When I saw myself in the mirror, I knew I had to do something, so I ordered a Flowbee.
Within 10-minutes of receiving the Flowbee, I fired-it-up and began the experiment. Turns out it was not the comedy-gold I was expecting; the darn thing actually works!
Is this me… or, is it the next James Bond?
I thought about thrashing my hair in the name of comedy, but I just couldn’t do it. 
They are finally running the 2009 Honda Pilot commercial I worked on and mentioned in a previous post. I saw it myself this morning on–you guessed it–CNN (do they love me over there or what?). The commercial involves a Good Samaritan (driving a 2009 Honda Pilot) who encounters a recently-landed hot-air balloon blocking the road. The occupants of the balloon are in need of a lift and the Good Samaritan offers them a ride but is surprised to discover they are a group of elderly nudists.
You can’t see me on camera, but I am actually hiding behind the balloon basket with an inflation fan which I am using to fill the envelope with air just before they start to roll the camera. Given the short length of the commercial you wouldn’t guess I had probably filled that thing at least 50 times!
Side note: For those of you looking for my review of Cluck, I’m still reading it. I know it’s taking me forever to get finished, but it’s because I keep getting bombarded with actual paid-work which I can’t ignore. Anyway, I’m hoping to finish reading the book tonight and hopefully I’ll have a review up tomorrow.
Today on CNN’s American Morning, Veronica De La Cruz did a segment featuring Bloggers Unite for Human Rights, a joint-effort between BlogCatalog, Bloggers Unite and Amnesty International which encourages bloggers all over the world to observe May 15th as a day to blog about human rights. Dead Rooster participated in this effort and was featured, along with PointlessBanter.net, in the CNN story.
A special thanks to Richard Becker of Copywrite, Ink for bringing things together on BlogCatalog.
Note: if for some reason you can’t view the following video, you can also view the story at CNN’s video page. Thanks to Amy Oops! for alerting me to the CNN link.
Dead Rooster is the online home of William McCamment, who is likely to break so many rules of blogging and writing that purists and grammatically sensitive types should turn away immediately.
