So as a courtesy I have an advanced copy of the story NPR is going to be running about the bolg. They did a fair job, I think. Look for it on Morning Edition and All Things Considered in the next week or so.
From NPR member station WVPS in Burlington, Vermont Emily Weldhelm reports:
Zoowithroy.com is just your run of the mill sports fan blog... that is, your run of the mill sports blog if you like amateurish, childlike drawings, groundless videos, and a dizzying array of non sequiturs. Founded in January, Zoo With Roy, or "ZWR" as its legions of fans like to refer to it, has spun up quite a bit of interest, all surrounding one simple, if not surreal, thought: a man wanting to go to the zoo with Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay.
(VOICE OVER, Phillies coach) "I've never seen anything like it."
Milton Thompson isn't alone. With the anticipation of Major League Baseball's biggest offseason acquisition's arrival reaching, to pardon the pun, a fevered pitch this winter, a life-long Philadelphia fan (they like to refer to themselves as "Fightin Phils", echoing the long-distant images of Sylvester Stallone's famed cinematic pugilist Rocky Balboa and owing to the city's notorious blue collar roots) took a rather unique step in declaring, publically, his wish for the simple outing. And it seems to have resonated. At a pre-game cocktail party before the Phillies home opener against the Washington Nationals, one fan- wearing a ZWR shirt reading the site slogan of "So Cuttered"- summed up the prevailing sentiment:
(VOICE OVER, Fan) "Yeah, I don't get it. But I like it- I mean, it's funny, and in a deep down way totally true. Who wouldn't want to go to the zoo with Roy Halladay? And why can't we just tell people about it?"
A fair question, even if asked by a man drinking his spirits from a jug.
Whether it ever comes to pass remains to be seen, but a few miles from the Walt Whitman bridge, in a South Philadelphia parking lot, we are reminded of the great poet's words: “Simplicity is the glory of expression”.
Reporting from Philadelphia, I'm Emily Weldhelm, WVPS
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ReplyDeletewow ... this makes you only one degree removed from frank deford. that's pretty darned cool. (if you're into that sort of thing.)
ReplyDeleteNPR? you blown up, dog
ReplyDeleteConsider my mind blown.
ReplyDeleteBreaking News: ZWR now the #1 Google result for Emily Weldhelm
ReplyDeleteamateurish? have they seen the quality of mixed media ZWR art and video production on this site? not just myself but everyone who contributes. and the MS Paint Art isn't "amateurish" it is what i like to refer to as "lo-fi". pshaw. what do those arugula eating lefty pinkos know anyway, always begging for money. at least ZWR doesn't do "pledge drives" every other week ... ;)
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ReplyDeleteWho's this Milton Thompson?
ReplyDeleteMilton Thompson teaches our boys to smash the other boys balls.
ReplyDeleteEmily Weldhelm wants to get So Cuttered
ReplyDeleteamiright?