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Controversial new “Happy Mother’s Day” Humor Hotline 202-629-9227:
Message from Jeff:
We apologize in advance to anyone who is offended by our new Mother’s Day Hotline (and we’re serious about the warning that you should definitely call it yourself BEFORE sending it to mom!)
It’s definitely been one of the most controversial Humor Hotlines we’ve ever produced - and it almost didn’t launch at all because the initial feedback to the first draft of the script from some of the RH staff was:
- “Hell no!”
- “I think I’m gonna throw up!”
- “No way would I tell someone to call that!”
- “Jeff, seriously, that’s disgusting!”
Well, I know you can’t please EVERYONE, but that first-draft of the Mother’s Day Hotline had gone 0 for 4 (and I think some of them were genuinely offended). So I decided to scrap it and went back to work on some other stuff. But then Steve came in the next day and asked to read the script that some of the girls in the office were apparently still complaining about. His response? “Dude, that’s f*ckin’ funny!” It was then that I realized that the feedback the day before was from Vicki, Sarah, Lois, and Leigh Ann – all the GIRLS in the office – because somehow all the guys were out of the office during that first reading (Josh was out of town, Steve was at lunch, Clay was out sick, and Bryan was off Kite-Boarding).
So I pulled the script back out, made some edits (including a few to address specific lines that had previously made people gag), and then ran it by Bryan, Josh, Clay, and a bunch of my other friends. While most of them still cringed when they heard it and thought it was pretty gross, they definitely all laughed. So, anyway, while we realize it might be borderline inappropriate, here’s the new “Happy Mother’s Day” Hotline: 202-629-9227
P.S. If you really are offended by that (or you just think it sucks), we’ve got a second “Happy Mother’s Day” Humor Hotline you can check out instead: 781-452-0845
(as always, any/all feedback is appreciated: feedback@RHbrands.com) |
