12/03/2009

Breaking News!




Dear all

Just had to let you know that after much haggling and a not insignificant amount of 'persuasion' from Miss T'su, we have finally confirmed our headliners for the 'Summer of Unity' concert at Unity Plaza.


Full details will be announced in due course by some blithering media Johnny but in the meantime, I am delighted to confirm that as rumoured, Fuzzy Panda Animal Fleet Grizzly Foxy Banana Bear Collective... Or is that Bear Panda Grizzly Fleet Banana Foxy Foxes Collective? Fleet Panda Oh... Anyway, they're playing.

More bands to be announced along with wonderful entertainment's, fun and all-round happiness. What a splendid day we'll have!

And to think, some misery mongers out there like 'Fothers' Bung of the Intelligence Service warned that this would be a Summer of Unrest... Poppycock... We'll all be too busy humming along to Panda Foxy Grizzly Animal's hypnotising harmonics as they bang on for hour after hour... Well, maybe not me, unfortunately I might have something to do that day, so I might be a bit late, BUT YOU ENJOY!

TOODLE PIP! & more info soon!

11/03/2009

Help combat this threat to National Unity!


Dear Readers

Recent events surrounding the unseemly dairy haranguing of Gavin Sachet, my Minister for Beastly Things, has forced us to elevate the current security status surrounding Ministers and important people to the Auburn Level.


As you will be aware, this is just above Sienna but directly below Amber, meaning that it would require a Topaz critical announcement to take the state of alert to a full blown Carnation.

Please read the following information and refer to the GUEST SPEAKER column in the 'Illiterate and Fraudster' for Gertrude Creep's announcement on the current situation and for further information.

Thank you my dear, dear friends.

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A Riotous piece of fun!


Well, Dear Readers

We all know how those lovely people over at 'The Fraudster' love to unearth fun toys for us to buy our kiddywinks in their 'Toy of the Week' feature, and by jove... This week is no exception. They really have found an absolute winner to send little Johnny off to his pals with.

Behold the glory of the Dress-Up Riot Suit... Complete with extra long night stick, body armour & face shield. Yes, what better way to ensure that your child is never suspected by Gertrude Creep of being an enemy of Happiness and Freedom by play-acting the consequences of erring in your National Unity!

Why not pick up one of these wonders for your dearest little ones and let them re-enact the Seattle Riots, or possibly practice crowd suppression tactics with the Cat. "Go on Johnny, get your knee in Tiddles throat"... Marvellous!

Miss T'su has an outfit not dissimilar to this, however she has made some... Ahem, 'amendments' that might not work quite so appropriately on a child's play set - After all, we have to protect their young impressionable minds from corrupting influences... Don't we?

That's all for know, I'm off to see Prof. Panzer at the AMC Weapons and Family Sciences lab - He has some spiffy new Pepper Spray and Spray String he wants to show me for marketing to the under 11's... He calls it 'Lord Mesmo's Giggle & Choke Pepper-String'... Catchy.

TTFN!!!

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10/03/2009

A nice tune in the morning

People often ask how the delectable Miss T'su and I while away the hours in the AMC 'News Blimp' while we're monitoring the happy, halcyon world we have created - And while Miss T'su has many diversions, some of them particular to only a small group of people, there is one love that we both share a passion for, and that dear reader, is music.

How delighted we were therefore when we discovered that one of Miss T'su's trusted helpers liked to tickle the old ivories of an evening as amusement back on Terra Firma. Well, we needed no second bidding and the staunch young lady was immediately given free board and lodging on the Corporate dirigible with the sole purpose of playing us a nice tune to get the day started.

This, then dear reader, is how Miss T'su and I like to rouse ourselves in the morning - With this lovely ditty being a particular favourite to get me stirred, ready for a good days work fulfilling my duty to keep you safe and secure at the helm of the good ship AMC.

Take it away Miss T'su's stern young friend...



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09/03/2009

The diplomatic incident in Russia - An apology.


