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In 2006 I created a show called "The Show with Ze Frank." With your help I'd like to start a new show. Same, same... but different.

UPDATE - Wow

If we get to $150K, i will visit 3 audience member home towns and we will ask people who the most interesting person they know is, and make a show about what we find.

P.S. we have started planning/brainstorming inside kickstarter! any pledge gets you into the conversation! just look at the updates in the tab above!

P.P.S. If we get to $1 Billion I will buy Greece and install sea to sea carpeting!

Hi

In 2006, I launched a show called "The Show With Ze Frank." It was one of the most strange, exciting, difficult, and amazing things I have done so far. I think it is time to do something similar, what with the economy in the crapper and the election coming up. If Newt can do it, so can I. So can we. 

Same Same but Different.

Some things will be familiar. My face, my voice, politics, news, science, whatever else is happening in the world, the celebration of the spontaneous... and surprises. 

But the core of the original show was never really about what I did. It was about what you did. And I have no idea what is going to happen there. It's risky, unknown and awesome. I will be asking you to make things, to do things, and to surprise me. We will use the world as our playground and I have the technology to back it up. If I don't, I will make it. 

The Plan

To start, I want to produce around three episodes a week for a year and take it from there. I want this to be fun and to last for a while. I figure that I will launch sometime at the end of March, near to the 6th anniversary of the original show.

All of the funds raised here will go towards the production of the show - equipment, salaries for people that will help me, rent. I will find other ways to pay myself. 

Rewards: 

If you have a thought for a reward that you don't see listed, send an email to ze@zefrank.com and I will see if I can include it. Here are some additional details about some of the rewards listed on the right:

These are the babies you will be saving. If you save one it will be sent to you in a jar. You get to name it. There is a webcam setup here. Save a baby!

This is the "young me, now me" book. Click here to see the project!

This is the lenticular greeting card! It moves like MAGIC! Based on this.

This is sort of what the black on black fuzzy felt duck shirt looks like. More here.

This is what the jar of encouraging words will look like when you receive it. Open at your discretion.

This is what your portrait by the scribbler robot will resemble. They look great framed! More info here.

Here are what the signed signatures look like :)

Here is a potato stamp painting..

Here is the black on black stamp painting..

This is what Cherish's 4"x4" paintings look like!  So beautiful!

Thanks:

This is going to be awesome. Thanks for your support!

x ze

(this page went live at 1:40PM Pacific Time on Feb. 27th)

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