A few months back I wrote about the mystery man trying to raise $2 million dollars for a 30-second ad spot during the Super Bowl so that he could propose to his girlfriend of five years. There were many skeptics out there, especially because he had to remain anonymous and no one knew if it was a hoax or the real deal, but then interviews on different television networks began showing up bringing legitimacy to the idea.
Once it seemed confirmed that it was a legitimate attempt at something extraordinary, there were many of us glued to the Super Bowl commercials just waiting to see the ad. MSNBC had even confirmed that the ad was going to take place and I refused to let my husband change the channel during the big game. When the ad never emerged, I felt duped, as did much of the blogosphere and the people who pledged up to $75,000 and another donating $10,000 in cash to try to help the mystery man known then as “JP,” achieve his super proposal dream. For days, MySuperProposal.com was offline and I scoured the internet looking for any word as to what the truth was.
Then My Super Proposal came back online and explained that a few major advertisers backed out, as well as, CBS. Although no one seems to be airing the dirty laundry on just which advertisers backed out. The good news is that this was indeed the real deal and the mystery man, now known as Rand, petitioned the CW Network to have a commercial made to air during his girlfriend Geraldine’s favorite CW show, Veronica Mars. The proposal aired on February 6th and you can see Geraldine’s reaction in this video. Since then they have been making the rounds with interviews and according to their blog post, a story about them was to appear Valentine’s Day on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.
I’m actually really happy to hear this story was true and not a hoax drawn up to make us watch the Super Bowl, or worse, to scam people out of money. On this Valentine’s Day, it sure makes you feel good to see people so in love.
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