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And then this Bear, Pooh Bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, F.O.P. (Friend of Piglet's), R.C. (Rabbit's Companion), P.D. (Pole Discoverer), E.C. and T.F. (Eeyore's Comforter and Tail-finder)--in fact, Pooh himself--said something so clever that Christopher Robin could only look at him with mouth open and eyes staring, wondering if this was really the Bear of Very Little Brain whom he had know and loved so long.

Sunday, August 07, 2005

In perpetuity throughout the universe

About a year ago I was an extra in a movie (then called April Showers, it's been renamed Play it by Ear, probably because of this
movie)
At the time, our only compensation for waiting hours in Central Park were mini candy bars, which were actually good enought at the time, but whatever...
They sent me the following "performance release:"

"I hereby authorize April Showers Movie Productions, LLC to record my name, likeness, image, voice and biographical material on tape for the feature film entitled "April Showers".(sic) [a separate letter exaplined that the neame was being changed.]

...

I grant April Showers Movie Productions, LLC the right without limitation to use my physical likeness and/or voice in perpetuity throughout the universe, in all known and hereafter existing media, in any form including photograph, picture, artist's rednering, silhouette, or other reproduction by film, tape, internet, or otherwise for the purpose of producing this feature film or any promotional material in support of this film.

etc.

They really covered all their bases, eh?

Anyway, if it ever comes out, the movie didn't seem very good, so I'm not sure I recommend it.

3 Comments:

At 10:25 AM, jacob said...: Artist rednering? was that your spelling mistake or their's. I only ask becasue I suspect you cut and pasted that paragraph which means that whatever law firm drafteed those documents should be fired.
At 11:56 AM, miriam said...: my spelling mistake - i got a hard copy, so no cutting and pasting was possible.
on a similar note, i assume you meant theirs.
At 3:55 PM, jacob said...: I havent laughed that hard in a very long time. thanks.

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"Bother!" said Pooh, as he opened it. "All that wet for nothing. What's that bit of paper doing?" He took it out and looked at it. "It's a Missage," he said to himself, "that's what it is. And that letter is a 'P,' and so is that, and so is that, and 'P' means 'Pooh,' so it's a very important Missage to me, and I can't read it. I must find Christopher Robin or Owl or Piglet, one of those Clever Readers who can read things, and they will tell me what this missage means. Only I can't swim. Bother!" Then he had an idea, and I think that for a Bear of Very Little Brain, it was a good idea. He said to himself: "If a bottle can float, then a jar can float, and if a jar floats, I can sit on the top of it, if it's a very big jar." ... "All boats have to have a name," he said, "so I shall call mine The Floating Bear." And with these words he dropped his boat into the water and jumped in after it. For a little while Pooh and The Floating Bear were uncertain as to which of them was meant to be on the top, but after trying one or two different positions, they settled down with The Floating Bear underneath and Pooh triumphantly astride it, paddling vigorously with his feet.

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Sunday, August 07, 2005

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