Cheryllynn Carter
Carol Madonna reminded me that today would have been Jay's birthday. (Remember the code to the security system at 79 Fifth?) I can think of no better "present" to give Jay than this memory of him which arrived the other day from Cheryllynn Carter.
When I started at Chiat/Day I started on the switch board. It was when they decided that the office should be "virtual". My first week of work they were still wiring the hardware and writing the software that was going to make us a cutting age company. In the LA office we were in the Binoculars and I loved the energy and vibe there. Then Jay was all over the place. At one point Jay was in NY and he needed to talk to Bob Kuperman and Bob Grossman and I was the one that need to facilitate that call. The systems had a ton of bugs in it and call were getting dropped left and right. Jay told me if I dropped the call I was fired. Well the call dropped, and Jay was pissed. I went into the bathroom and cried then came back, set up the call and it worked. The next day I came to work. I waited all day for HR to tell me I was fired....it never happened. I worked there for over 13 years. Jay and I became friends and I so enjoyed working there. I never however brought up the fact that he fired me, thank God he forgot.
I went from the switch board to the production department. I became a producer and I specialized in voice over. Now I run my own voice over casting company. I miss Jay days.
Cheryllynn Carter
Precision Talent