> Will a nod and a giggle suffice? ;-) A nod and a giggle will indeed suffice.
> Tell us more about the ice cream & rosewood! Imagine floor-to-ceiling rosewood (don't know if it was solid or veneer -- I was like ten at the time), hand-polished to a mirror sheen. Gorgeous grain with some serious burl, so it *was* probably veneer over hardwood. I don't remember him ever having actual ice cream in the ice cream bar, but that's probably because I was never there when he was entertaining, and he didn't have young children living there. > And why did yer pops know ron's pops? My father was a creative director for Leo Burnett, which was the third largest ad agency in the world, but he freelanced on the side with Seymour Popeil. He wrote, produced, and directed for both, and the guy was a freakin' genius. Faces on the Kellogg's Corn Flakes box? My father's idea. Heinz Ketchup's "Anticipation" ad campaign? That was dad, too (there's a story behind that one). Lots and lots more. In fact, the name "Pocket Fisherman" was from a memo my father wrote to Seymour. The product hadn't been named yet, and my father needed to call it something, so he just banged it out on the typewriter in quotes, then circled it in a Flair pen and wrote in the margin, "This would be a good name for the product" or something like that. Good enough for Seymour, so the name stuck. I think he paid my father a bonus for that. > How much would he have given you if you'd called tails do you think? He was the kind of guy that would still give you the five and tell you "Better luck next year." He was actually a very shy man. Do any of you remember the scandal where his wife was arrested for plotting his assassination at McCormack Center in Chicago? He got her released and took her back in. While the whole thing was going on, my parents were trying to fix him up with sexy young things to get his mind off everything, but he was too shy to make a move. He just wanted her back. > SAG? A /guild/ man?!?!?! Sheesh. Hmmmmm... Let's see... I worked all day at the Golf Mill Fish Farm and made a hundred bucks non-union. A couple of months later I pay $340 in SAG dues, work for a couple of hours doing voicework for a commercial soundtrack, and I make about ten grand in royalties over the next couple of years, and I'm not even old enough to drive. What was cool was that Dennis Weaver was SAG president around that time, and I was the world's biggest McCloud fan. "ABC Wednesday Night Movie Of The Week... This week... McCloud" and I was riveted. Memories... Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer BlueDragon Alliance Founding Committee Get advanced intensive Master-level training in C# & ASP.NET 2.0 for ColdFusion Developers at ProductivityEnhancement.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Dinner To: CF-Community Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:33 PM Subject: Re: My old Pocket Fisherman commercial Will a nod and a giggle suffice? ;-) Tell us more about the ice cream & rosewood! And why did yer pops know ron's pops? How much would he have given you if you'd called tails do you think? SAG? A /guild/ man?!?!?! Sheesh. *sniff* I wanna be a guild member... ;-) *sigh* I continue on- a Guild Of One! On 4/3/07, Adam C wrote: > > Okay, time to start pointing and laughing... > > My sister found the original Pocket Fisherman commercial I made when I was > a kid on Biography.com: .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231970 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
