We recently ran across this video on YouTube, which baffled us. Using a Sopranos-like logo, its plotline involves mafia-type sales reps in The Kansas City Star’s advertising department yelling obscenities into the phone and blackmailing clients with naughty pictures of adulterous encounters with Bazooka's Showgirls.
When the credits rolled, I noticed that Dick Snow, the owner of Bazooka’s, appeared as himself. I sent him an e-mail to ask what was going on.
“That little video was for an in-house sales meeting; a contest between sales teams at the Star,” he wrote back. “That video was made by Paul Terry, a local attorney, who is the husband of Julie Terry, a sales manager at the Star. Before law school Paul had an advertising agency that handled Bazooka's print, radio, and POS advertising. Indeed, I played a part in that bit, but I have actually never seen it, although I've heard it was pretty funny.”
Uh-huh. Chances are there it’s chock full of inside jokes that made the Star’s ad reps howl, the kind of stuff no one outside their office will get. For a family-friendly paper, though, it’s surprising how much the story relies on strippers named Boom Boom and attacks with blunt instruments. If they were going to go that route, give us C.W. Gusewelle’s head stuck in a vice, Goodfellas-style!
Anyway, Terry hadn’t returned my call before I decided this was just too good to wait any longer before sharing it with Plog readers. Bada boom! – Peter Rugg
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It seems the Star doesn't want this video shared with the public. The paper recently set the video to private. When you click on the YouTube link, you get this message:
This is a private video. If you have been sent this video, please make sure you accept the sender's friend request.
That just doesn't sound like something Tony Soprano would do.
You never call anymore ...
But, thanks anyway for the promo.
Tho with somewhere under a 100 hits so far, I think the fame is likely short lived.
However it's the thought that counts, eh?
Reachable by phone, fax, email and smokesignal.
Cheers,
pt
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Paul Terry
The Law Firm of Stanford & Terry
7070 W. 107th St.,
Suite 160
Overland Park, KS 66212
Tel: 816/841.4823
Fax: 816/841.4828
paulcterry@gmail.com
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