Last week Universal Studios announced a $3 billion renovation plan. Along with the existing 158-hectare studio and theme park, Universal will add condos and more state of the art facilities to be completed in the next 25 years.

I’d like to take us all back to 1996 when Universal merged with Seagrams creating one of the richest corporate conglomerates of the time. Universal hired two funny unknowns, Matt Parker & Trey Stone, to shoot sketches for a Universal-Seagrams party celebrating the merger. They were given carte blanche with celebrities. (check out Steven Spielberg as the Jaws tour guide!) What better way to parody the Seagram’s merge than get Demi Moore, James Cameron and Sly Stallone in on the joke and re-create a 1950s instructional film? The star cameos are dated but the message remains the same: Everyone profits from corporate profit sharing! If it seems too gloomy, add a porcelain deer and drink a wine cooler!

"Your Studio And You" Part 1


"Your Studio And You" Part 2

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