It’s always nice to find out that the show you watched that it seemed like nobody else watched actually has other watchers.

I hope that makes sense.  In this example, it’s “Veronica Mars,” which lasted three seasons on TV before getting the ax.  I knew a few people who were fans, but wouldn’t have guessed how many were out there before the people behind the show launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund a movie version.

They were asking for $2 million, with a deadline of a month.  It’s been two days, and nearly 50,000 people have contributed about $3.2 million.  That includes people who pledged $6,500 to name a character in the movie and one guy who kicked in $10,000 to earn a speaking role.

In short, the Internet is a pretty amazing place.

I’ve watched the entire series several times, but in case my connection to the show wasn’t strong enough already, check out what I saw 20 seconds into the promotional video the stars did for the Kickstarter page:

That Krusty O’s box on the table looks pretty familiar.  Hmm, where have I seen that before…Oh, right.  Five feet from where I’m sitting now:

That’s how you get me to back your Kickstarter project.