Tuesday, November 22, 2011

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE MIRTH KIND


Even though the Daily Creative department 's heydey occurred in the years between 1979 and 1981, the memories of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1978) were still fresh... and all the moreso when the paperback book of  CE3K  'photo-toons' (the movie re-told in photo stills) came out.  I don't know how the whole thing started, but someone cut out a panel from the book and added a word balloon that pertained to life at the Creative Department... and pretty soon everyone was contributing... at everyone else's expense. 

The panels featured here are just a fraction -  A FRACTION -- of the many that were created.  Interesting to note the number of names mentioned herein -- bosses, ad reps, tech guys -- many of whom I don't recall.



Tuesday, October 25, 2011

JARVIS... ON ICE!

History Lesson #43 -- Long before photoshop and laptops we had to create bogus photos with a simple 700 pound copy machine.   A Creative Dept. staff photo of John's head just happened to fit - exactly - on this shot of a North Stars player and, boom, the team roster went up by one.

Stay tuned for history Less #44 -- Who were the North Stars?

Sunday, September 11, 2011