I would like to know how to get a copy of this to Diane Atwood at Channel
6 (WCSH-TV) in Portland, Maine. Can anyone help out?
^^^^^^WARM GREETINGS FROM^^^^^^^^^^
Ivan Suzman 48/11 [log in to unmask]
Portland, Maine land of lighthouses
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On Wed, 1 Jul 1998 17:18:46 -0500 Arthur Hirsch <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>At 09:41 AM 7/1/98 , you wrote:
>>Shortly after someone mention it here I saw my first TV ad
>>about Parkinson's - I don't know if the name is correct, but
>>I think they called themselves "The Houston Parkinson
>>Coalition."
>>
>>If one of you good folks from the far north (Houston is
>>north of where I live) would share information about the TV
>>spot, we'd sure appreciate it. This effort needs to be done
>>on every TV station in the country.
>>
>>This, more than anything else we could do, will bring people
>>face to face with Parkinson's. The spot was excellent - a
>>man sitting on his bed, trying to tie his shoe, hands
>>shaking, talking about Parkinson's.
>
>Jerry,
>
>The television spot that you mention was produced right there in
>Houston by
>the two major PD support groups that exist there (hence "coalition").
>It
>was produced as a result of a gala held in Houston featuring Ali, it
>was
>shown at the recent PAN Forum, and (I understand) it is available to
>every
>Parkinson's support group who will pay for the agency who created it
>(McCann Erickson) to adapt it to their local area. This means a
>change in
>the wording that appears on the screen and a change in the
>"voiceover."
>
>We plan to have such a tape created in Dallas soon. It will also
>include
>the second PSA that was made at the same time, a blues singer who can
>no
>longer play his instrument ("I used to play the bluest blues") because
>of
>Parkinson's. Both feature what we consider to be minority actors (a
>black
>and an Hispanic) both because the Houstonians feel that PD is
>underdiagnosed among the minorities and because Ali wanted it that
>way.
>
>Strangely, I found both this list and DAPS (Dallas Area Parkinsonism
>Society) at the same time, and I have been active in both. I find
>that
>they complement one another. These PSA's (public service
>announcements)
>will hopefully enhance the support group area, as well as lending
>understanding and visibility to PD in general.
>
>For more information, I suggest that you e-mail Anne Martin at
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>
>Art
>
>(BTW, Lewisville is "Far North Dallas.)
>
>
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