BIG UPDATE! PLEASE READ!

Greetings to you beautiful people of The Big Thing Community!  We can’t stress enough how grateful we are for all the support you’ve given us!   In the past few years, we have certainly gone through many changes.

Of course, as you know, we opened our new website at thekristianharloff.com as a basis for live events.   We have put a hold on monthly live events as we continue to build the audience.  After having long conversations, we have realized that the website is perfectly suited to house live streams when we have them, live Q&As, one-on-one sessions, thus we will continue the channel as our full steam ahead Live Streaming hub!

Because of this, we really want to put a lot of focus back into the Patreon.  As great as the website has been for us, one of the things we felt that was missing was the strong community feel that developed and what we consider a hallmark for us.  We feel that Patreon can deliver that feeling that we have been so successful with in the past.  Patreon will serve as the destination for all extra benefits as well as the replays from most live streaming.

After looking at other successful patreons and friends of ours, we also want to make this fun and sustainable.  We want to add more shows, we want to give you more personalities from the channel, and we want to make it exciting for you to want to be a part of this.   SO with that in mind, we have come up with some exciting (and bizarre!) goals that should be entertaining at the least.

If you have the means and are looking to be more involved in our community, we hope that you will consider what we are doing moving forward.

The following are the new Patreon tier setups that will go into play on November 1st:

PATREON:

BIG THINGS ($5/mo)

• ACCESS to a MONTHLY newsletter written by Kristian updating Patrons about everything going on with the channel, the Patreon, thekristianharloff.com, live events, and more!
• MONTHLY - One episode of Schmoes Know Live from the archives! - Blasts from the past involving all your favorite Schmoes and their Greatest Hits of Wacky Hijinks!
• Gain EARLY ACCESS to 1-3 episodes PER WEEK of The Big Thing (The night before it airs to the public!)
• ACCESS to the REPLAY of a MONTHLY Q&A with Kristian & PLD 24 hours after it streams live on TheKristianHarloff.com (If you would like to watch live, it will be available on the website for $2.99) - In addition there will be a monthly Patreon Post for you to submit questions!

BIGGER THINGS ($10/mo)

• ALL BIG THINGS BENEFITS PLUS…
• What I Am Watching (VIDEO & AUDIO - a monthly 10-15 minute bonus podcast by Kristian discussing just what else Kristian has been watching that he hasn’t discussed on The Big Thing that month!  The goal is to discuss movies and tv shows that you’ve never seen or perhaps haven’t seen in awhile!
• ACCESS to a BI-WEEKLY BONUS UAP-Themed Q&A Podcast with Questions generated by Patrons! (Can be video-questions! - Emailed to bigthingops@gmail.com)
• ACCESS to a REPLAY of all Live Big Thing episodes with special guests 24 hours after it streams live on TheKristianHarloff.com (If you would like to watch live, it will be available on the website for $2.99)
• FULL Reaction Videos from Kristian and/or when available. (These will return once we hit 700 Patrons! - When that happens, whether it is a rewatch or a first time watching, Kristian will add one person to the table to do reactions with him!  When we hit 1,000 Patrons, TWO people will join Kristian at the table.)

BIGGEST THINGS ($50/mo)

• BIG THINGS & BIGGER THINGS BENEFITS PLUS…
• Personalized Video Shout Out: When you sign up on this level, Kristian will give you a personalized video shout out, post it to the Patrons, and we will also email it to you!
• At this tier, you automatically sign up for our raffle with a  chance to win an autographed copy of issues #1-2 of the Capes and Cowls comic book by the great Wicked Art!  The raffle will take place as soon as we hit 1,200 Patrons and Kristian will announce the winner on an episode of Capes and Cowls!

Beyond that, we have several goals in place for us to achieve so spread the word! Stay tuned because we will come up with even MORE!

• Once we reach 700 PATRONS:
  • We will once again offer a REACTION or REWATCH with Kristian and ONE member of the crew! Guaranteed TWICE a month.  The edited version will appear on the channel while the FULL RAW Footage will be available on Patreon!
• Once we get to 1,000 PATRONS:
  • Winston will face his fears at Universal Halloween Horror Nights and we’re going to record it all!  The full footage will be on the channel while extra footage will be on the Patreon!! (***NOTE - if we reach 1,000 Patrons BEFORE October 27, he will go this year. If it’s AFTER October 27, he will go next year!***)
  • The REACTION or REWATCH will occur with TWO members of the crew alongside Kristian!
• Once we get to 1,200 PATRONS:
  • A new benefit for the $10 tier will open up!  Kristian has 5-10 hard copies of the wonderful Wicked Art’s Capes and Cowls comic book and we’re going to have a raffle for copies signed by the crew!
• Once we get to 1,500 PATRONS:
  • Kristian and Brett will travel to watch a Corey Feldman concert from the front row and will attempt to get backstage – All of which will be recorded and shown to you!
• Once we get to 5,000 PATRONS:
  • Kristian will turn into KEN! He will bleach his hair blonde and spray tan himself for an unspecified time AND PLD will shave his mustache off for the first time in 25+ years!
• Once we get to 10,000 PATRONS:
  • SKYDIVING POP STAR!  We will see the return of pop superstar ZaFlertin Flouse!  Yes! Brett has agreed that he will for one night return as the German phenomenon and go full in character, method, style and skydive!
  • IN ADDITION, Kristian has agree to put on  one last LIVE Schmoedown event. If we hit this goal, we will hire a crew, get the competitors and run a LIVE Movie Trivia Schmoedown style FREE FOR ALL! (For those unfamiliar.. POST FFA link)

HAVE MORE IDEAS FOR FUN GOALS? We’ll also accept suggestions!

The new tiers at thekristianharloff.com:

WEBSITE:

$5 / MONTH

• Discounted Live Event Tickets when available ($5)
• ACCESS to both WATCH and/or JOIN (via Streamyard)  a monthly Livestreamed Q&A with Kristian & PLD ($2.99 a la carte)  - ***NOTE – once it is streamed live, it is off the air. The replay will be put on Patreon within 24 hours***

$10 / MONTH

• $5 BENEFITS PLUS….
• FREE Livestream Tickets to ALL LIVE EVENTS (Flappers, NYC, etc.) ($14.95 a la carte) - ***NOTE - These replays will stay on the website***
• ACCESS to special Live Streamed Big Thing episodes with SPECIAL GUESTS ($2.99 a la carte) ***NOTE - once it is streamed live, it is off the air. The replay will be put on Patreon within 24 hours***

$35 / MONTH

• $10 BENEFITS PLUS….
• MONTHLY 15 minute video sessions with a surprise member of the crew!  You will have access to one of the cast members of The Big Thing where you will be able to chat about pop culture and life in general! Who will it be? One month it may be Brett, the next month it may be Mike, then maybe Kate?  You never know but you’ll have fifteen minutes to sit down and ask them anything!

$50 / MONTH

• $10 BENEFITS PLUS…
• MONTHLY 30 minute video session where you will sit down with Kristian to talk about anything you want!  Movies, Pop Culture, UAPs, The Schmoedown, Advice on streaming?  Big Balls? It’s up to you!

There is a bright future in The Big Thing, and it’s all thanks to you guys!  As always we’ll take any questions and suggestions!