21 over the last seven years that they did not just cancel the show. Instead, they contacted me to let us know that the show is in trouble and are giving us the opportunity to help them keep EastEnders on the air. Please know our loyal viewership and involvement with WLIW21 has been a continual source of pride for the station. They love it that they broadcast a show like EastEnders that viewers are so passionate about that we independently mobilize to partner with them, to fund it and keep it on the air. This is the very definition of Public Broadcasting!
But another reality is this: EastEnders is one of the most expensive shows that WLIW21 purchases, and the programming department simply does not have the funds for it… unless fans support it. And we have to support it every year.
So what can you give to secure another year of EastEnders? We are suggesting pledge levels of $60 and $100 because we need to raise the money quickly. Any pledge amount would help and be gratefully accepted!
We have done this before Easties, and we can do it again! We have partnered with WLIW to help them get the funds they need for EastEnders to continue: Now all we need is you to join us! Please respond to this call to action as soon as you can and to get updates, please check back here and/or sign up for the free EastEnders e-newsletter, The E20 Chronicles.
There are two ways to donate…
Option #1: You can pledge on WLIW's website via this link:
CLICK HERE FOR WLIW's EASTENDERS PLEDGE PAGE.
On WLIW's website link above there are 3 different pledge gift packages offered, PLEASE NOTE: If you pledge online you must get a pledge gift for your pledge to count for EastEnders. If you check the 'no gift' option, your pledge is not designated for EastEnders and doesn't count towards our $15K goal.
Option #2: OR- Send a check made out to 'WLIW/Channel 21', but mail it to me at:
Save EastEnders
c/o D. Gilbert
P.O. Box 1106
Old Chelsea Station
New York, NY 10113
Just as with the drives I've organized in the past, we will collect the checks and if we do NOT hit the goal, your checks will be returned to you -- if you enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
*Please note that donations made on the website will be added to the general WLIW21 Programming Fund if we do not hit the goal.
If you want to another year of EastEnders on WLIW, the time for you to act is NOW! If you have any questions, please email me any time: E20Launderette at gmail . com
Cheers,
Debbie Gilbert
***BTW, raising $15,000 should be totally doable for EastEnders: that’s just 250 people pledging $60, or 150 people pledging $100. Together, we can do this!!
AND THERE'S MORE:
Anyone who sends in a check for this drive will be entered to winsome great EastEnders memorabilia!
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Get Yourself on the Emailing List for The E20 Chronicles
Hey EastEnders Fans,
If you haven't signed up for 'The E20 Chronicles' EastEnders e-newsletter yet, what are you waiting for?
The E20 Chronicles is a FREE, weekly e-newsletter devoted to all things EastEnders. It keeps EastEnders fans up to date on everything that is going on with the show, as well as everything that is happening stateside with PBS, as well as all the fun fan events. And anyone can sign up!
We are the largest EastEnders publication/fan group in the US (and we welcome you Brits as well!)
If you would like to sign up, just email me here at the E20 Launderette:
E20Launderette at gmail dot com
Come join in the fun!
TA!
The Launderette Ladies
Monday, December 21, 2009
The Blokes of Walford (& the Launderette Ladies) Wish You a Happy Holiday!
Here at the Launderette, it gets a little dull just watching the smalls go around in the dryer. So we decided to create this little video greeting for you fellow Easties. To view the video, just click here.
Sunday, May 03, 2009
The E20 Chronicles
Are you getting 'The E20 Chronicles'?? If not, and you're an EastEnders fan, you should be! But what is it?
'The E20 Chronicles' is a FREE, weekly e-newsletter about all things EastEnders, and published by The ever-loving Launderette Ladies. It will keep you up to date on everything that's happening with EastEnders, as well as what's happening in the EastEnders fan community over here in the States.
Want to get in on the fun? Just drop us a line here at the Launderette: E20Launderette at gmail.com
We've got nothing else to do here but watch the smalls go around in the dryer, so you'll be doing us a favor. We love bringing wayward EastEnders fans in from the cold. Join us!
'The E20 Chronicles' is a FREE, weekly e-newsletter about all things EastEnders, and published by The ever-loving Launderette Ladies. It will keep you up to date on everything that's happening with EastEnders, as well as what's happening in the EastEnders fan community over here in the States.
Want to get in on the fun? Just drop us a line here at the Launderette: E20Launderette at gmail.com
We've got nothing else to do here but watch the smalls go around in the dryer, so you'll be doing us a favor. We love bringing wayward EastEnders fans in from the cold. Join us!
