{"id":30857,"date":"2011-10-28T00:03:55","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T07:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=30857"},"modified":"2014-12-30T21:27:46","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T04:27:46","slug":"anybody-named-sam-phillips-has-my-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2011\/10\/anybody-named-sam-phillips-has-my-vote.html","title":{"rendered":"Anybody named Sam Phillips has my vote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

In addition to being 1) the exec for Sun Records <\/a>who gave the world Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash, and 2) the quirky singer <\/a>who gave us the Indescribable Wow <\/em>and\u00a0Martinis and Bikinis<\/em>,\u00a0as well as playing the silent femme fatale in Die Hard with a Vengeance<\/em>, there is also this <\/em>Sam Phillips, who writes me:<\/p>\n

Good morning. During the last few months, I\u2019ve been working with some fellow Christendom alums from the video company, Mirandum Pictures, in developing a comedy webseries called \u201cFruitcake\u201d. Fruitcake is a 10-episode series about a guy who wakes up to discover that he in the midst of the previous night\u2019s drinking he stupidly placed his girlfriend\u2019s engagement ring in a fruitcake and mailed it to her. Unfortunately for him most people who receive a fruitcake discretely pass on the fruitcake to another. The show follows his travails as he and his buddy, Champ, travel the country to track down the engagement ring which has fallen into a veritable game of fruitcake hot potato.<\/p>\n

Our pilot episode went online yesterday, and a new episode will be released each Wednesday. It\u2019s a very fun and goofy series and I think the folks who follow your blog would really enjoy it. Would you consider sharing the video on your blog? The video can be found at www.fruitcakeshow.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is a longer synopsis of the show:<\/p>\n

Fruitcake is a 10-episode comedy miniseries, set during Christmastime, about a college guy with commitment issues. One night he has too much to drink, and decides to end the suspense by mailing his girlfriend an engagement ring \u2013 in a box of fruitcake. When he wakes up and realizes what happened, he
\nrushes over to explain, but his girlfriend acts like nothing\u2019s wrong. Since nobody actually eats fruitcake, she had cheerfully re-gifted the box without even opening it. Which is exactly what the next person to receive the fruitcake does. And the person after that . . .<\/em><\/p>\n

Fruitcake revolves around our hero\u2019s wild goose chase as he desperately tries to catch up with the fruitcake, and its precious cargo\u2013which he absolutely must do before Christmas comes and someone is finally to open the box.<\/p>\n

Also, there are secret agents, a charitable foundation for \u201cHelping Introverts Extrovert,\u201d and a creepy lawn ornament.<\/p>\n

Thanks for your consideration!<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Sam Phillips<\/p>\n

P.S. I\u2019m good friends with Julian Ahlquist from our time at Christendom, and had the great opportunity to
\ncollaborate with Kevin O\u2019Brien and company on the filming of the 6 Season of Apostle of Common Season (an experience I know you too have enjoyed).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How can I resist?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In addition to being 1) the exec for Sun Records who gave the world Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash, and 2) the quirky singer who gave us the Indescribable Wow and\u00a0Martinis and Bikinis,\u00a0as well as playing the silent femme fatale in Die Hard with a Vengeance, there is also this Sam Phillips, who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nAnybody named Sam Phillips has my vote<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In addition to being 1) the exec for Sun Records who gave the world Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash, and 2) the quirky singer who gave us the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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