[Leica] RE: Filming a television commercial

[dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)]

Yeah, and there's five more of you over on the map :-)

Daniel

On 10/31/05, GeeBee <geebee@geebeephoto.com> wrote:
> Great news for my fan base and ebay, I'm still around :-)
>
> I did indeed turn up the volume and get in close to the screen but managed
> to avoid the reported heart attack. Unfortunately the shock did trigger an
> involuntary bowel movement but the clean up is well under way and with any
> luck I won't have to re-decorate.
>
> --Graham
>
> p.s. Don't be too hard on Simon, I'm sure he meant no harm. My attempts at
> humour have also bee known to go astray.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Simon Ogilvie" <simon.ogilvie@gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: 31 October 2005 13:53
> Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: Filming a television commercial
>
>
> > It is with much regret that I have to report the sad passing of our 
> > fellow
> > LUGGER Graham Battison (known as GeeBee to his friends) who passed away
> > earlier today. Cause of death was a heart attack, which close family say
> was
> > brought on after watching a TV commercial of a car. Lawyers have been
> > instructed to find the source of the commercial in order to bring a civil
> > action against the publishers...
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > (Sorry Graham - only kidding!)
> >
> > Simon.
> >
> > On 10/31/05, Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > :-) I'm guessing that you DID turn up your volume.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > >
> > > hlritter@mindspring.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > Nice Trick-or-Treat. I'm still comforting my 16-year-old budding
> > > photojournalist, and rubbing my ears!
> > > >
> > > > It translates "You've never been so awake! Coffee in tall cans."
> > > >
> > > > --howard
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: lug-bounces+hlritter=mindspring.com@leica-users.org [mailto:
> > > lug-bounces+hlritter=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jim
> > > Hemenway
> > > > Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 5:33 PM
> > > > To: Leica Users Group
> > > > Subject: [Leica] Filming a television commercial
> > > >
> > > > I sent this to some of you many months ago, but not all LUGgers have
> > > been lucky enough to appreciate this great photographic endeavor.
> > > >
> > > > The following is a car advertisement that was never released. When 
> > > > the
> > > crew finished filming, the folks in the cutting room noticed something
> > > moving along the side of the car, like a ghostly white mist. They also
> > > noticed that the soundtrack had a strangely pitched ghostly sound as 
> > > the
> > > mist disappeared. The ad was never put on tv because of the unexplained
> > > phenomenon.
> > > >
> > > > Watch closely... as the car comes from behind the trees, about 
> > > > halfway
> > > through the commercial, look and you will see the white mist crossing 
> > > in
> > > front of the car, then following it along the road.
> > > >
> > > > You'll need to turn up your sound in order to hear the strange low
> > > pitched noise.
> > > >
> > > > http://209.197.89.228/Automobile.mpe
> > > >
> > > > I've been told that Leica glass was used for the last portion of the
> > > filming. :-) ;-)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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