#Alex got no clue who Barney is

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K So I Made my Friends Play the JATP Name Game

There are enough of these; you know the drill. Names initialised to avoid exposing my friends for their bad guessing skills. /j

P: Justin/Geoffrey

A: Greg

S: Chad

N: Jeffrey

Apparently there’s an innate difference between Jeffreys and Geoffreys, because I asked for the spelling, but Luke satisfies both? Good for him.

A: Ralph

N: Raphael

S: Carlos

P: Raphael

This will not be the last misfire on Carlos. Just you wait.

Also I explained that this was Jeremy Shada and that he voiced Finn the Human and all I got was disbelief from all sides, so, y’know, like the rest of us. He’s showing the judges versatility.

Also also I revealed he was called Reggie and S thought that much like veggies is short for vegetables, it would be appropriate for Reggie to be short for Regtables????

“C’mon Regtables”

S: Luke/Barney/Alex

N: Chad

P: Evan

A: Jessie

Second-alternate guess from S is correct !!! Here’s ur medal !!!

Also yes I had already revealed that Luke was called Luke when she guessed this so idk.

P: Maddie

A: Samarah

S: Sam/Ciara/Madison

N: ????

Yeah they were absolutely lost with Flynn. No idea.

S: Eric/Desmond

P: Joyce

N: Ryan Lockwood

A: Danny

Y’all we got last names on this one. I mean the names were still all incorrect, but this was exciting.

N also said that Willie gave off surfer boy vibes, so she was really feeling his concept, clearly.

A mentioned that she thought he’d look cute in a bun, so of course I ran to show them all the pictures of him at the HGC and in the process spoiled the title of the show. Oops.

Also also all of these friends were raised primarily in the UK so when I told them his name was Willie? Only schoolyard laughter.

S: Claire

N: Jessica

P: Amy

A: Julie

A, clear owner of the braincell that evening, caught on that this might be the main character and that maybe she was wearing a necklace with her name on it in this photo.

N: Christina

A: Allison

P: Chloe

S: Candace

These names all have the spirit, which is really all I can ask for.

S: Milo/Jonathan

A: Brian

N: Michael

P: Trent

All this exercise has taught me is: “yeah, why isn’t Bobby’s name Milo and/or Trent?”

N: Tony

A: Liam

P: Todd

S: Brad

Yeah, again, not a clue. No idea who this man is. Sorry to this man.

S: JP/Carlos/Bob/Jim/Dave?etc./Jésus

N: Someone's Uncle (Pedro)

A: Pedro

P: ..... pass

The “etc.” denotes just like every typical man-name.

Also, as N claims, before anything else, even his name, Trevor is Someone’s Uncle (I mean technically he’s a family friend, but-)

Also also, another Carlos misfire.

S: Paul/Mike/Dave/Steve/Mick (bc hes american)

P: Mike

A: Paul

N: Charlie

I can’t get over how S argued during this bit that only Americans shorten Michael to Mick? Which is arguably the most incorrect thing I’ve ever heard? Wild

P: Allison

S: Tara

N: Stella

A: Karen

Now, Victoria may do pilates, but she is no Karen !!!! Offended on her behalf at this remark !!!!

(I’m sorry about the formatting here, idk how to fix it :///)

S: Milo/Spencer/Lucas

P: Mike

N: Miguel/Milo/Aiden

A: Brady

Honestly, at this point I’m just impressed at my friends’ ability to just rattle off names.

Also, complete miss on actually calling the one called Carlos Carlos.

To her credit tho, upon me telling them all his name, S yelled “HE LOOKS LIKE A CARLOS” and I feel like that counts for something.

Also also, another Lucas. Once again, I told them about Luke. Idk.

N: Martin

A: Mark

S: Freddy/Michael

P: Kevin

Quite the anticlimax for my friends to just have absolutely no idea what this man is called, but I couldn’t have known whether my ordering of names would lead to the coveted bell curve of plot.

@limbogoth​ come, look upon what man hath wrought.

[stranger-who-writes-fiction]

for the "three" sentence AU thing: Brainy, Alex, & James -- renaissance festival actors XD

Well folks, I tried.

...

This is not the first time that Alex has covered for Kara in a pinch--her sister owes her about a dozen favors, for all of the times Alex has hastily stepped in to take care of whatever weird...’volunteer thing’ Kara has agreed to.

