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August 24, 2013:

BUT FIRST A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR

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Well, dear readers, I must write these here notes in a hurry for she of the Evil Eye will be here all too soon and I must get as much beauty sleep as I possibly can.  But first, a word from our sponsor – Kellogg’s.  When I was a wee bit of a boy I loved Kellogg’s, mostly because they were the sponsors of many of my favorite TV programs.  I never really liked cereal that much, but I made my mother buy Sugar Smacks and Sugar Pops and Frosted Flakes as long as they had a nice prize either in the box or something that you could send for with a certain number of box tops.  I liked Tony the Tiger, and Guy Madison hawked Kellogg’s and so did George Reeves.  It’s comforting to know Kellogg’s still makes cereal, but any fun from TV commercials for Kellogg’s seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird.  Here’s a nice early 1950s advertisement for two Kellogg’s cereals.

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And remember, dear readers – Sugar Pops are tops.  We now return you to these here notes.  Yesterday.  What can I say about yesterday from the vantage point of today?  I can tell you I was awakened at ten by the ringing of the telephonic device – I think I’d actually gotten close to nine hours and I probably would have slept till eleven had the phone not rung.  But I got up and as soon as I did the doorbell rang and it was mom Staitman and daughter Sami paying a surprise visit.  I looked quite disheveled but in they came and we had a nice and fun visit.  Then they left and I answered e-mails and heard part of a test track from our new release that I had to make a decision on, which I did instantly.  Some of the completely unnecessary and completely wrong drama about our new release was carried on by another label, but I calmly responded and set forth the facts and that’s all one can do.  None of it ultimately matters because the proof will be in the hearing and I’ve heard and for me our new version of this particular score sounds really great and I’ll just leave it at that and that I’ll leave it at.

I then went and had a grilled cheese and bacon sandwich and no fries or onion rings, then returned tapes to the MGM vaults, then picked up no packages, then came home.  I had some listening to do, which I did.  I then played the Sandy CD sequence for the sixth time and I’m very happy with it, which means I got it right on the first try – which is kind of a rare occasion.  Then Mr. Piano Tuner came and tuned the piano, which is a good thing for a piano tuner to do.  He did a fine job and now the piano is perfectly in tune for next week’s rehearsal.  And now, a word from our sponsor – Vitalis, with V-7, the greaseless grooming discovery.  I was fascinated by the hair products of the 1950s.  I never used any of them but I made my mother buy them so I could smell them and pour them in the sink.  My brother, on the other hand, was all about pomade and other hair products that would grease up his hair.  I was the natural type – what my hair did my hair did.  I liked all the commercials, though – “a little dab’ll do ya” and all that stuff.  But Vitalis with V-7, that was the best because it had V-7 – that sounded very interesting to my child brain, very mysterious.  Here is a little ad for Vitalis with V-7.

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We now return you to these here notes.  After Mr. Piano Tuner left, I listened to more stuff, then did a three-mile jog, planked, and did thirty sit-ups.  It was already almost seven, so since I netted out to about five hundred calories after the jog, I got a Subway Club, which put me up to about 1100, and then I had some melon balls and cherries.  It was too late too watch a motion picture, so instead I spent two hours making a little prop for the anniversary show, a sing-a-long chart.  It was time-consuming and not so easy, but it came out great.  I wrote a blurb for the eBlast and then prepared the eBlast, so all is ready for Monday morning’s announcement and I’ll send over the audio samples today.  Otherwise, I just sat at the computer like so much fish and relaxed.

Today, I shall be up early, I shall do an early jog, I shall have some scrambled eggs and an English muffin, I shall put gas in the motor car, I shall hopefully pick up some packages, I shall then relax until it’s time to mosey on over to Barry Pearl’s home environment.  We will then mosey on over to some theater, but first we’ll eat at Umami Burger – I’ve never had one, and frankly I am afraid of them but we’ll give it the old college try.  I already know the calorie count of the classic Umami Burger, which is what I’ll be ordering – under 750 calories, so with my small breakfast, which I’ll basically have jogged off, I’ll still be under 1200 calories.  Then we’re seeing a musical about Anne Frank.

Tomorrow is mostly relaxing although I may have a meal with a friend or, conversely, a friend may have a meal with me.  Otherwise I’m just bidin’ my time ‘cause that’s the kind of guy I’m.  I’ll probably write the notes early and schedule them to post at midnight, so I can get to sleep early.  Monday morning we announce our new title, Monday afternoon we have our first Kritzerland rehearsal, and the rest of the week is meetings and meals and seeing Teddy for a haircut, our second Kritzerland rehearsal, our stumble-through and then sound check, matinee, break and our evening show.

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, do a jog, eat a small breakfast, hopefully pick up some packages, relax, eat an Umami Burger and see a musical.  Today’s topic of discussion: What were your favorite childhood advertisements and products – the ones that, thanks to the adverts, you made your parents buy you.  And remember – if it’s Mattel it’s swell.  Let’s have loads of lovely postings shall we, whilst I get out my Fanner 50 and hit the road to dreamland, after which I shall buy some Vitalis with V-7 (yes, they still sell it) so I can smell it and them pour some in the sink.

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