I found this posted, long long ago (1993) on a QL message board on AOL. I was so thrilled to find words from Scott, I wrote the post-er and asked permission to re-post. Today (4/23/2000) a friend came across this in an old issue of Q2 and reminded me, I should share with those of you who have never seen it since I'm not aware of it being posted anywhere else on my site...
To my knowledge, this letter was published in Quantum Quarterly (now defunct) and Project Quantum Leap fan club's Observer
Pam
As posted on AOL many moons ago....
Subj: Scott Letter
Date: 93-07-24 14:50:50 EST
From: DonnaS7123
Hi Leapers;
Someone mentioned Scott's letter he did for us the fans and so I will type it here for you to read, remember these are Scott's words.
June 14, 1993
TO THE FAITHFUL,
I (Scott) have never written a fan letter before, but I can't think of a better occasion for my first. For this is a fan letter to all of you: all of the wonderful, devoted believers. Without you, we were nothing. But with you, hand in hand, we have taken the 'Leap around the world'.
When we started this journey, I don't think that any of us realized the power, potential, or scope of the Leap. It all began very simply for me:
Two names: Don Bellisario and Quantum Leap
Two scenes: "Burma Shave" and "a little Ca-Ca"
Two actors: Scott and Dean
Incredibly, after four and half years and ninety-seven hours, we are an international phenomenon and part of television history.
By all rights, we should have never made it past the first season. But thanks to you, you who rallies behind a new time slot and wonderfully perfect hour of television--"The Color of Truth"--the dream lived on. Let it never be said that the fans of QUANTUM LEAP went quietly into the night. You scratched and kicked and wrote your fingers to the bone. I applaud you.
All television series (and I'm only talking about the series) come to an end. Don't let this chapter in the life of QUANTUM LEAP diminish all of your other outstanding contributions and accomplishments. (Not the least of which was following us all around the prime-time schedule!)
To close, I would like to simply quote a lyric from one of my favorite shows, "The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd:"....this, my friends, is only the beginning.