02-12-08
A SIMPLE PHONE CALL
Working for the Producer of the Academy Awards is exciting.Today I took a call from a very enraged gentleman who wanted to 'register a complaint.'It went something like this:
Enraged Gentleman: Yeah, is Gil there?
Me: May I ask who's calling please?
EG: Listen here, this is ridiculous.Why in the world would you have a category for the Oscars if there was nothing worth putting in that category?
Me: I'm sorry sir, I'm not sure what you're referring to.
EG: Well, obviously I'm referring to the Best Song nominees. I mean Christ, you should just take the category out if the songs are terrible like they are this year. All the good writers and composers died years ago so I don't know why they keep trying to sell the public on some stupid song that they know themselves is ridiculous and makes me want to put corn cobs in my ears. Its embarrassing really and you should be ashamed of yourself for letting it happen in the first place, the show would be better and about an hour shorter if all the dumb categories were cut out and only the movies and people and songs worthy of my attention were allowed in and another ...
Me: I hear you sir and I will let him know.
EG: You'll let who know?
Me: Gil Cates, the man you called to register a complaint with.
EG: Well dear, you don't have to get all hussy about it.
CLICK
I think he said 'hussy.' Maybe he said 'huffy' I'm not really sure. It would be weird for him to call me a hussy, having never actually met me. But then I have a feeling he might fit into the weird category. Regardless, at least he called me dear. Somebody taught him right. In the FIFTIES!
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