I thought a lot about the blog post I wrote yesterday and I felt like I wanted to expand on it in a more personal and direct way. Video is the best way I could think of to do that.

It’s been four months since I recorded an episode of American Cliche. I really did have every intention of coming back in April, but the ad agency I work with sort of screwed me and that put me in a difficult situation – how do I continue to do the show? The reality for me is that if I’m going to commit to creating something online on a regular basis it has to generate revenue for me. This show was barely meeting that criteria for a long time, but I pressed on – mainly because of my love for this community. I tried everything to make it work financially including trying the NPR listener-supported model. The bottom line is that even though I get emails and Facebook messages every single day telling me how much you all love the show and want it back, you (the collective you) haven’t been willing to make any sort of regular contributions to support the show. People speak volumes with their wallets and I’d say that was one of the biggest deciding factors of what I’m about to say.

I am officially canceling American Cliche. I know that’s not a surprise for any of you, but I thought it best to put some closure to a six year project. That said, I feel I owe you more than simply shutting the doors on a show that I worked so hard on for so many years. With that in mind, I am planning a final run of four shows to close it out. I’m tentatively eyeing June 22nd as the start date. Once they begin, they will be consecutive.

I’d like to try and include you guys as much as possible. That means I’d like for you to send me audio clips, emails and Facebook messages that express whatever you’d like to say or communicate about the show. I also want to try and get Brian and Jason back into the fold to contribute one final segment to the program. They were a big part of the show early on and it wouldn’t feel quite right to close things without them.

At this point I’m not doing these last four shows for monetary gain. I’m doing them because this brand and the community matters to me. But, if any of you would like to kick something into the tip jar to help the cause, I wouldn’t turn it down.

Thank you to everyone that still cares about AC after all these years. I’m going to try and send it out with a bang.

I know it’s been a while since you heard from me ’round these parts. Unfortunately, the sponsorship I was counting on for April did not materialize. I am trying to be hopeful that funding will show up to continue the show, but I’ll be honest – it doesn’t look good.

I did want you to know I was alive and I still keep my eyes open for stuff that I think you guys will enjoy. For those that didn’t watch Tina Fey host Saturday Night Live this week, you missed out on a great show. This SNL short was certainly a highlight.

If you’re like me, you’ve been unable to look away from the trainwreck that is Charlie Sheen this week. I mean, the guy is everywhere. Every time I turn around he’s coining new phrases that simultaneously make him awesome and pathetic. Jimmy Kimmel is also getting in on the joke with this clip of Charlie Sheen as Charlie Brown.

I wanted to give you all an update on the status of the show. It doesn’t look like we’re going to get the sponsorship we were hoping for this quarter. That means we’d be looking at an April 1st start date at the earliest before the show resumes production. Still, every single day on Facebook I get one or two people that message me or ask me via chat when the show is coming back. It seems that interest is still there, but people haven’t been too keen on donating up to this point.

So, I’ve had another thought… I know that many of you are small business owners, bloggers, podcasters, aspiring filmmakers, musicians, artists etc. What if you could sponsor American Cliche for as little as $50 per episode? There are several ways we could approach it, but the bottom line is that your spot would be heard by as many as 40,000 listeners!

This is our best and only shot at taking control of our advertising situation and getting the show back on the air. If you’re interested, send an email to: theamericancliche AT gmail DOT com and we’ll get started.

Finally today, I want to express my thanks to one amazing listener that made a sizable donation to the show. She’s asked to remain anonymous, but I still wanted to acknowledge her generosity.

Happy Friday everyone – I hope you’re having a great week.

I wanted to post a quick note to let you know about my new blog that I’ve launched over at scottparent.me. Most of you probably won’t have much interest in it, but for those that are in the field of marketing you may find find it useful. I’ll be writing about social media, affiliate marketing, branding, customer retention, reputation management and a slew of other things related to digital marketing. I hope you’ll take a few minutes to check it out.

Have a great weekend.

Happy New Year to you all. Lots of you have been messaging me on Facebook and emailing asking when the show is coming back. I thought I’d take a minute and explain what’s going on.

Goodfellas vs. Peanuts Thanksgiving. Genius.

This video is fairly old, but I just saw it for the first time recently. It made me laugh, so I thought I’d share it. Happy Friday!

I read about this incident the other day. It appears as though PBS edited Tina Fey’s acceptance speech for an award she’d received by removing only the political parts about Sarah Palin then claimed it had nothing to do with politics. Bullshit. I have no problem with any television network, especially one that’s public, wanting to stay out any appearance of political bias, but if that’s the case, just say so, don’t hide behind “time restrictions” as your excuse.

On another note of bad-assedness, is this a new theme or has Anderson Cooper always called out people and companies in such a succinct way? Nicely done.