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Re: "i.am.FIRST -- Science is Rock and Roll" airs August 14th

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Originally Posted by JohnBoucher View Post
Where was the how to get involved message? I totally missed it.
I was thinking the same thing. I was waiting for the usfirst.org URL to pop up, but it wasn't shown once. People have commented that 1 hour wasn't long enough to explain everything about FIRST. Most advertisements today are 30 second commercials which end with a URL to go learn more. Why was there no URL?

In general, I got the message that science was cool, and these FIRST people do, but it was missing the "and you can do it to".

Overall, the special was good, not great. I think Dean hit the nail on the head with creating FIRST based on a sports model, but I am always disappointed that almost all (except for MSC) TV specials show very little match play. I think if Will.i.am produces another special next year it should be a combination of the MSC program and the I.AM.FIRST program. FIRST needs fans, competition brings fans, not documentaries.

-Eric
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