Sales Success a la Meteor

Bob has trouble with the basic concept of truth in advertising.

Vital Statistics

Date: December 3, 2004

Category: Shorts

Appearing: Graham Stark, Paul Saunders

Writing: Steve Notley (Adapted from this comic)

Camera:' Unknown

Editing: Graham

Location: Graham's Parents' House

Synopsis

The second of three shorts based on the popular comic 'Bob the Angry Flower'. Bob buys 'meteor repellant' charms and makes money by selling them to the U.N. Meteor Deflection Task Force at an inflated price. As far as he knows, they don't even work.

Quotes

Bob: Okay! Okay, okay, okay, okay! I found the thing that's going to make us billionaires!

Bob's Friend: Great! What?

[Bob holds up a foam pint of beer]

Bob: It's a meteor repellant!

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Bob's Friend: So, how does it deflect meteors?

[Long Pause]

Bob: Pardon?

Bob's Friend: How does it work?

Bob: It's a little foam pint of beer.

Bob's Friend: Yeah, but, what does it do?

Bob: When I squeeze it... it makes a squeeky noise...

Trivia

• The "meteor repellant" is the same air-filled Guinness squeaky toy that Paul throws at the Nintendo lawyer in Wyy.

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