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Here under protest is beef burgers

Posted over 4 years ago
No real rhyme nor reason for this, just a delightful little slice of cutting-room floor memorabilia.And now, it's time to take over the world. NARF!
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Comments (15)

  1. I am
    I am says Lam, great artifact. What a find. Is he really that much of a prima donna or is this a spoof? Too f....ckin cool.
    Permalink posted 06/24/2007
  2. I am
    I am says Finally got rid of that Green Day. Good for you.
    Permalink posted 06/24/2007
  3. Lizziegreeneyes
    Lizziegreeneyes says I would lean toward him being the prima donna... but perfectionists often are.
    Permalink posted 06/24/2007
  4. Lamicus
    Lamicus says I'm thinking it's part prima donna, part producer not knowing what he really wants, and Orson taking him to task for it. Either way, I know, it's absolutely glorious. I should really go back to change the header to, "Here under protest are beef burgers!"
    Permalink posted 06/24/2007
  5. I am
    I am says Do it Do it.....
    Permalink posted 06/24/2007
  6. Lamicus
    Lamicus says Done and done.
    Permalink posted 06/24/2007
  7. fistula spume
    fistula spume says Oh I'm so glad to hear this thanks to I Am. Negativland has used this a bunch and so have others. It's that "We live on a remote farm" part that I've heard sampled before. How cool. Thanks for posting.
    Permalink posted 06/24/2007
  8. leftoverking
    leftoverking says i am listening again... fun. and yeah, fistula, that negativeland u2/casey casem track is hillarious. been rocking that one a bunch lately. nice post lamicus.
    Permalink posted 06/24/2007
  9. Anonymous says HAHAHAHA- THANK YOU! this made everything alright again :)
    Permalink posted 06/24/2007
  10. ivylander
    ivylander says This is for the ages. Welles is not without a point, though - when you're writing something that people must read aloud, you need to make the words stresses obvious and ensure that you are not allowing any tongue-twisters (like "crisp crumb coating" or whatever it was) in there. On the other hand, there's just diva prissiness. A woman I knew did, back in the Fifties and Sixties, promotional work for Jamacian tourism. When she died a couple of years ago, there was a reception after the funeral at her apartment. While using her bathroom, I saw a magnificent piece of art that I wanted to steal immediately. It was a framed copy of a Jamaica Tourist Board ad that had been copy-edited (by hand) by Noel Coward (who was arguably Jamaica's most fmous part-time resident at that point). My favorite detail from this: he circled the phrase "where the sun shines all the time" and wrote in the margin, "Even at night?" Those people who are always insisting on their reasonableness while they're slashing you to ribbons - they're the ones you gotta watch out for....
    Permalink posted 06/25/2007
  11. PopeyePete
    PopeyePete says Orson was the MAN!! My faves by him: Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil & Mr Arkadin. I was recently watching an interview he did on Dick Cavett's show back in the 70s. He really was a cool dude. So many amazing stories to tell. That guy sure lived a life.
    Permalink posted 06/25/2007
  12. Lady Miss Ian
    Lady Miss Ian says This is such a funny behind-the-scenes snippet. I like the Coernel Sanders piece from Negativeland, too. Orson was brilliant, but also a Diva (or would that be Divo?) and a perfectionist. That said, I have to agree with Ivy on the copywriting points. There's a difference between what's written on the page and what someone has to say aloud and perform in 30 seconds. Orson did zillions of commercials and voice overs. I'm sure he wasn't fun to work with, but he had his points about the copy. ;-)
    Permalink posted 06/25/2007
  13. fistula spume
    fistula spume says I was so thinking of the Colonel Sanders track. That's a great one. I think I wanna post that one when I get home. That's where I remember that from. Thanks Lady Miss Ian.
    Permalink posted 06/25/2007
  14. The Time Machine
    The Time Machine says


    Haven't heard this chestnut in years! Thanks for the post. We deal with bad copy at work on a daily basis and what people want you to say in thirty or seconds would make your head spin. *lol





    Permalink posted 06/25/2007
  15. Cody B
    Cody B says It was so weird growing up in the early 70's when cats like Orson Welles were still roaming the earth, playing out their string in the spotlight on the Mike Douglas Show's of the world. As a youngster, I just couldn't understand their airs. They just seemed like old people..what did they ever do? I found out all they did later and why they commanded (and got) reverance. Our culture is brutal like that. For the most part (especially now) the target audience of everything is 18 year olds or less. To me it is a shame that someone like Welles had to do pea commercials..
    Permalink posted 06/28/2007

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