Making Light :: Leftover cacciatore :: comments http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#comments Language, fraud, folly, truth, history, and knitting. Et cetera. en Sun, 08 Sep 2002 22:51:47 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.261 Leftover cacciatore Turok update! Those marketing geniuses at Acclaim are at it again. This time they're offering $10,000 in savings bonds to... Turok update! Those marketing geniuses at Acclaim are at it again. This time they're offering $10,000 in savings bonds to... http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html Leftover cacciatore -- comment #1 from John M. Ford comment from John M. Ford on 27.Aug.02 In other news, Acclaim announced that it would provide a "significant developmental aid package" to the first sovereign nation wiling to change its name to "The Republic of Turok." The aid package, brokered with Microsoft, would include an XBox and a free copy of Outlook for every citizen of voting age, and a subscription to all Acclaim comics for the national library, if any.
Acclaim representatives hastened to add that the "Republic" part of the new national name was "purely ceremonial," and all government types were welcome to apply. In addition, Acclaim would sponsor Turokian Olympic teams for Dinosaur Hunting and Running From Carnivorous Plants, which it expects to be major events "given the rapid progress of biotechnology."

]]> <p>Posted August 27, 2002 11:08 PM by John M. Ford</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6735 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6735 Tue, 27 Aug 2002 23:08:33 -0500 Leftover cacciatore -- comment #2 from Glenn Hauman comment from Glenn Hauman on 28.Aug.02 Darn. Carol Greenburg's already delivered.

]]> <p>Posted August 28, 2002 12:31 AM by Glenn Hauman</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6737 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6737 Wed, 28 Aug 2002 00:31:48 -0500 Leftover cacciatore -- comment #3 from Lydia Nickerson comment from Lydia Nickerson on 28.Aug.02 Ah, CNN. Such precise prose:

" The promotion, while unique, is not a first, as companies have in the past tried to buy naming rights to children as a promotion for their brand."

As for "The Republic of Turok," would you please hand me back my leg? Thanks.

]]> <p>Posted August 28, 2002 9:27 AM by Lydia Nickerson</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6740 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6740 Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:27:04 -0500 Leftover cacciatore -- comment #4 from Bob Webber comment from Bob Webber on 28.Aug.02 I think the worst misstep in the marketing campaign so far was the "Turok-flavoured" potato crisps.

I suppose they were released a little ahead of the existence of their demographic, but it's not clear to me that carnivorous plants would have a lot of disposable income in any case.

]]> <p>Posted August 28, 2002 11:59 AM by Bob Webber</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6745 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6745 Wed, 28 Aug 2002 11:59:24 -0500 Leftover cacciatore -- comment #5 from Bethy comment from Bethy on 28.Aug.02 Do I get anything if I name my child Diablo?

]]> <p>Posted August 28, 2002 12:47 PM by Bethy</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6747 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6747 Wed, 28 Aug 2002 12:47:13 -0500 Leftover cacciatore -- comment #6 from Christopher Hatton comment from Christopher Hatton on 28.Aug.02 Do I get anything if I name my child Diablo?

No, because every parent calls hir child that (or some translation) at some point.

]]> <p>Posted August 28, 2002 1:29 PM by Christopher Hatton</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6749 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6749 Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:29:04 -0500 Leftover cacciatore -- comment #7 from Bob Webber comment from Bob Webber on 28.Aug.02 Do I get anything if I name my child Diablo?

Twins.


]]> <p>Posted August 28, 2002 2:08 PM by Bob Webber</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6751 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6751 Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:08:41 -0500 Leftover cacciatore -- comment #8 from Bob Webber comment from Bob Webber on 28.Aug.02 I have been advised that there just aren't that many Lamborghini fans out there who will get that last joke, especially since I left out the word "Turbo." (Something fishy about that.)

I want to change my answer to "The Devil to Pay," but I have yet to come up with a convincing pitch for why I should be allowed to.

]]> <p>Posted August 28, 2002 3:08 PM by Bob Webber</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6752 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6752 Wed, 28 Aug 2002 15:08:58 -0500 Leftover cacciatore -- comment #9 from James Macdonald comment from James Macdonald on 30.Aug.02 I don't know if it's been such a bad marketing campaign. After all, they got a prominent mention of Turok on CNN, it's being discussed here and who-knows how many other place, and it's unlikely to cost them more than the paper the press release was printed on.

How many people would have had the word "Turok" cross their lips this week otherwise?

]]> <p>Posted August 30, 2002 7:16 AM by James Macdonald</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6772 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6772 Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:16:06 -0500 Leftover cacciatore -- comment #10 from Vera Nazarian comment from Vera Nazarian on 6.Sep.02 Incidentally, Turok means "Turk" (as in, a person from Turkey) in Russian.

Hmmmmm....

]]> <p>Posted September 6, 2002 4:16 PM by Vera Nazarian</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6821 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6821 Fri, 06 Sep 2002 16:16:53 -0500 Leftover cacciatore -- comment #11 from John M. Ford comment from John M. Ford on 6.Sep.02 "That's funny, you don't look Russo-Turkish."

]]> <p>Posted September 6, 2002 7:15 PM by John M. Ford</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6822 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6822 Fri, 06 Sep 2002 19:15:25 -0500 Leftover cacciatore -- comment #12 from James Macdonald comment from James Macdonald on 8.Sep.02 Okay, then, other than Russians discussing Turks, how common is "Turok" in everyday discourse? A great advertising idea, say I.

]]> <p>Posted September 8, 2002 12:45 PM by James Macdonald</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6827 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6827 Sun, 08 Sep 2002 12:45:38 -0500 Leftover cacciatore -- comment #13 from Kip comment from Kip on 8.Sep.02 Why -did- Constantinople get the wuroks?

]]> <p>Posted September 8, 2002 2:19 PM by Kip</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6828 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6828 Sun, 08 Sep 2002 14:19:29 -0500 Leftover cacciatore -- comment #14 from Erik V . Olson comment from Erik V . Olson on 8.Sep.02 T -

Next con we can? Mike Ford, Kip Williams and McDoug on a panel, with a laptop, doing realtime commentary on a blog.

You know it'd rock.

]]> <p>Posted September 8, 2002 10:51 PM by Erik V . Olson</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6830 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/001427.html#6830 Sun, 08 Sep 2002 22:51:47 -0500