This is, though, the first time she’s had to cover for Kara in tights.

“I’m going to kill her,” Alex grumbles, scowling down at the small guitar-like instrument that was apparently part of Kara’s whole ‘bit.’ “Or purposefully screw up her Starbucks order.”

“You’ll probably want to keep the ‘modern day’ stuff to a minimum,” James suggests helpfully. He’s scrubbing at a dull spot on his otherwise gleaming plate armor. “Guests don’t like it when you break the illusion.”

“The illusion’s already broken,” she says, gesturing to the lute. “They’re gonna know I’m not a ‘real bard,’ the minute I try to play this thing,” Alex finished bluntly. James isn’t bothered by her tone; he hasn’t known Alex as long as he’s known Kara, but Kara had warned him ahead of time, that Alex would be...less than happy, to discover just where her sister had been picking up a few extra bucks on the weekends.

“Why can’t she tend bar, like all of the other underemployed Millenials?” Alex gripes as she stands to follow James. He tosses his rag onto the bench, and gestures towards the entrance of the tent, ready to show her around the fairgrounds.

“You can blame Winn,” he says. “He’s the one who started it.”

“Yeah, and then he moved to the other side of the country,” Alex adds, tugging at the collar of her shirt. It’s hot outside, and the fairgrounds are basically dirt and asphalt. Though, she has to admit that the collection of medieval-themed structures and booths do a good job of hiding the fact that, five months out of the year, this place is little more than an empty, dusty parking lot. “So I can’t even punch him in the arm.”

“Guess you’re gonna have to go back to the Starbucks sabotage,” James smiles. Alex raises an eyebrow.

“I thought we weren’t supposed to mention stuff like that.”

“We aren’t,” James says. “Honestly...you might just want to avoid interacting with the guests. Kara’s shift is only a few hours...” his voice trails off, and he fumbles for a moment, trying to get at something under his armor. He finally manages to pull out his cell phone. “Speaking of...I gotta start my shift.”

“Great,” Alex mutters.

“Don’t worry, you’ll be fine,” James assures her, giving her a pat on the shoulder. He turns to go, and calls over his shoulder, “just have fun with it!”

Alex scowls.

“Right,” she says. “Fun.” She can think of nothing worse than wandering the sweltering fairgrounds, just waiting for some family to wander up and request a 16th century poem.

She eyes the nearby booths, and wonders if there’s a rule against bards drinking on the job.

Then, out of nowhere, “Ah, Good Mistress Kemp!” Alex whirls, startled by the appearance of a complete stranger, who seemingly has no concept of ‘personal space.’ “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day...” the stranger blinks at her, having finally seen her face. 

“...You’re not Kara,” he says.

“No, I’m not,” Alex replies.

The stranger clears his throat, and takes a step back. “My apologies,” he says. “An....acquaintance of mine works here. I mistook you for her.”

Alex nods, narrowing her eyes. He looks like he’s maybe closer to Kara’s age than her own, dressed in a period-appropriate white shirt and bright blue tunic, his dark pushed back from his face. “No problem,” she tells him. Then adds, “Kara’s my sister. She...had other plans this weekend. I’m helping out.”

“Oh! You are Alexandra then. Or. Alex, rather.” He says, looking at her expectantly. When she doesn’t answer, he clarifies. “You do prefer Alex, do you not?”

“I...yes. I do. Yes.” Alex nods quickly, but she’s still reeling. She has no clue who this guy is, and she doesn’t like that he seems to know her. “And...you are...?”

“Barney. Of Avon.” he says, bowing low. When he straightens, he adds, “it is a Shakespeare joke.”

“...Got it.”

“And the name of my 12th level Orc in Dungeons and Dragons. Kara seemed to enjoy it. It made her laugh.”

“Yeah it’s...it’s very punny.”

“You are not laughing.”

“You know...I think I’m needed over at the...the thing,” she gestures in a direction at random. 

“...The...turkey leg booth.”

“Uh-huh,” she says, already backing away. “I’ll tell Kara you said hi.”

“Please do!” he says, smiling for the first time since the conversation began. And, though Alex found their entire exchange entirely off-putting, she has to admit, he has a nice smile. “Oh! And these. Please, if you would, give her these.”

