I received a call on my cell from Samuel L. Jackson today, urging me to see Snakes on a Plane this weekend. He pitched it by telling me, by name, that I should stop wasting my time working for a low paying government paycheck (how did he know?) and playing with my “hair don’t” (aww, I don’t spend that much time in front of the mirror) and just go see, Snakes on a Plane!
It was funny and bizarre enough that I visited the website, and sent it to a few friends, trying to fit as many true to life personal details as the website would allow. It’s unsettling on the phone, however I think it loses a little through email, and especially if Samuel won’t pronouce your name, your life doesn’t quite fit predicatable life profile, or you just don’t know enough personal details to make it funny. As a viral marketing tool, it worked, I felt compelled to send a few people by phone and a few by email.
The library needs a viral marketing tool along the same lines, something that’s just whacked enough for people to want to send to their friends and while shamelessly plugging the library, something like an audio mad-lib.
Currently watching: The Late Show with David Letterman with guests, renowned sock puppeteer, Jack Fisette, Whoopi Goldberg, and Fatboy Slim who just so happens to have an interpretive tennis-ball juggler.