Posts
Years before that, I sent Philips a letter asking him for an autograph. I got a response within 10 days. That was surprising enough, but what he wrote really made me crack up.
A signed index card by Emo Philips-late 80's.
Showing posts with label Emo Philips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Emo Philips. Show all posts
Autograph Tales:Emo Philips
Emo Philips is a comedian with a style which certainly could be described as offbeat. Philips also gave me one of the funniest quotes for the literacy ad series I ran at Lerner Newspapers. Actually, Philips gave me several quotes, each individually scribbled on an index card. That was certainly original.
Years before that, I sent Philips a letter asking him for an autograph. I got a response within 10 days. That was surprising enough, but what he wrote really made me crack up.
A signed index card by Emo Philips-late 80's.
Years before that, I sent Philips a letter asking him for an autograph. I got a response within 10 days. That was surprising enough, but what he wrote really made me crack up.
A signed index card by Emo Philips-late 80's.Emo Philips Salutes Literacy
Emo Philips is a comedian who was born in Downers Grove (IL), just west of Chicago. His comedy is offbeat to say the very least.
Philips was a popular comedian in Chicago, appearing regularly at various comedy clubs. He had recorded a few comedy albums and had done some acting, too.
I thought Philips was a longshot to appear in our NIE ad series at Lerner Newspapers. Of course, at that time, I thought all of my prospects were longshots, although Laurie pushed me to take those longshots
Sportswriter Rick Telander was my first attempt and my first success. As I waited for our graphics department to put together Telander's ad, I sent out a few more proposals.
Philips responded very quickly, in his own quirky style. Inside the envelope were a few handwritten index cards, each with a different quote about reading. I would have loved to incorporate these index cards into the ads, but I don't think the humor would have come through. Plus, simply putting together the regular ad seemed challenging enough for our graphics department. Instead, I ran each quote on a different week, for a month full of Emo!
Philips was a popular comedian in Chicago, appearing regularly at various comedy clubs. He had recorded a few comedy albums and had done some acting, too.
I thought Philips was a longshot to appear in our NIE ad series at Lerner Newspapers. Of course, at that time, I thought all of my prospects were longshots, although Laurie pushed me to take those longshots
Sportswriter Rick Telander was my first attempt and my first success. As I waited for our graphics department to put together Telander's ad, I sent out a few more proposals.
Philips responded very quickly, in his own quirky style. Inside the envelope were a few handwritten index cards, each with a different quote about reading. I would have loved to incorporate these index cards into the ads, but I don't think the humor would have come through. Plus, simply putting together the regular ad seemed challenging enough for our graphics department. Instead, I ran each quote on a different week, for a month full of Emo!
Yes, April of 2003 was Emo month. I received a handful of emails about this ad. That is a handful more than most other (non-NIE) ads received.
A 'Salute to Literacy' quote from Emo Philips.