Jim Dupree: Enthusiast

Season 4, Episode 1: just eight days away.

Work is still being completed on the upcoming fourth season of the thrilling Jim Dupree: Enthusiast series, but in the meantime, why not check out this Washington Post article featuring Jim Dupree, the IRS spokesman for Maryland and Metropolitan Washington.

Knowing that this second Jim Dupree is out there in the world, we are left with a very controversial question: who is the world's most popular/influential Jim Dupree? It's hard to tell, but Jim Dupree: taxman currently dominates the ThinkExist Jim Dupree quotes page, so I suppose we will concede that the title is his, for the time being.

Well, now you all know that the thrilling Jim Dupree: Enthusiast series will be entering an all new thrilling fourth season on Groundhog Day 2008. Jim himself brings us the full scoop in the comments section of the episode of Canadian Podcast Buffet featuring Tristan:

You heard it here first: 12 brand-spanking new episodes of Jim Dupree: Enthusiast will begin on Groundhog Day 2008.

They will be released according to the Fibonacci sequence (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89…). That is, the first episode will be available on Groundhog Day. The second episode will be available one day after that. The second, two days after that. And so on.

It’s the way Fibonacci himself would have wanted things.

Want to know more about the Fibonacci sequence? Of course you do!

And if that's not enough, we're also looking to reach into your pocket and pull out a crisp 20 dollar bill with the release of Jim Dupree: Enthusiast: The Incomplete Series, Volume 1 - 1st Anniversary Edition! It's exactly the same as the Jim Dupree: Enthusiast: The Incomplete Series, Volume 1 set (previously known as Jim Dupree: Enthusiast: The Complete Series) that we sold about a year ago, but these DVDs were made on (or about) the first anniversary of the original DVDs. Are you confused yet? Great!

To order your very own 3-DVD set (which comes with several special features of varying quality), send an e-mail stating your intent to dvd@collectiveproductions.com. The sets are $20 CDN in Canada, $20 US in the United States, and €20 worldwide! These prices include all shipping and handling fees (read: cost of postage).

All of the episodes are available on this very website for free, of course, but that didn't stop you from paying for the DVDs last time! Order now!

Please consult this informational video for the latest Jim Dupree: Enthusiast update.

A while back, we had a Myspace profile. After the show ended, we deleted it.

Now we have a Facebook page. Now's your chance to friend us, before we delete that too.

So it's been about a year since the last post here, yet JD:E still gets mentioned periodically on the many blogs and webpages that the Internet is comprised of. Here are some of the ones that I was able to track down.

Earlier this year, our good e-friend Steve Garfield brought Jim Dupree: HDTV Enthusiast to the Pixelodeon Independent Video Festival as a part of his I Watched, I Laughed, I Vlogged showcase. It was played on a big screen, which is ridiculous. Thanks so much, Steve.

The folks at Sugartune's The Indie Rock Blog were all over the series, saying that Jim Dupree was a "hopelessly, inept boner" and that

Jim Dupree is a tortured, scattered Charlie Brown with all the charm of a bush league baseball team of doorknobs. How can you not adore this human car crash? How can you not rubberneck as he details in minute detail the many, varying topics for which he demonstrates enthusiasm? You rock, Jim. We salute you!

Thanks, Sugartune, for one of the most colourful descriptions of our podcast ever!

A JD:E thread appeared on the MetaFilter Community Weblog where user Down10 commented: "Mundane is the new extraordinary." We're glad you think so.

Valerie In Toronto decided that the podcast was "hilarious" after meeting "the other guy" at a podcasting meetup. It would also seem as if she (or somebody else with the same first name, at least) is looking to help launch Dan into CBC primetime. I'd pick Dan over Triple Sensation any day.

Jim Dupree: Gardening Enthusiast was shown some love by gardening enthusiasts Garden Rant and Garden Bliss. Unfortunately they're both linked to our old YouTube videos, which we recently removed.

And speaking of our old YouTube videos, several other blogs were proudly displaying various JD:E episodes (until we ripped them down), including Nag On The Lake, Headinout, Lemmingworks and Arc's Review. Sorry for the sudden disappearance of the videos, everybody.

Thanks so much for spreading the word, and to those of you who had posted the YouTube videos, why not update your links to point to our new Blip.tv files.