Klarinet Archive - Posting 000602.txt from 1998/12

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] As TV becomes even more amusing....
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 09:58:22 -0500

On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Benjamin A. Maas wrote:

> This evening, after a long day, I came home to veg. in front of the
> television. At one point I saw a commercial that just, well, struck a
> peculiar note with me. It was a new Levi's commercial with a person talking
> about how he really wanted to be a clarinetist, but was working in a cheese
> factory.

And hey, his tone was a little flabby, but he was no beginner!
I guess we're all getting a kick out of this commercial, in the
same way that trumpeters are puffing up with pride about that
Chloraseptic throat spray commercial (and the trumpet player
can count to five -- woo!). And how must the San Francisco
Symphony feel -- especially Paul Renzi, Tilson-Thomas, Nadia
Tichman, and Don Erling (all who are distinguishable amidst
the camera sweeps) -- with their Visa credit card spot? The
advertising world is courting us...

Neil

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