Greetings Tallfellians,

Welcome to Volume 3, issue 1 of the Tallfellow Tribune. The “Yes it’s been a looooonnngg time” issue. Yes, it’s the first one of 2007. Yes, that’s really bad and yes, we won’t go into the reasons why. Just rejoice in the fact that that you have a full edition of trivia, games, contests and news from Tallfellow Press of Los Angeles - a pioneer in indie publishing. See below for June trivia, special discounts, funny found internet stuff and our next Droodles Caption Contest (and last issue’s winner, if you remember back that far…and he or she is still alive!).

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Tallfellow Trivia for June:

• On June 17^th, Sir Francis Drake discovered New Albion. What is New Albion better known as and what year was it discovered?

• On June 8^th, ice cream was sold for the first time. Where did this wonderful event take place and what year?

• The first baseball game took place on June 19^th. Where and when?

• The United Nations Charter was signed on the 26^th of June. How many nations joined and what year was it signed?

• Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1^st. What year? What was her real name (be careful!)?

• Did you know that Ford Motor Company was founded in June 1903?

• Did you know the Magna Carta was signed by King John of England in June 1215?

• Did you know the fork was first introduced to America in June, 1630 by Governor Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Other people thought him strange and rude for using a fork. The popular belief was that using a fork was an insult to God since He (she?) gave humans fingers to eat their food.

• Did you know that the first attempt at a moving picture (motion picture) was created on June 15^th, 1878? Eadweard Muybridge was the photographer who made the motion picture. He set up twelve cameras along a racetrack with strings attached to their shutters. When the horse ran by, he broke the strings and tripped the shutters, taking twelve pictures. These showed that - yes, all of a horse's hooves are in the air at once while it runs...and the rest is film history!

• Some famous June birthdays: Paul Gauguin, Morgan Freeman, Lillian Hellman, Cole Porter, Basil Rathbone, Carly Simon, John Dillinger, Bernie Kopell, Martha Dandridge (Washington), Liam Neesan, Bjorn Borg, Barry Manilow, George Orwell, Chris Isaak, Edvard Grieg, Mark Walberg, M.C. Escher, Jacques Cousteau, Ann Frank, Bob Fosse, Gilda Radner, the Dalai Lama and Johnny Depp.

This month’s trivia is brought to you by our brand new book,

Ten Minutes to the Speech by Vance Van Petten.

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BREAKING NEWS OF ALL THINGS TALLFELLOW

And speaking of that brand new book, which is the latest addition to the 10 Minutes 2 Success series, its author, Vance Van Petten, is featured in Newsweek magazine (print and online) this week in the Tip Sheet/Lifestyle section under Parties/Wedding Cheers. He discusses those Maid-of-Honor fears of making that wedding toast and offers his 4-H rule to calm nerves and deliver a smooth and perfect tribute.

Van Petten will also be the guest on the upcoming Playboy Morning Show, June 13 at 8 a.m. It’s on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 198. Over 3 million listeners. Tune in!

And look for more interviews (TV, radio and print) soon!

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Droodles, Droodles, Droodles

The 10th Droodles Caption Contest is here! Go to our blog to celebrate the satisfaction of being succinct. As always, the winner gets a free, one-of-a-kind copy of the mass-produced mega-seller, Droodles: The Classic Collection.

The winner of last issue’s contest is. William D. Hicks. Congrats! Look for your copy soon. His winning caption was "Last Minute Christmas Gift with Last Minute Bow (tie)."

And don’t miss the new contest with summer Droodle fun and a new chance for clever captioning. Here it is:

Real caption: Coat Hanger for a Nudist

Go to our blog to enter your brilliant captions. You may just win!

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Dad Days

Yes, Father’s Day is just around the corner and we want to make sure you don’t forget Dad’s Dad…or Mom’s Dad or any other Grandfather, for that matter. Our book The Grandfather Thing is the perfect gift for that new Grandpa in the family. A funny, warm look at the first year of being a Grandfather. And if it’s the second time around and the first grandchild has a little baby brother or sister, then The Sibling Thing in the ideal gift. See more by clicking on the titles. And if you order from our site, you'll receive a 15% discount. Use code "Saul."

And in honor of all things Dad, here is a funny internet find. Enjoy:

Dear Dad,

$chool i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. With all my $tuff, I $imply can't think of anything I need, $o if you would like, you can ju$t $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you.

Love, Your $on.
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Reply from dad...

Dear Son,

I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics, and oceaNOgraphy are eNOugh to keep even an hoNOr student busy. Do NOt forget that the pursuit of kNOwledge is a NOble task, and you can never study eNOugh.

Love, Dad

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More Cool Tallfellow News

The brand new, state-of-the-art Landmark Theatres at the newly renovated Westside Pavillion in West Los Angeles are selling several of our books onsite! We’ve been trying for years to get our books in theatres and Landmark finally saw the light. So, see a movie and buy a book! (And if you’re local theatre would like to follow suit, just let us know and we’ll be happy to set it up.)

And (NPR) KCRW's radio show The Business continues their "regularly irregular" feature called The Writer Speaks which spotlights contributors from our book Doing It For Money - The Agony and Ecstasy of Writing and Surviving in Hollywood, published in conjunction with the Writers Guild Foundation.

Participants so far are: Wesley Strick (Cape Fear, Doom, Arachnaphobia) and Billy Riback (Murphy Brown, The Suite Life of Zach and Cody), Alan Kirschenbaum (Everybody Loves Raymond, Coach, Yes, Dear), Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost, Jacob's Ladder, Stuart Little 2), Winifred Hervey (The Golden Girls, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), Chris Brancato (The X-Files, The Outer Limits, Boomtown), Winnie Holzman (My So-Called Life, Wicked), John Sacret Young (China Beach, Testament) and more to come.

And our book, Write Screenplays that Sell – The Ackerman Way is being excerpted in Scriptwriter Magazine this summer. A nice five page feature.

And the book is being adopted in screenwriting courses at colleges and universities around the country. So, the future of filmmaking looks good!

And several of our books and promotional fliers are turning up at film and screenwriting conferences around the nation. Today America, tomorrow the world!!!

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It’s trivia, It’s a contest, It’s a trivia contest!

Leonard Maltin, film critic and historian extraordinaire, liked one of our books enough to offer a personal comment about it.

• What book did he like?
• What did he say about it?
• BONUS QUESTION: How long has Leonard been with Entertainment Tonight?

The first person to answer all three questions will receive any Tallfellow or smallfellow book, free! Just email Tallfellow@pacbell.net with your answers (use “trivia contest” in the subject line).

Hint: Look around our website for help with the first two questions.

TRIVIA ANSWERS

1. California, 1579
2. New York City, 1786
3. Hoboken, New Jersey, 1845
4. 50, 1945
5. 1926, Norma Jean Mortenson (she later took her Mom’s name, Baker)

Thanks for reading The Tallfellow Tribune! We hope we made you smile. Books everywhere thank you.

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