POTATOES, BABY. We'll all be chuffed as hell if Charlie breaks out a little Potato Shuffle on Oscar night, but the basic goal of this humble campaign is to get a shout-out for the fans. Potato usage is not a strict requirement. With this in mind, my good friend - the very lovely mojajoja from the BCK forum - raises a rather excellent point: it isn't too hard to work the phrase "Being Charlie Kaufman" into a sentence if you happen to be, y'know, Charlie Kaufman. Example: "Usually it's no party Being Charlie Kaufman. But tonight..." (waves Oscar around) "...it's pretty good." Very smooth, and slightly more comfortable than saying "Potato." Just an idea. So we'll add that to the list and keep an ear out on the night. Not to be pushy or anything.

Meanwhile, word of the You Say Potato campaign is spreading far and wide... but not quite far enough! There has been no skywriting. There has been no mention of it from the Pope in his little speeches. George Bush talks not of Weapons of Mass Potato. Nothing in the New York Times, People or Variety. So we still need you guys to visit the potato page and plaster a few buttons/banners in your blogs, message board signatures and so forth, or make your own banners/buttons and send 'em in, or find some other way to publicise the whole deal. (Without being too creepy or stalkerish about it.) It'll be hilarious if someone OTHER than Charlie says "potato" on Oscar night...

There's a slight chance some of you are getting sick of this stuff already. To which I say: TOO BAD. Only a few weeks left.