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Duf-Duf: A Brief History...
(Did you know that that iconic episode-ending drumbeat, called the duf-duf, has a history all its own? Read on...)
Who knew there was this phenomenon called 'duf-duf'??
Sure, I'd noticed that the writers of the BBC's official fortnightly EastEnders e-mailed newsletter always signed off, 'duf-duf', but I just thought it was one of those charmingly British ecentricities that make absolutely no sense (like prawn flavoured crisps).
Turns out it's a lot more than that. At dinner with Troy Titus-Adams (Nina the Vic barmaid), we came to find out that the duf-duf is a highly prized honour. So prized, that upon receiving a new script, EastEnders actors will quickly look to the last page to see who gets the duf-duf.
And the Fleet Street wags will always query, 'Did you get a duf-duf?' This made me wonder: What are the origins of this duf-duf phenomenon? Has anyone ever studied this? It turns out that a team from the BBC has been investigating the issue, and has found that the duf-duf predates EastEnders by thousands of years.
It all started to become clear a few years ago, when British anthropologists were called to Lascaux, France, to assist the French in their ongoing study of the Cro-Magnon-era cave paintings. To their surprise, a newly discovered cave painting looked remarkably like Dot holding a fag. (Duf-duf.)
Intrigued, these scholars fanned out across the globe and began searching for evidence of the duf-duf throughout history. Here are just a few examples of what they found:
* At Oxford University, the BBC team consulted with a doctoral candidate whose dissertation had been held up for years while this perennial student agonized over the meaning of a particular text by Nostradamus. The text in question read, 'Sauntering publican; beware the approaching daffodils. Bang. Splash. Duf-duf. Resurrection'.
The student's questions have now been answered, and with medication, she has been able to move on with her life.
* At Yeshiva University, a recently updated (and more accurate) translation of the original Aramaic text of the Torah shows that the duf-duf appears there as well - a multitude of times. For example, Abraham is holding the knife aloft, about to sacrifice Isaac on the altar, when he hears the voice of
God say, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa Abe, lighten up! I was just messing with you.'
Abraham freezes, looks skyward (close-up), and Isaac sighs heavily (close-up). Duf-duf.
Torah scholars are nonplussed over this revelation, as evidenced by the reaction of young Talmudic student Avi Friedman, whose only question for the BBC investigators was, 'Do you think you can get Madonna to come to my bar mitzvah?' Duf-duf.
* In an attic in Trenton, New Jersey, the new owners of an 18th century farmhouse found a diary hidden in the eves. It belonged to one Jonah Able Attux (1752-1810.) Mr. Attux was a volunteer in George Washington's army; apparently a Minuteman (this, according to Mrs. Attux's diary). Duf-duf.
In one poignant excerpt, Mr. Attux describes a rare first-hand account of Washington crossing the Delaware. Until now, it had been thought Washington bravely led his troops to surprise the British army, however we now know they were just going out for a pint.
The diary excerpt reads, 'We rowed, and rowed our tiny boat; our hands frozen; the biting cold, choppy water splashing into the boat and drenching our tattered uniforms but the promise of free drinks pushed us onward. On several occasions we almost capsized due to the stance of General Washington.
Finally, a private in the back could take no more and called out, 'Oy! George! Sit down you drama queen, you're rocking the boat!'
But General Washington did not sit. He merely looked pained, as if he'd gotten another splinter in his lip, and muttered, 'Someday our new republic will offer a free dental plan for all'. Duf-duf.
*The British royal family has been connected with the duf-duf ever since Tudor times when Anne Boleyn rebuffed the gift of a new chapeau from her husband King Henry VIII, (who most scholars believe is the antecedent to Phil Mitchell). Anne is reported to have said, 'You know, Hank, I'm really not a hat person. Do you think you could get me something shiny?'
The resulting thwack was followed by the predictable duf-duf (as well as Henry's mother harping loudly about the way he treats his famerlee, and his dawning realization that he had, once again, lopped the head off the wrong woman). Duf-duf.
So, by these examples, we see that, when we watch EastEnders, we are part of a long and distinguished history, which was oft forgotten until historian Simon May sought to remind us with a catchy tune. Duf-duf...
©Deborah Gilbert, 2004
Who knew there was this phenomenon called 'duf-duf'??