On behalf of my idiot Foreign Office staff, I would like to apologise to both Yuri Staunch - The Russian Assistant Prime Minister - And the Russian people for the unfortunate error made on Sir Sidney Gaffe's 'Goodwill' tour of Russia this weekend.

As you may well know, Sir Sidney presented Comrade Staunch with a fine Mesmo Corp 'Happy Hugs' doll, which bears a 'your message here' tee-shirt. Our intention had been to place a message of love and friendship on there, however, thanks to what can only be described as a 'balls up' in our translation department, the message read instead 'Go to Hell you T*ssers'.

I can only assure our fine, lovely Russian friends that this was indeed an error and that no malice or ill-will was intended on our part - And whilst suffering from a complete humour failure - I would like to thank Comrade Staunch for his customary frankness in pointing out the error.

I'm sure that you will all be glad to know that the 'bad turn' and collapse suffered by Sir Sidney just after the mis-translation was revealed, was not of a serious nature and he should be well enough to carry on his duties as soon as he can get himself packed and on a plane back to Unity Plaza.

We will be launching a full investigation as to how an organisation that represents the free world can be so idiotic as to not properly check the correct translation of a gift before giving it to a foreign dignitary at such a crucial moment in world history and with the worlds media watching... But this may take a little time to fathom.

In the meantime, rest assured that we are doing everything in our power to ensure that this does not cause a problem in our new post-post cold war, thawing & slight re-freeze' era relationship with Russia and also, have no fear that Miss T'su is currently holding de-briefing talks with our translation staff in a roomy but rather damp sub-basement at Unity Plaza.

06/03/2009

McDonalds 'Go Low'

As regular readers among you may know, I love it when a corporate shows their cuddly public service side and shows how they can be of help to the community. Well, dear reader, that time is upon us again and once again, it's those lovely people at the cultural melting pot of McDonalds who have thrust their hat into the ring.

Yes, they really seem to be serving up the goods under the golden arches just now, and their advertising Johnnies must be popping brain cells on overtime to come up with these delights.

Not content with the Nuggets Groove (see earlier entry), they have now come up with the Happy Meal Cha Cha.

In this carefully thought out gem, the peoples burger chain show their community service skills by helping this sadly middle class family re-discover their 'blackness'... WHY THANK YOU BIG MAC! Thanks to the power of the Cha Cha slide & a sidewards baseball cap, even 'Obamacised' black American families can get back to doing what McDonalds think they do best... Movin', Groovin' & listening to giant 'Old Skool HiFi'.

McDonalds, I take my hat so far off to you that I nearly throw it on the coat-peg across my sizeable marble-clad boardroom at the Unity Plaza offices. This is what corporates get their reputation for, truly showing that they are... If you'll excuse my drop into street parlance... 'Down' with their customers.

Say cheese... Extra cheese and as they say in this ad... "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"



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05/03/2009

Killing It Up Kili!


Cassandra Thrombis, Head of Group Hug PR tells all from behind the scenes as our team of intrepid celebrities are 'Killing It Up Kili' for Bank Aid!

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Oscars special! Slumdog cast to have homes refurbished!


In a touching gesture, the Producers of that heart-warming Oscars smash 'Slumdog Billionaire-wallah' have teamed up with local Mumbai housing co-operatives and the BBC to dramatically improve the housing of some of the films young stars. I, of course will be doing my bit to help, dear reader.

In an attempt to counter claims of exploitation aimed at them by some narrow-minded Johnnies in the media, after the film crew wafted in and out of Mumbai leaving a handful of rupee and several empty minibars, the makers of the massively profitable production will be bringing 'Changing Rooms' to the slums of Mumbai for a 'Celebrity house makeover special'.

I understand that the festooned dandy of interiors, Larry Llewelyn-Bowen has himself been to Jewson to pick out the two new sheets of corrugated iron that they're going to put up and will probably paint them some shocking shade of pink and attach a knob of MDF and a scrunched up piece of kitchen foil to round off the whole shambles - Although I'm sure the young cast members will be delighted.