He hands her a small drawstring bag. She stares at it, confused.

“I realize that perhaps flowers would be more socially acceptable,” ‘Barney’ says, clasping his hands behind his back. “But. Kara mentioned once she planned to take up gardening. So I brought her seeds.” Alex just nods. “It is another joke. You may laugh, if you would like.”

“Ah...haa...” she manages.

“I bid thee farewell!” He shouts suddenly, spinning on his heel and walking away. Alex stares after him for a moment...and then hastily fumbles for her cell phone.

“Hey. Bards don’t use phones!” a random guests hassles her as he walks by.

“They do when they’re on break,” Alex replies, which gets him to shut up. 

She types out a quick message, smirking. There will be no need to sabotage her sister’s coffee now. Not when she has ample fuel with which to tease her.

So. You and Barney, huh? 

[princestreetco]

Emerald Nuts’ Favorite Stupidly Simple Amazon Review Is Now Its Tagline: ‘Yes Good’

The writer of new tagline for Emerald Nuts is not an ad professional. In fact, no one know who the hell he or she is. All agency Barton F. Graf knows is that this person left a stunning review of Emerald Nuts on Amazon last summer that summed up the brand in the simplest, most positive way possible: “Yes good.”

Which is now the rallying cry for a whole new ad campaign.

“Emerald Nuts believes in championing their customer and fans—they’re not going to tell you how good their nuts are; they’re going to let their customers do it for them,” the brand tells AdFreak. And indeed, the new campaign goes beyond “Yes good” into lots more Amazon reviews. But first, check out this video backstory about the “Yes good” line itself:

The whole idea has that overly self-conscious, navel-gazing element to it. But that is balanced out by the fact that the reviews are real, and fawning, and a fun modern twist on consumer testimonials.

Once Barton F. Graf had the idea, it ran with it.

For a series of online videos, the agency got a bunch of artists, directors, animators and musicians to bring other funny, glowing Amazon reviews of Emerald Nuts to life. The series is called “Revue of Reviews.” Check out a bunch of those videos here:

There are also out-of-home ads (see below).

And on its website, the brand will be changing all of the product descriptions to real customer reviews of Emerald Nuts.

Crowdsourcing comedy from Amazon’s reviews sections is nothing new, of course. (It’s been eight years since the Three Wolf Moon T-shirt blew up.) The twist here is the focus on gushingly positive feedback—instead of, more commonly, sarcastic reviews.

It’s also a campaign that’s quickly renewable. Emerald Nuts is asking fans to add more reviews, with the promise that they might be used in future ads. (The best one that appears not to have been used thus far is this one, from April 2016: “If my wife could grind these up, cut them on a mirror, and inhale them with a straw without causing nasal issues, she would. They’re that good. It’s just a shame that they don’t come in larger packages.”)

And by the way, Barton F. Graf does want to find the person who wrote “Yes good.” The only clues were the reviewer’s Amazon wish list—a wireless doorbell, a wristwatch and a vacuum cleaner. The brand is promising to buy the entire wishlish if this person reveals him or herself at yesgood.website.

CREDITS “Yes Good” Client: Snyder’s of Hannover Brand: Emerald Nuts Agency: Barton F. Graf Chief Creative Officer: Gerry Graf Chief Executive Officer: Barney Robinson Chief Strategy Officer: Laura Janness Executive Creative Director: Ian Reichenthal Strategy Director: Amanda Perring Creative Directors: Matt Moore, Jonathan Vingiano Copy Writer: Molly Wilkof Art Director: Zoe Kessler Head of Integrated Production: Josh Morse Producer: Zamile Vilakazi Account Director: Kate Callander Account Supervisor: Marla McCormick Project Manager: Andra Johnson Designer: Robert Broadbent Creative Technologist: Owen Weeks Head of Business Affairs: Jennifer Pannent

“Yes Good” Video Production Credits Production Company: Et Cetera EP: Cédric Troadec Producer: Alex Sanchez Editorial & Post House: No6 EP: Corina Dennison Producer: Laura Molinaro Editor: Justin Quagliata Assistant Editor: Jasmine McCullough Audio Post: Sonic Union Mixer: Paul Weiss Colorist: Matt Rosenblum

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