jay/day

I have been having a wonderful round of email conversations with Nancy Ullman, who was a receptionist at Chiat/Day from 1988-1990. She has promised to provide me with a personal post about herself, but in the meantime, she has sent me an incredible photo ...

I believe the picture above was taken in 1989 when Chiat/Day merged with Mojo. The nametags read, "Chiat/G'day." At the merger party they had life-size black and white cut-outs of Jay and Lee, but I couldn't see posing with the cut-outs when the real guys were in the room. So, Lydia Lopez, Carol Madonna and I rounded up the big guns for the photo op, and as you can see a few others joined in.

A true testament to the times, my big 80's bangs almost obscure the view of the Pope--whom you've probably guessed by now wasn't actually in town for our big merger. The guy behind the hair was a hired Papal impersonator, who as I remember it, had a few people fooled.

Nancy Ullman

Thank you, Nancy, for taking the time to scan this photo and to send it to me for all of us to enjoy.