I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell

The DVD is now out in stores. You can get it at Target, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Amazon, and pretty much any other place that sells DVDs.

The good news is that the DVD is selling great already. Amazon sold out of their stock almost immediately, and had to be over-nighted a huge second shipment (they are back ordered right now, but should be out of that soon). I have also had fans email me about a ton of places that were sold out on the first day. And apparently, the Netflix que for the movie is so long, it lists it as “Very long wait.”

But that’s also the bad news. I have had a ton of people email me pissed off because they had to go to two or three stores to find a place that hadn’t sold out, or they didn’t get the pre-ordered DVD from Amazon the first day because they were oversold.

Look, I am sorry about this, but it is not my fault, and there is nothing I can do about it. I had nothing to do with the distribution or advertising for the DVD; that is all Fox. The things that went right and went wrong are on them. Clearly I want everyone to be able to get a copy of the DVD, but sometimes things sell out or go wrong in the short term. In the long term, I am sure they’ll get as many DVD’s into the stores as people want to buy.

-Also, a few people have emailed me saying their DVD’s are skipping parts. This happens sometimes with DVD’s; just take them back and exchange them for one that works. Again, this sucks and I’m sorry, but there is nothing I can do besides tell you to exchange it.

-If you bought or rented the DVD, I would like to thank you. For real; it means a lot to everyone who worked on the movie that so many people have liked it. We may not have promoted and marketed the movie correctly, but we made a great movie, and so far, the response has been overwhelmingly positive.

-And if you liked the movie so much that you want to see sequels, then tell your friends about the movie. We probably need to sell about two million DVD’s before we start to seriously consider a sequel. I think we can definitely do that–my book has already sold 1.2 million copies, and DVD’s usually sell WAY more than books–but we need your help. If you like it, talk about it and tell your friends. The more it sells and rents, the more likely we are to make a sequel.

-I talked about this earlier, about how I thought it would be funny and kinda cool to put my phone number in the movie. I knew it would get out that its in there and some people would call me or text me, but I truly had no idea the result would be like this. At this point, I have thousands of voicemails in my Google Voice account, and so many texts they routinely crash my iphone and are taking up more storage on my iphone than the pictures on it. This is comical. The phone is almost unusable now because of how many incoming texts and calls it’s getting. Hopefully it levels off.

-And yes–if you text or call that number, and get a response, it’s actually me. I do have an assistant, but I would never farm out interactions with my fans to anyone else. If you ever get an email or a text back from me, or I answer the phone, it’s me. I don’t guarantee I will respond to anything–I jut don’t have the time to do that–but if you do get a response, it’s actually me.

-And just an FYI: I finalized the book release schedule for my next book, Assholes Finish First, with Simon and Schuster, and they will be putting out a press release tomorrow or Friday. As soon as they do, I will put up a big post about the next book, the accompanying tour, and various other things.