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On 4/4/07, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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: > > .... > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231982 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
