JNA said:
... was not hypnotized but had fooled everybody with his life-sized cardboard cut out. Dan had made good on his escape to his secret retreat high in the Colorado Mountains, where he was protected by...
The appearance of an apparition -- the Ghost of Michele Zone -- distracting everyone from The Real Plot to do some obligatory attention-mongering and generally dazzling folks with BS.
Hearing the news that a total stranger in his sexual prime (and, thus, practically jail bait) deems her writings to be worthy of a writing career In Real Life, her disembodied Spirit is crushed by the realization that her untimely demise at the tender age of 38 stole her glory just as she was on the verge of Real Success. Her only hope now is that perhaps the Power of The Pink Fuzzies is sufficient to resurrect her.
(If it works, we can also toss in a bonus resurrection of JordonB. Naturally, if Michele Zone were still alive, JordonB could be readily brought back to life since, as a Real Woman, she always did know how to make the dead rise. But, alas, she is no more and JordanB has no more hope than she.)
If the Pink Fuzzies turn out to not be a magical religious artifact (which must be why they sell so well in the Bible belt), perhaps Zoning Goddess can prove she is a Real Goddess and breathe life back into them with a wave of her hand. (I had so much more respect for you when I thought Zoning Goddess meant you were awesome at your job. Of Course men Worship You -- you're female, aren't you? That's redundant. I had hoped your moniker had deeper meaning than The Obvious.)
And the camera pans to...