Orlando, FL - Actor/Director Henry “The Fonz” Winkler met up with LaVine Media President, John LaVine, at the Florida Film Festival. Here, they discussed a joint project involving a fake-reality show on Winkler’s life: the star plays a former motorcycle gang member who goes back to school to become a nurse.
Winkler told members of the press, “It’s all very hush-hush, but there’s a surprise twist at the end of the first episode. We're in Florida already, so we decided to break into O.J.’s house to steal memorabilia. John and I came up with the idea after staying awake for 80 hours on a bet." Turning to LaVine, Winkler asked, "Hey John, you're the ad copy guru, right? Did you bring the scripts?"
"Right here. Fonz--"
"That's not my name--" Winkler cut in, ineffectively.
"Some of the Harley Davidson campaign scripts are attached right here - where I'm reading. The McDonald's spots start right under these words."
One reporter cut in, “So Fonz, how did the O.J. break-in turn out?”
“Great – for me, anyway. John got excellent footage of me rifling through the house. We even found a lifesize cutout of O.J. I put on a dress and pretended to be Marcia Clark, interrogating him on the stand. I sold the memoribilia I borowed on Craigslist, but had to use the money to bail John out of jail.”
“I pretended to fall asleep on O.J.’s couch – for comedic effect,” LaVine explained. “But, after 80 hours awake…I really fell asleep.”
“And I had to go with the moment, and decided to leave him there, “Winkler laughed, “for the sake of the show.”
“Yeah,” LaVine smirked, “Then he called 911, reported seeing a burglar and filmed my capture.”
“For the show,” Winkler nodded. “We’ve already been picked up for 13 more weeks on Duna TV.”
“Duna TV?” the local NBC reporter asked.
“It’s in Hungary,” LaVine explained, but it’s pulling big numbers in late night. Hungary’s considered a gateway TV country. Finland dubs a lot of their shows. With the slight use of special effects, we may be able to sell HBO’s OZ, billing it as OJ.
He really couldn’t have gotten convicted at a better time.”
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Barbara "Leave it to Beaver" Billingsley Speaks Jive: From Mayfield Mom to Morning Men
Tampa - TV sitcom's superstar mom, Barbara Billingsley, in town promoting Mothers' Day at Busch Gardens, stopped back in with the wakeup crew at WFLZ, (see below: with Morning Air Personality John LaVine). "This looks like an unplanned, candid photo, doesn't it?" quipped LaVine.
"John, when did you grow a mustache?" Barbara laughed, pulling on it.
"I just missed a spot shaving."
"You weren't on America's Most Wanted again, were you?"
"Not here in Florida - but thanks for remembering, Barbara. Actually, this is my minimalist halloween costume!"
"How about you surgically remove your paw from my shoulder and CLICK BELOW on your funny newscasts for us?" Barbara gently suggested.
Last Updated on Sunday, 14 December 2008 23:31
Al Green Shops
Written by John LaVine
Sunday, 12 October 2008 18:53
Is soul singing superstar, Reverend Al Green, (see: above) planning to kick off a campaign for a major retail chain? All we're hearing from a cheshire cat smiling John LaVine (LaVine Media), is, "Let's just say that it's the biggest example of a name brand tie-in since the late Occidental Petroleum director, Armand Hammer, bought into the Arm & Hammer baking soda company."
Dallas - Fresh from his bidding-war-loss in his attempt to buy the Rangers, Mavericks' Owner Mark Cuban (center) hits the town to drown his sorrows with local personality John LaVine (left) and the late Groucho Marx (far right, smoking a Cuban). "It wasn't a total loss," lamented Cuban. "I did manage to salvage a small half billion dollar profit by driving up the value of the Rangers' debt service I own through the auction process."
"Sure," sneered LaVine, adding, "That and $4.00 will buy you a frappacino at Starbucks."
Cuban fired back, "LaVine, I thought you said you could toss in a last second check for $200 million to back me!"
"I meant one of your checks, not mine," LaVine explained sheepishly.
KKRW News Director John Wolf surprises unsuspecting, last second tax filers at Houston's main post office.
Tax Filer #1 (Click Below):
Tax File #2 (Click Below):
When I wanted to contact Barry Josephson, my classmate from decades earlier, who had produced Disney's smash hit ENCHANTED,
I just couldn't write, "Hi Barry, you may not remember me from 6th grade, bla, bla, bla..." so I got creative and reached out to him in his own medium:
Flower Mound - When our church's Senior Pastor asked me to write and MC a satirical gameshow about how "society" views being truthful, (and spoofing the old Saturday Night Live Deep Thoughts bits):
Sarasota, FL - When AC/DC Vocalist, Brian Johnson (above: center), joined up with 98ROCK’s News Director John Wolf (above: right) and Air Personality Brent Hatley (above:left), backstage at the Van Wezel Performance Art Center fundraiser, last night. Johnson mentioned that he may be able to use Wolf's skills to write PR feature stories, “Maybe sometime on a Saturday, if the television’s not working, that sort of thing.”
"Perfect! As long as I don’t have to work too hard,” Wolf countered.
“Do you have any clips that I could read?” Johnson asked.
“Any what ?” Wolf asked.
“Any stories, columns, samples,” Johnson prodded.
“Samples of what?” Wolf inquired.
“Any newspaper articles of yours I could read?”
“Oh sure,” Wolf laughed. “Why didn’t you say so? Just click on Features & Articles."
"Hey," Johnson redirected, "Aren't you the guy who did that spoof of Weird Al and Axl Rose?"
"I can neither confirm nor deny that accusation...but click on the thumbnail below, and we'll find out."
Last Updated on Thursday, 26 August 2010 23:10
Wolf Joins LaVine Media
A Wolf in LaVine's Clothing
Dallas, TX - A fatigued but smiling John LaVine, President of LaVine Media, announced that longtime radio personality John Wolf would be joining him in his self-titled role as: VP of Creative Campaigns. "I'm stressed-in," LaVine quipped. "But we had to do this. People have been confusing us for years - usually, because we’re the same person. It’s been hard remembering who knows me by which name.”
Wolf added, “We’ve been sharing the same bank accounts, the same jokes, the same beautiful wife!“
"I don't know how she puts up with you," LaVine wondered aloud.
Seriously, I put this website together to demonstrate the joint creative talent and experience "we" can offer. I've linked samples of actual radio/TV ad copy, published PR feature articles, and video - internet campaign ideas, often embedded in satirical writing, along with some on-air work. I can wield a sharp sense of humor to accentuate the clients' messages, and am constantly upgrading my skills with Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, etc. Please click below for some produced spots of ad copy.
Hollywood - Amid rumors that Cindy's character is demanding equal billing, wanting a renaming of the Saturday morning cartoon, from, "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" to, "Jimmy and Cindy: People of Genius," come threats of lawsuits from Anheuser Busch. Attorneys for the St. Louis, Missouri brewery asserted that their trademarked campaign, "Real Men of Genius," would be compromised. An insider predicts an amicable settlement, with Bud Light product placement within the show.
Also from the set comes word that the long lost "Jimmy Neutron - The Lesson Leaper" script, penned by John LaVine, has been found by an unnamed executive on the set. "It was an amazing find," he said. "After all these years, to think it was being used to stablize a table leg that was too short. It's value is undetermined, but it's been authenticated by LaVine's agent, who originally placed it there. We might never have come across it, had it not been for some bottles of new product placement. We'll auction the script off either at Sotheby's or on Ebay."
The script can be viewed in its entirety under these words.
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