The Swing of Things

I'm gettin' back into it.

ACTUALLY, I'm swingin' a totally new...thing.

I am now a marketing coordinator at IDP Distribution, which distributes Samuel Goldwyn Films. Among plenty of other duties, I will be handling the majority of the Twitter and Facebook updates, keeping people posted on all the new material being released by Samuel Goldwyn Films, as well as reminding and/or educating of the long history the name Samuel Goldwyn has in this industry of moving pictures. 

Since interviewing for the gig, I've been carried away with taking a look at the legacy of the man, and have discovered not only all the amazing films the guy produced, but the fact that he had a way of saying things, much like our own Casey Stengel and Yogi Berra, which have since become referred to as "Goldwynisms."

Such as...

"If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive."   

"They stayed away in droves."

"Why did you do that? Every Tom, Dick and Harry is named Sam!" -- When a friend told him he named his son Sam.

 Well, the Mets fan has certainly stayed away in droves, but my boss isn't one of them.  He's got season tickets and has bobbleheads galore in his office.

We've got plenty of things on their way and plenty of things in our back catalog, and I look forward to helping to share them with the masses. But don't worry. This Converted Mets Site will not become a Samuel-Goldwyn-Selling-Hot-Bed. BUT do understand that I am legitimately excited to help share the Samuel Goldwyn brand. As the fellow used to say...

"If I were in this business only for the business, I wouldn't be in this business."

Welcome to 2014.

Now, Dance Yrself Clean.

Before we say...

LET'S. GO. METS.

Thanks for reading! Follow me on Twitter @convertedmetfan. And for the latest on a Brooklyn Baseball TV Series I am developing, Like the Bedford & Sullivan Facebook page, follow on Twitter here, and listen to the research process here.

A Toast to 2013

I just got off work at the wine shop in Hell's Kitchen, today being a CRAZY day for the wine and spirit industry. I was upstate for a day, then got back to the neighborhood 20 minutes before my shift started at 2:00PM. I wish I was able to say more about this year before the 11th hour of 2013, but alas, the fates just didn't work that way.

So, I raise the glass of whiskey I just poured to the year 2013. It was a transition year for not only the New York Mets, but for myself as well. I wasn't able to recap it like I could have, or pick my favorite moments, or any of those things that run rampant on December 31st. The best I can do for now is to salute the entire year that was. It was a weird one, but a fun one for sure.

Here's to you, 2013. 

And I welcome you with open arms, 2014.

Happy New Year.

And 
LET'S. GO. METS.

Thanks for reading! Follow me on Twitter @convertedmetfan. And for the latest on a Brooklyn Baseball TV Series I am developing, Like the Bedford & Sullivan Facebook page, follow on Twitter here, and listen to the research process here.