Apple Creative Team, 1984
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Marten Tonnis sent me this amazing photo of the original Apple Creative Team. I look at these photos and I have two reactions: a) they were so young, and b) who in the hell are they? I've checked with people who WORKED on the Apple account and their brains are as warped as mine are. So I'm going to ask you to post a comment and help identify all of them.
If you count each row, left to right, #2 is Lee Clow and #3 is Steve Hayden. #6 is Richard O'Neill.
#6 (we're in the second row now, is Penny Kapousouz. #9 (seated on the stool) is Gary Johnson. #13 is Joe Sosa.
After that, I've going to ask for your help. There are three rows. Add a comment to this posting that begins with a number and then identifies the person.
Go!
Comments
Top Row
Steve Beaumont,Lee Clow,Steve Hayden,Can't remember, Steve Rabowsky, Richard O'Neil
Row 2
Penny Kapousouz,Christine Donohoe, Elaine Hinman, Laurie Brandelise,Mark Chiat, me. and Harry Ray below me.
That's all I remember. And you thought my brain cells were cooked.
Posted by: Joe Sosa | August 11, 2010 01:53 AM
WOW! I believe you just kicked in 26 years of gray matter. I can barely remember what I had for lunch! One correction: it's "Elaine Hinton."
Posted by: Steve Alburty | August 11, 2010 04:25 AM
Now for the missing persons names. She was the creative secretary. He was a writer.
Posted by: Joe Sosa | August 12, 2010 12:09 PM
You forgot the art director. (Brent Thomas)
Posted by: Brent Thomas | August 12, 2010 11:48 PM
The creative secretary in the picture was Diana Barton (I was the other, not in the picture), the art director sitting next to her on the stool was australian (his name will come to me...) and the guy on the floor sitting escapes me (doesn't look like Brent T)...the one between hayden and rabosky is another steve (whose last name also escapes me). Brings back great memories!
Posted by: Virginia Casas-Trujillo | August 13, 2010 01:22 AM
The chap between Steve H and Steve R is...another Steve. Kessler, to be precise.
And thanks, Virginia, for reminding me of Diana Barton. The very essence of SoCal hot chick, least that was my impression at the time. Not that it got me anywhere.....
RIP Harry: what a lovely, lovely man. Where's Gail these days?
Posted by: Tim O'Kennedy | August 13, 2010 06:49 PM
KESSLER! How could I forget...he was Harry's partner. And yes, Harry was a good man...he and Steve were very funny together, too. And Diana was quite the gal...knew how to party, but was what I call a walking encyclopedia. Not sure what happened to Gail. When I was still at C/D I believe she had her own production company...but, alas, I became a domestic goddess about ten years ago and this is my connection to the C/D world.
Posted by: Virginia Casas-Trujillo | September 10, 2010 10:02 PM
If you're still out there somewhere in cyberspace, Christine Donohoe deserves my THANKS for staging the most memorable tea party ever! Working for her was an honor. And no, I'm not in this photo. But I was THERE behind the scenes. Right before I flew to London . . . and fell for a Chiat/Day creative guy who later broke my heart.
Posted by: Linda Evans | September 18, 2010 11:27 PM