Media babbling over Brooks story
Oh, mercy, when will you creative types stop being so creative?
We loved it when C-U Blogfidential friends Anne Shivers and Chris Lukeman got engaged at a movie theater. Now, we scratch our heads in synchronized bemusement upon learning that Normal resident Paul A. Brooks, a freelance videographer who co-edited and acted in the B-N horror-comedy LATE AFTERNOON OF THE LIVING DEAD (see item: 6/8/07), culminated a year-long courtship with Aussie cutie Caragh Brooks (yes, identical surname; no, individual lineage) by getting hitched at a local Taco Bell last Friday, January 9.
Of course, the $200 ceremony – attended by parents, grandparents, friends, Taco Bell employees, and unwary customers that happened to drop in at the time – was taped by LATE AFTERNOON writer/director Jason Huls, who also served as witness. “They wanted something quick, low stress, and fun,” Huls confirms for CUBlog. “[Caragh] just told me a couple of magazines in Australia want to buy their story. I guess you never know what’s going to hit.”
There’s an understatement. After running this story and video, The Pantagraph reported today that the self-described “off-beat couple” have appeared on CBS television’s EARLY SHOW and are invited to do the same for THE TONIGHT SHOW on NBC. The big media attention aside, we sincerely congratulate them and hope imagination continues to play a big role in their life together, especially in cases such as this when they forego the expected and, a-hem, think outside the bun. Thank you, thank you. [Takes bow.]
Now, about optioning those movie rights…
~ Jason Pankoke