Sure, I'd noticed that the writers of the BBC's official fortnightly EastEnders e-mailed newsletter always signed off, 'duf-duf', but I just thought it was one of those charmingly British ecentricities that make absolutely no sense (like prawn flavoured crisps).
Turns out it's a lot more than that. At dinner with Troy Titus-Adams (Nina the Vic barmaid), we came to find out that the duf-duf is a highly prized honour. So prized, that upon receiving a new script, EastEnders actors will quickly look to the last page to see who gets the duf-duf.
And the Fleet Street wags will always query, 'Did you get a duf-duf?' This made me wonder: What are the origins of this duf-duf phenomenon? Has anyone ever studied this? It turns out that a team from the BBC has been investigating the issue, and has found that the duf-duf predates EastEnders by thousands of years.
It all started to become clear a few years ago, when British anthropologists were called to Lascaux, France, to assist the French in their ongoing study of the Cro-Magnon-era cave paintings. To their surprise, a newly discovered cave painting looked remarkably like Dot holding a fag. (Duf-duf.)
Intrigued, these scholars fanned out across the globe and began searching for evidence of the duf-duf throughout history. Here are just a few examples of what they found:
* At Oxford University, the BBC team consulted with a doctoral candidate whose dissertation had been held up for years while this perennial student agonized over the meaning of a particular text by Nostradamus. The text in question read, 'Sauntering publican; beware the approaching daffodils. Bang. Splash. Duf-duf. Resurrection'.
The student's questions have now been answered, and with medication, she has been able to move on with her life.
* At Yeshiva University, a recently updated (and more accurate) translation of the original Aramaic text of the Torah shows that the duf-duf appears there as well - a multitude of times. For example, Abraham is holding the knife aloft, about to sacrifice Isaac on the altar, when he hears the voice of
God say, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa Abe, lighten up! I was just messing with you.'
Abraham freezes, looks skyward (close-up), and Isaac sighs heavily (close-up). Duf-duf.
Torah scholars are nonplussed over this revelation, as evidenced by the reaction of young Talmudic student Avi Friedman, whose only question for the BBC investigators was, 'Do you think you can get Madonna to come to my bar mitzvah?' Duf-duf.
* In an attic in Trenton, New Jersey, the new owners of an 18th century farmhouse found a diary hidden in the eves. It belonged to one Jonah Able Attux (1752-1810.) Mr. Attux was a volunteer in George Washington's army; apparently a Minuteman (this, according to Mrs. Attux's diary). Duf-duf.
In one poignant excerpt, Mr. Attux describes a rare first-hand account of Washington crossing the Delaware. Until now, it had been thought Washington bravely led his troops to surprise the British army, however we now know they were just going out for a pint.
The diary excerpt reads, 'We rowed, and rowed our tiny boat; our hands frozen; the biting cold, choppy water splashing into the boat and drenching our tattered uniforms but the promise of free drinks pushed us onward. On several occasions we almost capsized due to the stance of General Washington.
Finally, a private in the back could take no more and called out, 'Oy! George! Sit down you drama queen, you're rocking the boat!'
But General Washington did not sit. He merely looked pained, as if he'd gotten another splinter in his lip, and muttered, 'Someday our new republic will offer a free dental plan for all'. Duf-duf.
*The British royal family has been connected with the duf-duf ever since Tudor times when Anne Boleyn rebuffed the gift of a new chapeau from her husband King Henry VIII, (who most scholars believe is the antecedent to Phil Mitchell). Anne is reported to have said, 'You know, Hank, I'm really not a hat person. Do you think you could get me something shiny?'
The resulting thwack was followed by the predictable duf-duf (as well as Henry's mother harping loudly about the way he treats his famerlee, and his dawning realization that he had, once again, lopped the head off the wrong woman). Duf-duf.
So, by these examples, we see that, when we watch EastEnders, we are part of a long and distinguished history, which was oft forgotten until historian Simon May sought to remind us with a catchy tune. Duf-duf...
©Deborah Gilbert, 2004
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Arthur Would be Proud...
The BBC's official website has a webcam trained on Albert Square 24/7, but recently it's been tough to see through the dense foliage:
(BEFORE: Is this what Arthur meant by 'Flowering Wilderness Campaign'?)
Then, last week, someone attacked the errant hedge with clipping shears:
(AFTER: There now. Next stop, the allotments.)
(BEFORE: Is this what Arthur meant by 'Flowering Wilderness Campaign'?)
Then, last week, someone attacked the errant hedge with clipping shears:
(AFTER: There now. Next stop, the allotments.)
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