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From today's New York Times: ChevronTexaco announced yesterday that it would withdraw its support from the Metropolitan Opera's Saturday afternoon live radio broadcasts after the 2003-4 season, ending the longest continuous commercial sponsorship in broadcast history.
Joseph Volpe, general manager of the Met, said that he was determined to continue the broadcasts without ChevronTexaco and that he would look for a new sponsor. http:// http://makeashorterlink.com/?Z38A138A4(registration required; if you don't like registering, just google Texaco Opera and you'll find a bunch of other stories) Now then. Let's suppose the Met decides to have a different sponsor for each opera. What would be some appropriate sponsors? To start off: "The Magic Flute," brought to you by Grand Masonic Lodge No.146, Hoboken, New Jersey. "La Traviata," brought to you by Robitussin cough syrup.
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"Carmen", brought to you by Bull Durham Tobacco
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Oh, saturday won't be the same!
"Texico, star of the american road , is proud to present, live from Lincoln Center, in the heart of New York, the Metropolitan Opera's production of ....."
(ya think maybe i've listened to the show once or twice?)
their sponsership was very low key.. (you never heard their jingle, "you can trust your car to, the man who wears the star too, the big red star Texico Star!", just nice, low key ads.
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saturday won't be the same
This got me thinking (a dangerous precedent). Maybe the Sierra Club could take over and work it around a campaign to save the screech owl.
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"Love for Three Oranges" brought to you by the Florida Citrus Growers' Association.
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Maybe the Sierra Club could take over and work it around a campaign to save the screech owl.
Aren't most of the remaining screech owls being paid to be on the stage? Sounds like it to me, anyway.
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I did NOT! That was Cadillac!
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