I am unabashedly a fan of NBC’s comedy-drama series Chuck. I love the humor, I love the music, I love the 80’s references, I love John Casey’s sarcastic barbs. Hence, the fact that the fate of the show for the next season is in question is of concern to me - great concern. So much so I’ve had to join ranks with fans such as the Chicago Tribune’s Maureen Ryan, and jump onto the “Save Chuck” bandwagon.
Working at AbeBooks has actually helped in my appreciation of the show. For example, in one episode, a character was named “Harry Lime”. Thanks to having worked on our Graham Greene feature, I knew that Harry Lime was the name of the character in The Third Man.
Not being much of a comic person, I wouldn’t really have known about Comic Con (which features prominently throughout the show via posters etc.) without AbeBooks. But it’s hard not to learn about Comic Con when reading about Neil Gaiman or Alan Moore.
Then there are the actual Chuck comic books. I came across these in NBC’s store and thought they’d be a neat gift for a fellow Chuck fan that does have an appreciation for comic books. Good idea but they don’t ship outside of the US which isn’t helpful for a Canadian resident. Hurrah for the AbeBooks Wants system that will notify me when more of these comic books are listed now that the copy I’d looked at has sold!
Oh and I can’t forget Twitter. Through my job, I was introduced to Twitter and how it works. This turned out to be a vital bit of information - the Chuck campaign and fans’ Twitter efforts have reached as far as the NPR.
So there you go - my appreciation for the TV series Chuck and my job at AbeBooks go nicely hand-in-hand. It would be a terrible shame to lose this synergy. So NBC execs, PLEASE renew Chuck for a third season…and if you’re another viewer who’d like to save the show (or if you’re just a terribly kind person who’d like to help a girl out), add your name to the petition, buy a footlong sub sandwich at Subway and support the show by watching tonight’s finale! If you could, that’d be AWESOME. :)
