Miss the Rent Party on Friday Night?
Don’t worry. Angry White Guy didn’t. And he’s in Chicago. I’m not going to toot our own horn or anything – I’ll save that for Mr. Hall. However, it’s not everyday he recommends a show, and doesn’t piss off the masses when he does. This is one of those rare occasions. [...]
Baby with an E
You dream it, we post it! About a month ago, I was asked to help write some of the new Walter E. Smithe TV commercials. This is the first one. When Tim Smithe told me that it was going to be shot with the Smithe brothers acting as babies, I was immediately [...]
October 7th, 2008. 11:53AM
Posing after the “Emmy With An E” Shoot. Pictured here with us is Tim Smithe (furniture God) and Bill O’Neil (camera/director God). This was during business hours and there were customers staring. We dreamt it AND built it that day.
October 7, 2008. 11:27 AM
Emmy Acceptance Video Shoot w/ Tim Smithe
Walter E. Smithe Furniture – Clybourn Avenue, Chicago
Emmy…with an E
As you may have heard, we’ve been nominated for a 2008 Chicago Emmy for our work on the WTTW pilot IL-Informed! Well, the awards ceremony is tomorrow night — and because we’re already booked at the Lakeshore (see us at 8 and 11 pm!), we figured it’d be a good idea to pre-record our acceptance [...]
Hideout: You Dream It, We Build It!
That’s right! Tim Smithe, obviously the smartest, coolest and classiest of the three Walter E. Smithe Brothers, visited the ole’ Schadenfreude Rent Party on Saturday night at the Hideout. No big deal!! He ran into his long lost brother Nathan . . . that’s Nathan with an E . . .