Sign Drake Hogestyn to a Contract

UPDATE – On 11/14/08 TPTB of Days of our Lives did the unthinkable & again fired Drake Hogestyn! Even though he is one of DAYS' best actors & a MAJOR asset to DAYS, Drake received a phone call at HOME from Exec. Prod., Ken Corday, & was told "his character is being taken off the canvas because they have other stories they want to tell." No other explanation was given as to why they would remove a man who is an icon on DAYS from the canvas. Drake is an extraordinary actor. He can sell ANY scene no matter how challenging. He makes us believe his character can do anything & perform any task. If you’re disbelieving & outraged that they have treated Drake so shabbily again, please get everyone you know to sign this petition to tell DAYS how upset you are. We DON'T think our efforts will return Drake to DAYS this time. Drake is the nicest man you’ll ever meet, but he also has feelings. Terminating Drake for the second time is going to cost DAYS this wonderful actor and kill the show.

To:  The-Powers-That-Be of NBC and Executive Producer Ken Corday, Co-Executive Producer Edward Scott and Head Writer Hogan Sheffer of Days of our Lives

We, as fans of the very talented Drake Hogestyn, who has played DAYS hero John Black now for 21 wonderful years, are asking you to PLEASE sign Drake to another contract so that we can enjoy this fabulous and extraordinary actor's talents for years to come.

He IS John Black, having brought the character to life back in 1986, and nobody (in our humble opinion) could EVER do the character justice or garner the popularity for the character and the show like Drake has. For the past 21 years, MANY of us have watched the show ONLY because Drake is on it. Please acknowledge our loyalty to DAYS and Drake, and Drake's loyalty to DAYS and his fans, by offering him a contract and a storyline worthy of his great talent. He has chemistry with every actor on the show and brings out the best performance in everyone in the cast when they're working with him. He's able to pull off and "sell" any storyline that he's given, no matter how unbelievable the premise for the storyline, and he makes us GLADLY suspend our disbelief in order to see what he's going to have the character of John Black do or say each time he's on.

If Days of our Lives has even the SLIGHTEST hope of continuing past 2009 on ANY network or media venue, your chances would be GREATLY enhanced by fully utilizing the awesome Drake Hogestyn in a major way. Drake will bring John Black to life in an interesting and watchable way, thus bringing back the viewers who have tuned-out when he's not on our screens.

All we want is our "MUST SEE DRAKE TV!"

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The Sign Drake Hogestyn to a Contract Petition to The-Powers-That-Be of NBC and Executive Producer Ken Corday, Co-Executive Producer Edward Scott and Head Writer Hogan Sheffer of Days of our Lives was created by and written by Ann Smith (snuggydrake@yahoo.com).  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form.