Sunday, January 9, 2005

Tough luck in Title Town Today was the last day of the Northwest Chicago Sports Show, and of course the Packers played the Vikings at 3:30. When it came close to game time, I took Linda Scherr over to the Nitschke's Northern Resort booth for a good-luck photo. Just at kick-off, I snapped Linda with Richard Nitschke. Unfortunately, the photo didn't bring the Pack any good luck. It was a sad ride home listening to that last Vikings drive in the 4th quarter that sealed it. Not nearly as sad as it was for the Packers to get beat that way. The show was a success from my vantage point. We sold a few raffle tickets on our boat and introduced the Fillet King to the Chicago market. Promoter Chuck Collins was happy when I last saw him. Most of the vendors seemed to be smiling today, although they would have preferred not to have to take all that unsold merchandise home. No sports show next week, but there is a sporting clays shoot sponsored by Wishigan Outdoors. I'll dig out the info on that and post it in a day or two. Then, on Jan. 20, Wayne and Bruce will join me at the Germantown Gander Mountain store for an in-store demo of the Fillet King board. They'll be filleting some panfish again and Denise Dexter, Fillet King's marketing guru, will fry them up for you to taste. Me, I'll just hang around and help answer questions about Fillet King. The Johnson brothers will stay in Milwaukee that weekend and put in an appearance at the Wisconsin Boat Show at State Fair Park, where they will again do a filleting demo in the Outdoor Wisconsin booth, so if you missed it in Chicago or can't make it to Germantown, you'll have another shot at seeing them in action at the Wisconsin Boat Show. Later... 9:19:18 PM    comment []

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