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Expo for People Who Make Living Living It Up
Aired October 14, 2002 - 08:52 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: Something unusual to set your next big bash apart from other big bashes. Pay attention, kiddos.
CNN's Jeanne Moos attended an expo aimed for those for whom parties are not just an excuse to go wild. These people make their living living it up.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Sure, music is nice but if you really want to get your party off to a head start, beef up your buffet with a talking head from Poochie (ph) Productions.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Can I feed you?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Surely.
MOOS (on camera): Did you hear that girl scream?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I love that. That is what drives me.
MOOS (voice-over): From talking fruit to portraits on pumpkins.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I did a portrait of Charles Manson once.
MOOS: This season, Q. McMahon (ph) is featuring George Bush on your left, and on your right, that's right, Saddam Hussein. A lot of folks would like to carve him up. And if your party isn't exclusive enough to attract, say, Rod Stewart, just hire lookalikes. For instance, Carmella and Tony Soprano.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My kids were dying, like, mom, you do look like her.
MOOS: The Biz Bash Expo attracts professional party planners.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This would be hardly good for meeting people.
MOOS: Here's something partygoers can put up their nose without getting arrested: flavored oxygen. For $1,100, you can rent a portable oxygen bar, plus attendants.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Why am I doing this?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We don't have any medical claims to it. Just a really clean job, makes you feel good. Keeps you up all night. MOOS: Cheesecake, on the other hand, was so so. From oxygen to helium lights, you can illuminate your party with halogen lighting balloons from Air Star, the same balloons they used to light the set of "Titanic." Nothing titanic about these guys.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Use your straws and blow on the top of the water. Follow it right down to the lane to the finish line at the end.
MOOS: Fast fish racing it's called.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Go! They're off.
MOOS: Wanda versus Vinny. Fish racing is most popular at parties for small fry.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Amazing from behind victory! We got a winner!
MOOS: If you're looking for something a bit more high-tech, there's the Virtango (ph) Maze, built as a body-centric interactive game.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: By moving your body around here, you control the graphical aspects.
MOOS: The goal is to get the ball through the maze without it falling in a hole. A word of advice to would-be party animals.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Skill to kill!
MOOS: It helps to maintain a little mystery.
(on camera): I need to take a look under here. Oh.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's my dream to one day not to wear anything under here, because everybody loves to lift this and see what is under here. I want it to be a little shocker.
MOOS: Guests don't think guy is the life of the party; it's just sour grapes.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired October 14, 2002 - 08:52 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: Something unusual to set your next big bash apart from other big bashes. Pay attention, kiddos.
CNN's Jeanne Moos attended an expo aimed for those for whom parties are not just an excuse to go wild. These people make their living living it up.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Sure, music is nice but if you really want to get your party off to a head start, beef up your buffet with a talking head from Poochie (ph) Productions.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Can I feed you?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Surely.
MOOS (on camera): Did you hear that girl scream?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I love that. That is what drives me.
MOOS (voice-over): From talking fruit to portraits on pumpkins.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I did a portrait of Charles Manson once.
MOOS: This season, Q. McMahon (ph) is featuring George Bush on your left, and on your right, that's right, Saddam Hussein. A lot of folks would like to carve him up. And if your party isn't exclusive enough to attract, say, Rod Stewart, just hire lookalikes. For instance, Carmella and Tony Soprano.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My kids were dying, like, mom, you do look like her.
MOOS: The Biz Bash Expo attracts professional party planners.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This would be hardly good for meeting people.
MOOS: Here's something partygoers can put up their nose without getting arrested: flavored oxygen. For $1,100, you can rent a portable oxygen bar, plus attendants.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Why am I doing this?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We don't have any medical claims to it. Just a really clean job, makes you feel good. Keeps you up all night. MOOS: Cheesecake, on the other hand, was so so. From oxygen to helium lights, you can illuminate your party with halogen lighting balloons from Air Star, the same balloons they used to light the set of "Titanic." Nothing titanic about these guys.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Use your straws and blow on the top of the water. Follow it right down to the lane to the finish line at the end.
MOOS: Fast fish racing it's called.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Go! They're off.
MOOS: Wanda versus Vinny. Fish racing is most popular at parties for small fry.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Amazing from behind victory! We got a winner!
MOOS: If you're looking for something a bit more high-tech, there's the Virtango (ph) Maze, built as a body-centric interactive game.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: By moving your body around here, you control the graphical aspects.
MOOS: The goal is to get the ball through the maze without it falling in a hole. A word of advice to would-be party animals.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Skill to kill!
MOOS: It helps to maintain a little mystery.
(on camera): I need to take a look under here. Oh.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's my dream to one day not to wear anything under here, because everybody loves to lift this and see what is under here. I want it to be a little shocker.
MOOS: Guests don't think guy is the life of the party; it's just sour grapes.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
