‘When “zooming” meant jetting off to a shoot in Paris.’
I cheated a little with the photo at the top of this post. Oh, it’s Actual Paris, all right. But this shot of Dude Man strolling oh-so-Gallicly along the Seine was taken on a long-ago vacation, not on a shoot. He did accompany me once on a shoot; it was for Hershey, and it was in London. I looked for photographic evidence, but the envelope labeled “London with Alice for shoot” in our old-fashioned photo stash was, alas, empty.
Here’s London, with The Child this time. Nope, no shoot then either. Tho we did visit some Ad Biz Buddies
But back to zooming around the world on somebody else’s dime to have a simply fabulous time while making a television commercial.
I’ve written previously about how incredibly cool it was to work in advertising back when I was working in advertising. See pretty much any entry under the “Adland Lore” tab, or jump right to “The Most Fun You Can Have With Your Clothes On,” to name just one. Of course, the Biz did have its downside. See “The Naked Boss and the Pussycat Lounge” for a darker view.
Here I am in Africa. I’m “working” on a Huggies commercial