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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (5756)	10/30/1999 2:29:00 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 12823

Noite boa, Franquia, I'm partial to Jasmine Bleeth, but I believe she has been excised from the beach party. Sure, I need a coupla Baywatch babes. And a David Hasselhoff bod and a .... well, you get the picture. The term in the trade is "product placement". It's all the rage, now that commercial TV is facing the dilemma that they have crammed all the commercial minutes into programming that even the most patient patzer can stand. And still, it is not enough revenue for the greed machine. So Nextel is just the first of the gadgets that you will see being "placed" for a fee into the so-called scripts of these incredibly popular programs with extraordinarily little class or quality. All that just IMHO. But I have wondered for the last 30 years: Why doesn't "Hollywood" hire and pay for writers? Ones like Ben Hecht and Robert Benchley, or even Jackie Gleason "To the moon, Alice" or.... well, end rant. I guess because bimbos and sitcom recylers are a lot less trouble. After all, they don't get paid to think. Retirement must be wonderful. I couldn't figure out from your post if you were refering to Albert in retirement or to me. If the latter, I will assure you, it's great, I get to work 60-70 hours a week at something I love, and shockingly, is far more profitable than my last incarnation as a hireling lick-ass contractor. My dignity is well recovered. As far as dialing a dating service, I refer you to the matter of Anna Nicole Smith vs. the estate of her late husband. Hysterically funny that that one pair of high beams could possibly become worth $500MM. I'm definitely in the wrong line of work, I need a boobtube job!!!! [Hope Jill doesn't take this the wrong way, but hey, its late, and we are being none to serious, now are we??] Tongue firmly ensconsed in cheek, Ry