Wow... NBC Really Wants You To Watch "Burn Notice"
Posted July 10, 02:57 PM
After my "Burn Notice" elevator freak out yesterday, our office was on high alert for anything and everything BN related - and, UNFORTUNATELY, I've got two new insane things to report.
First of all, The Best Person in The World Sharon Hardy saw something crazy on her way into work today: Outside on the 30 Rock plaza, there were 8 or 9 people all in Burn Notice Tshirts, short-shorts with Burn Notice across the ass, holding "Burn Notice" boogieboards, on rollerblades. Hardy says that they were all together posing for a picture, but she was under the impression that they were all about to zoom off in different directions to rollerblade all over the city. That is insane.
Secondly, one of our interns Scott said that he was walking through Times Square this morning and he saw a GIANT SAND CASTLE WITH THE BURN NOTICE CHARACTERS ON IT. So I sent one of our trusty interns, Ian, out to grab pic of this shameless promotion:

...Or what USED to be a shameless promotion. HA HA HA HA. Looks like some of you faithful readers got there first!! Nice work, guys. ;)
Anyway, I'm going to let it go. I'm not going to let it bother me. I'll just punch an intern in the head a couple of times, take a steam bath in Chillemi's APO Room, and then relax. (that's how I usually deal with most of life's stresses). My unhealthy fixation with ridiculous Burn Notice promotion is starting to bleed out into other areas of my life - it's affecting my work! For instance, yesterday I was so angry about those stupid Burn Notice posters that I forgot to mention a couple awesome things that happened yesterday! They are as follows:
- I went down and watched the legendary Joe Cocker during his sound check. It was incredible! He did one of my favorite songs of all time, "Feelin' Alright" - and was accompanied by Dave Mason (from the band Traffic) on guitar!! For all you younger/not-as-musically-nerdy-as-me people out there, this is cool because Feelin' Alright was originally a Traffic song that was written by none other than - you guessed it - Dave Mason!!
- The Hulk tripped while running through the brick wall out of the studio yesterday during the show!! Did you guys catch that?! To make matters even more funny, Lipton looked lost after he got out into the hall - providing us all with one of the funniest impromptu show moments in the last couple weeks! Poor Lip.
- There was a fire drill yesterday... BUT IT WAS AT 9:30AM, BEFORE ANY OF US GOT HERE!!! Ha ha ha ha. Awesome awesome awesome. One less time that I have to hide under my desk is always a good thing. ;)
And today, TODAY kids, something completely RAD went down in the Research Office:
Today I came into work to find that MY DESK HAD BEEN TOTALLY CLEANED UP. I was shocked. I was flabbergasted. I was INCREDIBLY THANKFUL. See, I am somewhat of a packrat - my Research job also means that I regularly wade through piles and piles of papers that end up strewn all over - so my desk is always a horrible mess. Well, I came in today and it had been all cleaned up and organized!! I looked around the office questioningly, with tears in my eyes, only to discover that it had been one of our interns, Alex, who had taken his own life in his hands and cleaned everything up!! Dude, THANK YOU!!!!! You are The Second Best Person In The World (Sharon's still got the lock on the top spot, bro. Sorry). Being that today is Cheesesteak Thursday here at the show (just like it is every Thursday) I bought Alex lunch as a small token of my appreciation. He said that he LIKES to clean, and that it really wasn't THAT bad, but we all know that he's lying through his teeth. But lying or not, it was an awesome gesture by an awesome intern, nay - an AWESOME HUMAN BEING. Thanks, Alex.
Speaking of awesome human beings, I didn't put up any sweet stories about Sharon Hardy yesterday... So here's two more, from Late Night Uberfans Courtney and Kat!!
"SHARON HARDY SAVED MY LIFE!!!"
"I was at a wedding doing some salsa dancing, and the guy I was dancing with, spinned me so fast that I flew out of an open window!! All of a sudden out of nowhere Sharon showed up and caught me in mid fall. She flew me back to the party. Afterwards, Sharon showed all of us some pretty savay dance moves, that didn't require such fast spinning.
Thanks Sharon!! Not only did she save my life but, now I am a much better dancer than I ever was before!!!
Kat "
And here's another one, from Courtney:
"A few years ago, I was at the local movie theater with all of my friends for my birthday party. It was in the middle of Ratouille, and it was just getting to the good part of the movie. Everyone in the audience was so captivated that no one noticed a fire had started in the back of the theater!! The movie went blank, and someone yelled, "FIRE!!" We all were screaming our heads off and trying to get out of the theater, but the doors were locked! The crowd was going into a frenzy, trying to put out the fire with various sodas and slushies that had been abandoned, but it was just making the fire bigger!! Someone found the fire alarm, but the sprinklers didn't come on!! We all started calling our loved ones on our cell phones, sure that we were going to burn to death. Just then, The Best Person In The World Sharon Hardy burst through the screen with a hugegantic fire hose!! The Best Person In The Word Sharon Hardy put out the fire within seconds!
"Is anyone hurt?" The Best Person In The World Sharon Hardy asked. Just then, The Best Person In The World Sharon Hardy saw a little girl crying in the back of the theater. The Best Person In The World Sharon Hardy used her awecellentastic powers to heal the girl and carried her back to her mom. Then, The Best Person In The World Sharon Hardy got everyone free popcorn and candy and repaired the theater!! Everyone lived happily ever after. Or did they?!?! Yes they did. Because The Best Person In The World Sharon Hardy saved them. So of course they lived. DUH.
THE END!!!!
Always Grateful,
The Best Person In The World Sharon Hardy's Biggest Fan Besides Aaron Bleyaert Because She Saved Him While He Was Pigging Out At The House Of Pies OMG I WANNA GO TO THE HOUSE OF PIES"
Yes, Courtney. The House of Pies is delicious. Also, they don't sell T shirts, which is STUPID. At any rate, if you have any stories (real or made up) about The Best Person In The World, Sharon Hardy, send them over to sharonhardyisthebomb at gmail dot com!! Tomorrow's the last day!!! F yeah!!