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The latest news from Greg........

4/26/2004

Punch and Judy Has a New Pet Puppy(Puppet, that is).... Toby who we all now know is the name of Punch and Judy's dog in the British puppet play.
The BBC is reviving the puppet play for  a children's show, to be shown on The BBC and guess what????? They are creating a puppet Dog based on guess, who??? My Toby!
Today, The real Toby did a publicity photo shoot for BBC with Punch and Judy on the original stage. I had some digital pics taken of the shoot, they are raw pics of the process of taking the photo shoot..."a behind the scenes look at Toby's photo shoot"
The BBC 's shots are are film and they are going to give me some of them, which I will scan and post. Toby was also measured as they are going to create an exact replica of a Toby as a puppet....
Here is the link to a behind the scene's look at Punch and Judy and their dog ( and mine) TOBY.

4/20/2004

Toby Makes it into Saks Fifth Avenue! Watch for Toby in the May 2004 issue of Saks Fifth avenue.

ALERT ALERT!! Toby's first photo shoot for Saks Fifth Avenue will appear in the Mother's Day Catalogue as well as newspapers and magazines around that time (2nd Sunday in May). Although it is targeted to be in the Christmas catalogue, it was decided by the powers that be at Saks that it will also be used for their Mother's Day campaign. Please keep in mind that Toby played a girl dog <ug!> and will be wearing an expensive flowered harness <double ug!>, sitting next to a bag/carrier of some sort (I think it was mink lined)

4/19/2004

 Toby and Greg are going to be on TV!!! (ABC-TV)
Set your VCR!
Toby and I were walking down Madison Avenue this afternoon on our way to the Dog Run in Madison Square Park, just outside the park was an ABC News crew, and Toby being the ham that he is ran over to them sat in front of the camera man and "struck a pose" -he loves, loves, loves cameras! (and mirrors too) The News crew loved Toby and asked me if I sit with Toby on my lap and do an interview with them regarding the cost of Pet Care (Vet, Meds, Grooming, etc.)
So we went into the dog run, and I did the interview with Toby on my lap!
It was only about 3-4 minutes but I'm sure when the editors get it, might be only 30 seconds or so (or they might cut it altogether, how sad that would be)!
They told me it would air a week from this Sunday (He might have said 2 weeks from this Sunday, but I think he said 1 week)
So look for us!
Business Week: Money Talks on ABC (NYC Broadcast Channel 7-WABC)
Sunday Morning 05/02/2004 10:00 AM (Eastern)

3/13/2004

On the set of Saturday Night Live!!
I made it to Saturday Night Live! ----- (3/13/04)
The Guest host was Ben Affleck---there was an "off camera" guest too, besides me...Mick Jagger...boy is he old and skinny!
 
This was all possible because of Toby, he had the be there all day to get used to the set...basically he sniffed the entire set so he is comfortable there when he goes on his first show in a few weeks. I spent the day with the cast and Ben and watched them rehearse and ate with Ben and the crew in the Famous NBC commissary, the food looked great, but I could only get down fruit salad cause I was nervous sitting across the table from Ben and next to Mick Jagger's table, it was unbelievable to say the least! I have to bring Toby there as often as I can these next few weeks. Luckily for me NBC Studios is on 49th street, only 10 blocks from my apt. In the upcoming shows I will get to meet Al Sharpton, Janet Jackson to name a few.
 
Here are some pics of my day.....while Toby was off sniffing I had some pics taken of me on the set. In the second pic especially, you will see me in the monitors  little did I know when I took these first two pics that I was on a "hot" set"---all the monitors in the building are viewing me getting my pic taken, even the screens in the lobby  hehe

Visit Toby's Briefcase to see Pictures on the set:

http://www.picturetrail.com/tobytomkiel