Some better (sorta) ratings news for Conan O'Brien. Ultimately, I don't think NBC will be entirely happy for very long if The Tonight Show is in second place, no matter how much money it's making.
Those of you who are sick of me plugging my book on Jack Kirby here are in luck. I'm about to start plugging June Foray's autobiography.
June is, of course, the First Lady of Cartoon Voicing. Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Natasha Fatale, Nell Fenwick, Tweety's Granny, Jokey Smurf and Cindy Lou Who made her immortal but they only represent about 5% of all this woman has done as an actress, voiceover performer and a very successful crusader on behalf of the art of animation. My friend Earl Kress and I found her career remarkable before we started helping her with this book...but even we didn't have a proper sense of how much this woman has done, how much she's accomplished.
Did You Grow Up With Me, Too? is the title and it'll be out in time for the Comic-Con International in San Diego...which amazingly is in the week after next. June is a Guest of Honor there. She'll be appearing in a special "spotlight" interview on Saturday at 2:30. There will be a couple of opportunities at the con for you to procure a copy of the book and get her to sign it. I'll be announcing those opportunities here shortly.
If you can't get one there, fear not. Earl and I are going to set up a special offer that will enable you to buy an autographed copy. That'll be announced here soon, as well.
This is a remarkable book about a remarkable lady and it's profusely illustrated with never-before-seen photos from her personal files. You're going to want a copy. Trust me.
Air New Zealand has an ad campaign running — not in America, I guess — which features its employees clad only in body paint that simulates their working garb. It has something to do with having nothing to hide or not putting on frills or suggesting that you treat your flight attendants more as sex objects...or something. I won't pretend I understand it.
The motif has been carried over to the safety video they show you on some flights...thereby creating the only safety video that most passengers will ever actually watch. Whether they'll hear anything the people are saying is another question...
July 4, 2009
