COMM 170 Interview, Media

My Final interview with Greg was about advertising and public relations. He first described that he would often notice billboards for vacation/sightseeing locations, such as Meramac caverns and gas stations. One of the advertisements that he remembers the most was Stuckies; There was always this advertisement for a place called Stuckies. It was a restaurant that served in these wooden bowls that you could take home. It was such a neat idea.                     Image Source: https://www.i70signshow.org/database/billboard-categories/tag/Meramec%20Caverns                                             A Billboard advertising Meramec Caverns, a hot spot back in the day/ Greg told me about all of the advertisements that he would see painted on the side of buildings downtown. He would see many ads for Vess Beverages and Bil...

     My fourth interview with Greg was over print media. In his home, there were usually only two newspapers: the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the Global Democrat. These would just sit on the coffee table during the day, and he would occasionally pick them up for a read. The only magazine they every had was the Parade, which came inside the newspapers.                                            Image Source:  https://www.newspapers.com/title_4064/st_louis_postdispatch/                                                         A sample page of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Every morning I would get up and there on the coffee table they[the newspapers] would be sitting. I always liked to read them and do the crossword pu...

My Third interview with Greg was over Movies. My father has a long history them. One of his favorite places to go see movies was at the Drive-in Theater on 66 Watson. He went there almost every week, whether that was alone, with friends, or on a date. The Drive-In was only open in the evenings so that you could see the screen. Most of the time he would park in the back to "see the screen better". When he was younger, he would go on the playgrounds during the intermission of the movies                                           Image source:  http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/8620                   This is the same theater that Greg went to when he was younger. unfortunately, it is demolished now  I would always go and get a candy bar at the concession stand before the movie started. My parents would get popcorn, but ...