People came from near and far to attend Buddy Media Casino Night festivities. While nearly everyone walked away a winner, these folks deserve special recognition. As a result, the recipients of the first annual James Bond-inspired Casino Night awards are:
10. The Atlantic’s Shrimp Population wins the ‘You Only Live Twice’ award. Two lifetimes wouldn’t be enough to polish off the mound of aquatic delicacies which seemed to keep multiplying in the largest martini glass I’ve ever seen. The ocean called…they’re running out of shrimp.
9. Katherine Bateman and Lu Montague, winners of ‘The World is Not Enough’ award. These two frantically transformed Buddy Media HQ into Las Vegas East, equipped with blackjack, roulette, and craps. Somehow, they also managed to keep the night running smoothly, while seemingly enjoying themselves just as much as everyone else. Bravo!
8. Jeff Ragovin, who wins the night’s ‘Live and Let Fry’ award, for donating his office/Fortress of Solitude to the catering staff. A scented candle the size of Rhode Island won’t be big enough to eliminate the smell of hot oil from the room, but Mr. Jeff agrees that it was all worth it – if only for the tasty beef cigars and mini-Monte Cristos.
7. Patrick Stokes wins the ‘Thunderball’ award for taking off his poker face and placing a suckers bet on the roulette wheel. Of course, he hit big. He was last seen wrestling with the pit boss, who tried to convince him that the chips he had spilling out of his pockets were not exchangeable for cold-hard cash.
6. Chris Dessi, who wins the ‘Guy Who Loved Me’ award. This guy did more schmoozing than a politician at a funding drive. At one point, I saw him sketching a mock-up of a Public Profile in a giant bowl of guacamole. Ole!
5. The ‘Doctor No’ award goes to Mike Jaindl for letting his hair down and surviving an evening without charting each hour’s milestones in Basecamp.
4. Will Gallego, who put on a suit that was concentrated awesome. Honestly, I’ve never seen the guy wear anything but a T-shirt, and last night he was looking C – double O – L. As a result, he went home with the ‘License to Will’ award.
3. I don’t like to pat myself on the back (even though it’s quite easy with my extra-long arms), but based on the amount of positive feedback I received, I’ve given myself the ‘Man With the Golden Voice’ award. One guy even called me melifluous.
2. The ‘For Your Sighs Only’ award goes to all of the Casino Night invitees, who went home empty handed. Sorry, folks, better luck at our annual X-mas extravaganza.
1. Of course, the night couldn’t have happened without the Lazerows, winners of the evening’s ‘Goldfinger’ award – for throwing a raging bash and providing each Buddy with the opportunity to work for the coolest company in the world.
This post wouldn’t be complete without an extra special thanks to all of our clients and friends who made Buddy Media Casino Night an evening to remember. Diamonds are forever, but the relationships that we’ve built over the last two years are truly eternal. Thanks for choosing not to gamble your media dollars and instead going with the surefire path to a social media jackpot!
