tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743933667397295377.post4382532831033491975..comments2009-08-10T07:50:45.531-07:00Coggbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04339287544576348864noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743933667397295377.post-90758531855722783242008-03-08T18:20:00.000-08:002008-03-08T18:20:00.000-08:00Pass.<BR/><BR/>Don't worry, though; I'll fight to get you an associate producer credit.Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07098640239116283781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743933667397295377.post-83326161823301285082008-03-08T18:15:00.000-08:002008-03-08T18:15:00.000-08:00Fair enough. How about the Western Union man's despair is assuaged by one intrepid reporter who believes him and digs out the truth of the elusive Marty? That way, all of my own madness will come to fruition and I don't have to revise my blog (again).Coggbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04339287544576348864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743933667397295377.post-35596408994714000422008-03-08T18:05:00.000-08:002008-03-08T18:05:00.000-08:00Regarding the last paragraph of my previous comment:<BR/><BR/><I>Potential </I>Back to the Future Part IV<I> plot inception copyright me 2008.</I>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07098640239116283781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743933667397295377.post-86943124880442341342008-03-08T18:02:00.000-08:002008-03-08T18:02:00.000-08:00You <I>were</I> suggesting as much before you altered your text, revisionist blogtorian.<BR/><BR/>Regardless...how would Western Union have gained acclaim from their Marty McFly story post-1955 if there were no Marty McFly on hand to confirm it? The public would've dismissed the matter as nothing more than falsified corporate self-promotion, and it would have been forgotten long before the actual Marty McFly was born in 1968.<BR/><BR/>At the most, Joe Flaherty's character would have ended up in a mental institution, driven mad by the fact that no one would believe his tale (after losing his job for refusing to heed his superiors' orders to let the matter rest, of course).Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07098640239116283781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743933667397295377.post-74978799898573005622008-03-08T17:32:00.000-08:002008-03-08T17:32:00.000-08:00True. But I'm not suggesting Western Union tried to find Marty before 1955. I'm posing the question of what happens once the unexplainable actually occurs. One can only assume the elders at Western Union thought ol' 1885 Doc was a nut, sending letters to teens in the distant future. Surely they didn't think this "Marty" would ever exist, let alone that he'd actually BE there at the roadside to receive the letter. But props to them for delivering - hence this likely becoming Western Union's advertising cornerstone ad eternum. <BR/><BR/>We're such dorks.Coggbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04339287544576348864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743933667397295377.post-6873685812387151242008-03-08T17:30:00.000-08:002008-03-08T17:30:00.000-08:00For any Western Union employee to have inquired of a "Marty McFly" anytime between 1885 and Joe Flaherty's character's scheduled delivery of Doc's letter in 1955 would have been bad business. Curiosity aside, 70 years' worth of the company's staff handled the matter entirely professionally; I believe such discretion is commendable, not to mention totally plausible.Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07098640239116283781noreply@blogger.com