A snailpaper interview with the guy who coined snailpapers as a term of endearment for print newspapers, no kidding!
New York Times Reporter: Mr Bloom, are you a true-blue snailpaper guy?
DANNY BLOOM: Definitely. Since my first forays into newspaper reading, back in the 1950s, in western Massachusetts, the Springfield Union and the Springfield Republican, one a morning snailpaper and the other an evening snailpaper, I first saw the big world outside my home with a front row seat at Snailpapers Central. Every morning, come rain or come shine, snow or sleet or blizzard or
hurricane, the daily snailpaper was there. Sports, the funnies, letters to the editor, headlines, sidebars,
above the fold, below the fold, sexy pictures, full page advertisements, the whole nine yards! Snailpapers rock! Always have, always will.
[Editor's note: There were no snailpapers in 1000 A.D., and there likely won't be any snailpapers still crawling around in 3000 A.D.. Think about that, Danny Bloom!]
New York Times Reporter: Will snailpapers survive the Digital Age?
Danny Bloom: You bet!
New York Times Reporter: How do you know?
DANNY BLOOM: Remember the old story about the tortoise and the hare? Well, snailpapers are the tortoise in this race. They're slow, they're plodding, yes, but they're in the race for the long haul.
New York Times Reporter: Bloomy, are you a PR agent for snailpapers?
DANNY BLOOM: Something like that.
New York Times Reporter: Can you explain?
DANNY BLOOM: Well, the snailpaper industry doesn't pay me for my work on this, I don't get a retainer, zilch, I just do this for fun, for myself. If anyone else is interested, cool. But I am not looking for a big payday on this. I pay myself in spades!
New York Times Reporter: And?
DANNY BLOOM: This is my way of paying snailpapers back for all the joy and insight they have given me in my four score and ten. I really love snailpapers, it's that simple.
NY TIMES REPORTER: What's your favorite snailpaper?
DANNY BLOOM: ....THE DAILY SNAILPAPER. Distributed and read wherever good folks gather.
New York Times Reporter: One last question.
DANNY BLOOM: Sure
New York Times Reporter: How do you spell snailpapers backwards?
DANNY BLOOM: .............S-R-E-P-A-P-L-I-A-N-S.....
DANNY BLOOM: Definitely. Since my first forays into newspaper reading, back in the 1950s, in western Massachusetts, the Springfield Union and the Springfield Republican, one a morning snailpaper and the other an evening snailpaper, I first saw the big world outside my home with a front row seat at Snailpapers Central. Every morning, come rain or come shine, snow or sleet or blizzard or
hurricane, the daily snailpaper was there. Sports, the funnies, letters to the editor, headlines, sidebars,
above the fold, below the fold, sexy pictures, full page advertisements, the whole nine yards! Snailpapers rock! Always have, always will.
[Editor's note: There were no snailpapers in 1000 A.D., and there likely won't be any snailpapers still crawling around in 3000 A.D.. Think about that, Danny Bloom!]
New York Times Reporter: Will snailpapers survive the Digital Age?
Danny Bloom: You bet!
New York Times Reporter: How do you know?
DANNY BLOOM: Remember the old story about the tortoise and the hare? Well, snailpapers are the tortoise in this race. They're slow, they're plodding, yes, but they're in the race for the long haul.
New York Times Reporter: Bloomy, are you a PR agent for snailpapers?
DANNY BLOOM: Something like that.
New York Times Reporter: Can you explain?
DANNY BLOOM: Well, the snailpaper industry doesn't pay me for my work on this, I don't get a retainer, zilch, I just do this for fun, for myself. If anyone else is interested, cool. But I am not looking for a big payday on this. I pay myself in spades!
New York Times Reporter: And?
DANNY BLOOM: This is my way of paying snailpapers back for all the joy and insight they have given me in my four score and ten. I really love snailpapers, it's that simple.
NY TIMES REPORTER: What's your favorite snailpaper?
DANNY BLOOM: ....THE DAILY SNAILPAPER. Distributed and read wherever good folks gather.
New York Times Reporter: One last question.
DANNY BLOOM: Sure
New York Times Reporter: How do you spell snailpapers backwards?
DANNY BLOOM: .............S-R-E-P-A-P-L-I-A-N-S.....
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