Desert Bus for Hope

Today escalated quickly! During the first half hour of Nightwatch, we crossed the milestone for $500,000 raised during this run. And even while we were still riding that high, we found ourselves launched into the stratosphere as Desert Bus for Hope 2023 officially raised $10 million dollars lifetime for Child's Play Charity.

Ten! Million! Dollars! For the children!

A huge assembled crew of Desert Bus members cheers as the lifetime total ticks up over $10,000,000 lifetime. As soon as it does, a trio marches in holding bright gold balloons that spell out 10,000,000. Lights flash as confetti falls from the ceiling.

The engineering team screams and waves a pair of popped gold foil balloons around, jumping and pumping their fists in joy at the recently crossed $10 million lifetime total.

A person in a red jump suit with a TV for a face (aka the tele-robot) dances into the middle of the party. Their TV face lights up with the words "Ten Million Dollars" and they briefly pause their dance to wave.

Truly, hitting this milestone means a lot to us.

The evening was star-studded, with a visit from a long-missed friend of the bus. We got Alex up to speed on our current hijinks pretty quickly.

Alex bends over the couch while Kathleen runs into his butt with a metal bucket on her head. Graham watches peacefully.

But hey, Desert Bus is not always about pulling new bits out of our butt-buckets. Sometimes we like to revisit the classics, especially when crafter Carrie Emmerich gives us inspiration by donating a detailed diorama to the bus. Summoned by their tiny counterparts, the crew of Qwerpline got together for an entire live episode.

Everyone around the table collapses in giggles or applause except Beej, who leans forward with a self-satisfied smile and flashes victory signs at the camera. — Beej delivers the line that ended everyone at the table

That's probably enough for one Nightwatch, don't ya think? Zeta, take us home.... please. We're too juice-drunk to drive.