January Blah Blah Blah - Magilla The Gorilla

How Do You Like Our New Colour?

Of course it’s been to committee and approved at various stages, and there was a workshop late in the year last year where various “stakeholders” who had some sort of “buy in” to the whole deal threw in their two cents worth, and Teddy was informed in writing and Nesbitt was CCd on the whole matter… So what do you think?

We call it Painted Desert and we’re kind of so-so on it. Actually, we had been hoping for a new shade of blue to replace the ever popular 6699FF we had been using for the last year or so. We were even prepared to accept a green, perhaps something very soft and pastel, but after Teddy did some audience research he said that we either had to go with a shade of brown or forget the whole thing and just install something called “American Cheese” which is very popular as well.

Some Things Have Happened While Others Haven’t

You may recall we said that we’d be announcing our new slogan for 2004 and that’s been a great success. We also said that we’d been doing a new colour scheme and here it is. However, although our intentions have been good, and we’re hoping, please Lord, we don’t want to be misunderstood, we were also going to do, “one or two entirely new theories, a business plan, a new service…”

Well, to be honest, Teddy and Nesbitt are a bit short on theories of late. It’s partly to do with the fact that Teddy has been impersonating Madeline Albright, the former Secretary of State in the Clinton Administration, for a week now and he’s really rather busy. If you ask him something he’ll say “Excuse me, but I’m going shopping with Barbara Streisand” or “Have you read my new autobiography?”. Well, we haven’t and we don’t have time. Nesbitt, meanwhile, was supposed to be impersonating Albright’s husband, Senator Alfonse Tomato, but instead he’s taken his clothes off and is running around squeaking.

As for the business plan, TEZNEZCO! (The Company Run By Bears!™) is being broken up under tough new antitrust laws in the United States. (Business activities will be unaffected elsewhere). The company will now be broken up into three new companies - TEDCO which will be exporting Teddy-related products., NEZCO! will be doing likewise with Nesbitt ephemera and TNPB&B will “handle” all the multimedia business.

Now you’re probably asking yourself, “what does all this mean to me? Will I still be able to visit my local TEZNEZCO! office? Will the 1 800 numbers be effected.” The short is answer is “It means very little, yes you can and no it won’t.” The longer answer is far too complicated to go into now but if you have any doubts, just check your Emergency TEZNEZCO pamphlet which should be taped under the kitchen table in case of an emergency. That’s just standard procedure, isn’t it?

If you don’t live in the United States, just relax, everything is fine. Honest.

Now, Back To Normal Transmission

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“This diary cracked me up, completely, perhaps the oddest diary I have ever read. I'm not sure if it's a takeoff on something or someone that I have somehow missed. Regardless, TEZNEZCO! chronicles the adventures of two bears and describe them as if they are a minority of some sort. The writing is disturbingly matter-of-fact as if it is perfectly normal to be writing about these bears as people. I like it; it's pleasantly novel" - Diaryreview

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