The Gorilla Suit
“I’m looking for someone who can wear a gorilla suit for the day and walk around various offices. The client is a major supermarket and this promotion is for an upcoming commercial.Payment would be £100 for the day - 9am to 5pm (payment would be made in cash)”
This is an add I saw in one of the online job newsletters
(http://www.talentcircle.com/) that I received this morning….
Yes! I can just imagine myself walking down Holborn (where I once used to temp) handing out leaflets for a major supermarket! Do they have any idea what the security is like these days? Not only do couriers have to take of their helmets as they enter offices in the city, but, and I may be wrong here, wouldn’t it just break the illusion a little bit if the gorilla has to walk into every reception, take off his head and say “ Hi, I’m the gorilla, I’m here for the promotion ?” Not to mention the fact that if anyone has ever travelled on the tube in rush hour...they wouldn't even contemplate doing it in a gorilla suit !!
Hmmm.. Anyway you have to send in a C.V …and there are probably even auditions on this…....
- Hi my name is Allan and I'm here for the Audition ?
- Great ! Wellcome, well if you would like to show us your piece, in you own time....( the actor goes into a corner and as he "prepares" he emits several grunts,and squeaks and finally breaks out into full Gorilla mode......)
Wasn’t it Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie who said “ But I was a great Tomato !” …wonder if I would be a great gorilla ? ………on second thought…Don’t Answer that !
This is an add I saw in one of the online job newsletters
(http://www.talentcircle.com/) that I received this morning….
Yes! I can just imagine myself walking down Holborn (where I once used to temp) handing out leaflets for a major supermarket! Do they have any idea what the security is like these days? Not only do couriers have to take of their helmets as they enter offices in the city, but, and I may be wrong here, wouldn’t it just break the illusion a little bit if the gorilla has to walk into every reception, take off his head and say “ Hi, I’m the gorilla, I’m here for the promotion ?” Not to mention the fact that if anyone has ever travelled on the tube in rush hour...they wouldn't even contemplate doing it in a gorilla suit !!
Hmmm.. Anyway you have to send in a C.V …and there are probably even auditions on this…....
- Hi my name is Allan and I'm here for the Audition ?
- Great ! Wellcome, well if you would like to show us your piece, in you own time....( the actor goes into a corner and as he "prepares" he emits several grunts,and squeaks and finally breaks out into full Gorilla mode......)
Wasn’t it Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie who said “ But I was a great Tomato !” …wonder if I would be a great gorilla ? ………on second thought…Don’t Answer that !
1 Comments:
Hi Allan,
I'm proud to be the first commentor on your blog.
Great job putting it together.
I think that you would be a great gorilla, but preferably in a movie or play.
Regards from New York and soon Washington DC.
- J.B.
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