As an extra touch and to ensure my own name is on the credits, I have dispatched Fleur Largesse of the AMC's Arts funding committee forthwith to personally buy a new washing line from Dalston pound store to contribute.

In the meantime, shareholders will be delighted to know that I have sold the rights of this heart-warming piece of Sunday night wallpaper around the world for a dazzling amount of cash and we will be screening it to co-incide with the films release on DVD. I currently have Ms Largesse & Vouvray Fawn, my art critic, trying to round up some West End producer types to make a musical out of the whole thing to wring out what spare change we can... Who knows, we might even recoup the cost of dry-cleaning Bowen's bloody velvet jacket.

Anyway, that's all for now - Toodle Pip!

The slum area in which the film is based is regarded as one of the worlds poorest and most densley populated areas, with 1 million people living in an area the size of Central Park. Lord Mesmo owns Central Park.

03/03/2009

Mesmo Talks Torture and Terror - The Truth!


Dear friends

I am not usually one to respond to tittle-tattle and speculation, in fact I normally despatch Miss T'su to have a word with any blighter doing the tattling and that is generally the end of it. However, there has been so much written of late about the detention of the enemies of happiness and National Unity at our 'Camp Cosy' on the Kent coast - That I thought it was time for me to set the record straight and with total clarity!


As you well remember, before our halcyon world began in 2001, reactionaries, urchins and general n'er-do-well's thronged the streets of our cherished cities spreading tales and promising discontent of the most dastardly nature. Slander against the very things that we hold dearest, lovely things which you and I know well and which need no mention.

In order to preserve those very things I just didn't mention, we decided to act, resulting in the revolutionary 'Comfort & Safety' cctv installation programme in which our beloved Head of Comfort & Safety - Gertrude Creep - Closely monitored the activities of anyone she suspected of not behaving in the spirit of National Unity or of generally 'acting in a funny way'. This extensive programme lead to thousands of anti-social crimes against happiness being detected.

Such was the nature of these crimes (Things such as decent people wouldn't do unless they were told to do so by somebody in authority that had done them or did to those that did the doing and that would have been done unless they had not been stopped from doing them by those that understood the doing was intended to be done, even if it hadn't been done yet, or had only thought of being done) That I was left with no alternative but to act and remove them from your happy midst for the sake of public safety.

This place was Camp Cosy.

While we at the AMC didn't publicly acknowledge the existence of Camp Cosy until last week and/or even confirm or deny the whereabouts of the people contained there, I can confirm categorically that they (whoever they may be) have been constantly cosy there since it's inception.

The facilities are extensive and luxurious and the guests (As they are referred to at all times to make them feel really at home) are very well looked after. Despite stories to the contrary spread by malicious journalists slipped torn notes on pieces of blood-stained and tattered uniform, there are virtually no physical methods used to teach them the error of their ways, with rehabilitation achieved through a series of deep meaningful discussions.

Granted, these discussions sometimes involve the playing of Iron Maiden or High School Musical at stadium volume for 96 hours straight, sometimes bright lights, being hooded or systematically threatened for days on end, sometimes even the occasional removal of perks such as light, air, food and water - but always under the watchful, concerned eye of the diabolical Miss T'su and instruction of Prof. Walter Panzer of the AMC Family Sciences Division.

There is categorically nothing that the Professor would refer to as torture and we should trust his view as, after all, he is an expert and veteran of many torture campaigns since the 1940's. Let us remind ourselves however, that Camp Cosy was established in direct answer to a very real threat to your happiness, comfort and safety... Something which I know that you know, we take very seriously here at the AMC.

And one final thing dear reader, let us also remember that only those doing anything wrong have anything to fear and that couldn't possibly include you as you're a good person with such a developed sense of National Unity*

So, let your children sleep safe in their beds in the knowledge that I am here and that National Unity prevails. Thank you as always for your support, and I'm so glad that I had this chance to put the record straight so unequivocally.

*Subject to status, terms and conditions.

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