PROMOTE READING ORGANIZATION: BOOKED OUT

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Released:	April 2007
Advertiser:	NEW ZEALAND BOOK COUNCIL
Brand name:	PROMOTE READING ORGANIZATION
Agency:	COLENSO BBDO
Country:	New Zealand
Category:	Public health & safety
Tags:	Auckland

Credits:

Advertising Agency: COLENSO BBDO, NEW ZEALAND, Auckland
Creative Director: Richard Maddocks
Scriptwriter: Jaime Hitchock and Josh Lancaster
Agency Producer: Jonathan Gerard
Account Supervisor: Michael Redwood/Joanna Wealleans
Sound Engineer: David Liversidge


Script in English
MVO1:And as Montgomery looked far into the distance he knew that he could
never…return…Thank you

SFX:applause

MVO1:Thank you.

MVO2:Umm A couple of questions? Err, Do you have a middle name?

MVO1:No

MVO2:In the sentence ‘The Doctor sold his practice’ should I use a practice with a ‘s’?

MVO1:No

MVO2: I’m thinking of having a pen name. Have you got any ideas?

MVO1:No

MVO2:Do you get sore fingers from typing so much?

MVO1:No

MVO2:Can you read that bit you just read out again?

MVO1:No

MVO2:Do you get free copies of your book or do you have to buy them from Whitcoulls too?

MVO1:No

MVO2:Were you any good at maths at school ?

MVO1:No

MVO2:how about geography

MVO1:no

MVO2:Do you hate people who fold down pages for bookmarks?

MVO1:No

MVO2:Does it help you to write if you're an alcoholic

MVO1:No

MVO2:Did you copy that story from somewhere else?

MVO1:No

MVO2:Have you ever met Ernest Hemmingway?

MVO1:No

MVO2:What about Charles Dickens?

MVO1:No

MVO2:Wilbur Smith

MVO1:no

MVO2:Will Smith

MVO1:no

MVO2:Do you agree with the statement; ’Poems are much cooler when they rhyme.’

MVO1:No

MVO2:do you know any words that rhyme with orange

MVO1:no

MVO2: When I ask you to sign my book later on, can you write your name really neatly so I can read it?

MVO1:No

MVO2:Have you ever spent two years working on a book but only had one copy, and then lost it and had to start the whole thing over again?

MVO1:No

MVO2:Do you know anything about cars

MVO1:No

MVO2:is your book going to come out in paperback

MVO1:no

MVO2:would it be cheaper if it had no cover on it all

MVO2:Do you know my friend Samantha Terry? Coz she reckons she knows you?

MVO1:No

MVO2:Did Kathy Bates in the film ‘Misery’ remind you of your girlfriend?

MVO1:No

MVO2:Can you make a cat noise hiss hiss

MVO1:No

MVO2:Can you do Chewbacca like this? AHHHHHHH

MVO1:No

MVO2:Do you have heaps and heaps of books at home?

MVO1:No

MVO2:do you keep your books on a book shelf

MVO1:no

MVO2:did you build your own book shelf

MVO1:no

MVO2:Do you smoke a pipe and sit at a typewriter.

MVO1:No

MVO2:When you get writer’s block do you just go and watch TV?

MVO1:No

MVO2:If you went to a garage sale and you saw someone was trying to flog your book for 10 cents, would you get embarrassed?

MVO1:No

MVO2:My mum thinks your photo on the dust jacket makes you look gay. Are you gay

MVO1:No

MVO2:Are you a genius scrabble player?

MVO1:No

MVO2:I love you. Do you love me?

ANN:All the answers you ever wanted to know from your favourite authors. The New Zealand Book Council presents ‘Booked Out’ phone 0 800 BTTALK or visit bookcouncil.org.nz