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Bussing ended at 6:35 am PST, on the 28th of November 2007. | Bussing ended at 6:35 am PST, on the 28th of November 2007. | ||
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+ | The first annual Desert Bus marathon included several noteworthy events. | ||
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+ | * Penn, Teller, and Eddie Gorodetsky (one of the producers of Desert Bus) called the cast during the first evening of playing and donated $500 each. | ||
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+ | * Eddie Gorodetsky offered to donate $500 if James (the first player) would "take a dive" seventeen minutes into the first run. James accepted, and let the bus be towed back to Tuscon. | ||
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+ | * There were donations of Subway sandwiches, chocolates, and pizza from various general individuals including Teller himself. | ||
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+ | * The original donation goal of five thousand dollars was met before the first shift was complete. | ||
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+ | * In the "taking a dive" vein, several people made requests of the cast in exchange for a donation of a specified size - for example, Bill drank an entire carton of eggnog, and James played the game while upside down for nearly fifteen minutes. Matt raised $75 by drinking a "Nog Bomb", that being a shot glass of egg nog, dropped into half a pint of Colt 45. Paul offered to shave his beard in exchange for a single donation of $5,000. | ||
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+ | *Morgan stated that he would do a single Whatever Thing update for each $200 donation received for that purpose. None were made. | ||
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+ | *Three "upside-down girls" bussed a couple times for a grand total of $450 ($100 each the first time and $150 for TWO upside down girls and a PS3 the second) | ||
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+ | * James married Dark_Realm in an online wedding. | ||
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+ | ====2007 Trivia==== | ||
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+ | Penn, Teller, and Gorodetsky learned Paul's cellphone number by calling his mother earlier in the day. | ||
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+ | During one of the calls, Teller had a brief conversation with a half-asleep Morgan, who told him to "Fuck off". Morgan did not realize that it was Teller. | ||
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Revision as of 17:50, 11 October 2022
The first Desert Bus for Hope took place on the 22nd of November 2007, at 6:00 pm PST. James Turner, Paul Saunders, Morgan vanHumbeck and Bill Watt played a total of 108 hours raising $22 805 dollars for Child's Play, well beyond the $5,000 goal LoadingReadyRun had set for the event.Date: November 22, 2007 I
Bussing ended at 6:35 am PST, on the 28th of November 2007.
The first annual Desert Bus marathon included several noteworthy events.
- Penn, Teller, and Eddie Gorodetsky (one of the producers of Desert Bus) called the cast during the first evening of playing and donated $500 each.
- Eddie Gorodetsky offered to donate $500 if James (the first player) would "take a dive" seventeen minutes into the first run. James accepted, and let the bus be towed back to Tuscon.
- There were donations of Subway sandwiches, chocolates, and pizza from various general individuals including Teller himself.
- The original donation goal of five thousand dollars was met before the first shift was complete.
- In the "taking a dive" vein, several people made requests of the cast in exchange for a donation of a specified size - for example, Bill drank an entire carton of eggnog, and James played the game while upside down for nearly fifteen minutes. Matt raised $75 by drinking a "Nog Bomb", that being a shot glass of egg nog, dropped into half a pint of Colt 45. Paul offered to shave his beard in exchange for a single donation of $5,000.
- Morgan stated that he would do a single Whatever Thing update for each $200 donation received for that purpose. None were made.
- Three "upside-down girls" bussed a couple times for a grand total of $450 ($100 each the first time and $150 for TWO upside down girls and a PS3 the second)
- James married Dark_Realm in an online wedding.
2007 Trivia
Penn, Teller, and Gorodetsky learned Paul's cellphone number by calling his mother earlier in the day.
During one of the calls, Teller had a brief conversation with a half-asleep Morgan, who told him to "Fuck off". Morgan did not realize that it was Teller.
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