Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society and Museum in Key West, Florida
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Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society and Museum in Key West, Florida Press

June 9, 1997

Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society

:30 Radio Spot—BOOTY

(SFX: RECOGNIZABLE CHORUS FROM “BORN TO BE WILD” BEHIND ANNOUNCER’S VO)

ANNOUNCER (IN A CONFIDENTIAL, SUGGESTIVE TONE):

PIRATES.   THEY WERE THE BAD BOYS AND GIRLS OF THE CARIBBEAN—AND, GIRLFRIEND, THEIR LIVES WERE ALL ABOUT BOOTY:  WHO HAD IT, HOW TO GET IT, AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT ONCE THEY GOT IT.

(SFX: THEME FROM “JURASSIC PARK” OR “THE LOST WORLD” BEHIND ANNOUNCER’S VO)

ANNOUNCER:

IF YOU THINK “THE LOST WORLD” IS AWESOME, WAIT’LL YOU SEE THEIR WORLD—AND THEIR BOOTY—AT THE WORLD-PREMIERE “PIRATES!” EXHIBITION NOW OPEN AT KEY WEST’S MEL FISHER MARITIME MUSEUM.   IT’S AN EXHIBITION OF JURASSIC PROPORTIONS!

(SFX: RECOGNIZABLE LYRIC FROM “SHAKE YOUR BOOTY” BEHIND ANNOUNCER VO)

ANNOUNCER:

“PIRATES!.”   OPEN DAILY, 9:30 A.M. TO 5 P.M., AT THE CORNER OF GREENE AND WHITEHEAD STREETS IN KEY WEST.   VISIT THE MEL FISHER MARITIME MUSEUM TODAY—AND SAY “SHOW ME THE BOOTY!

:30 Radio Spot—BLACKBEARD

(SFX: RECOGNIZABLE CHORUS BARS OF “COME ON, BABY, LIGHT MY FIRE” BEHIND ANNOUNCER VO)

ANNOUNCER (IN VERY DRAMATIC TONE):

BLACKBEARD—THE MOST FEARSOME OF ALL THE CARIBBEAN PIRATES.   HE PILLAGED.  HE PLUNDERED.   AND WHEN HE GOT DRESSED FOR WORK, HE STUCK LIGHTED MATCHES INTO HIS BEARD SO HE’D STRIKE FEAR INTO THE HEARTS OF HIS VICTIMS.

(SFX: RECOGNIZABLE LYRIC FROM “BURNING LOVE”—“I’M JUST A HUNKA HUNKA BURNING LOVE” BEHIND ANNOUNCER VO)

ANNOUNCER:

BLACKBEARD.   THE 18TH CENTURY’S HUNKA BURNING LOVE.   DISCOVER HIS STORY—AND THE STORY OF HIS PIRATE COMPADRES—AT THE WORLD-PREMIERE “PIRATES!” EXHIBITION NOW OPEN AT KEY WEST’S MEL FISHER MARITIME MUSEUM.  

(SFX: RECOGNIZABLE LYRIC FROM “SHAKE YOUR BOOTY” BEHIND ANNOUNCER VO)

ANNOUNCER:

“PIRATES!.”   AT THE CORNER OF GREENE AND WHITEHEAD STREETS IN KEY WEST.   OPEN DAILY 9:30 A.M. TO 5 P.M.   VISIT THE MEL FISHER MARITIME MUSEUM TODAY—AND SAY “SHOW ME THE BOOTY!”


:30 Radio Spot—ANNE AND MARY

(SFX: RECOGNIZABLE CHORUS BARS OF “BAD GIRLS” BEHIND ANNOUNCER VO)

ANNOUNCER (IN A VERY DRAMATIC TONE):

THINK THELMA AND LOUISE WERE BAD GIRLS?   WAIT’LL YOU MEET ANNE BONNY AND MARY READ!   DRESSED IN MALE DRAG, THESE PIRATE QUEENS SAILED THE CARIBBEAN SEEKING BOOTY.   

(SFX: RECOGNIZABLE CHORUS OF “BORN TO BE WILD” BEHIND ANNOUNCER VO)

THEY FOUGHT DIRTY AND LIVED HARD—AND YOU WON’T BELIEVE HOW THEY ESCAPED BEING HANGED!

(SFX: RECOGNIZABLE CHORUS BARS OF “GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN” BEHIND ANNOUNCER VO)

ANNOUNCER:

PIRATES.   THEY WERE WILD WOMEN AND BAD, BAD BOYS.   DISCOVER THEIR SECRETS AT THE WORLD-PREMIERE “PIRATES!” EXHIBITION NOW OPEN AT KEY WEST’S MEL FISHER MARITIME MUSEUM.

(SFX: RECOGNIZABLE LYRIC FROM “SHAKE YOUR BOOTY” BEHIND ANNOUNCER VO)

ANNOUNCER:

“PIRATES!.”   OPEN DAILY, 9:30 A.M. TO 5 P.M., AT THE CORNER OF GREENE AND WHITEHEAD STREETS IN KEY WEST.   VISIT THE MEL FISHER MARITIME MUSEUM TODAY—AND SAY “SHOW ME THE BOOTY!”

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200 Greene Street, Key West, Florida 33040
305/294-2633

 

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