Does anybody know where BJ (Brian Johnson) is? The last address I have for him is on Potrero Hill across the street from the Anchor Steam brewery in San Francisco.

 

Back around 1982, Brian Johnson (aka BJ) was a tekkie at Synapse Computer. He was bigger than life, and I ended up putting a BJ-like character in my first novel: DESTROYING ANGEL. BJ once laid a slick with his Harley in front of Synapse president Mark Leslie's office, which damn near got him fired. But when the carpet guys came to replace the carpet and heard the story, they replaced the carpet free. Seems the carpet guys were also bikers. I have lost track of BJ and had no luck finding him. Help! You can't lose track of old friends. The last time I saw him was in 2000 when I had dinner at his house with he and Carla Perumian. Sincerely yours, Rick Bennett Ad Hit Man

Darth Vader in Exile, a movie I made with some Boy Scouts one summer.

 

I had to get a license from not only Star Wars Corporation, but a music license from the Bee Gees and Abba, all on the condition that this movie would never be used commercailly.

Yeah, I took a summer off and then ran for congress. Luckily I lost and had to go into guerrilla warfare. Had I won, I wouldn't have met Tony Schwartz (his Daisy commercial ran one time on one network and destroyed Barry Goldwater's presidential campaign). Tony taught me real GUERRILLA WARFARE.


Sincerley yours,
Rick Bennett
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The second-best logo ever created. #1 goes to Sun Microsystems

 

I designed this logo for my first novel: DESTROYING ANGEL. I've owned the .com URL for over 25 years, and worn the logo on my black shirts for as long. But I must say, the Sun logo, made up of "U" creatively, is IMHO the best ever. Sincerely yours, Rick Bennett Ad Hit Man

Remembering Frank Herbert (author of DUNE and co-founder of EARTH DAY) on EARTH DAY.

 

Frank and I became friends back in my media superstar days, when I mentioned that DUNE was the "greatest science fiction novel ever written." He called and said that since I'd used his name "in vain" we should get to know each other. Over the next few months, he promoted me to run for Congress in the state of Washington. I won his district (Port Townsend) but lost the race. He held an environmentalist rally for me near his home, and I confess my desire to save the planet with hydrogen-based technology and solid-state batteries has only grown over the years. Here's thinking of you, Frank. Sincerely yours, Rick Bennett Ad Hit Man

My appearance on NBC's TOMORROW with Tom Snyder

 

Amazing. Sixteen minutes on national television. The interesting part? The previous week we had a church "slave auction" to raise money for charity. I offered to mention you, your family, or your family business, during my upcoming appearance on the TOMORROW show. Toward the end, see how I delivered on that promise, promoting Pick's restaurant in Issaquah, Washington. Yeah, I crack myself up.

By the way, Pick's restaurant paid $50 to the slave auction.

Sincerely yours,
Rick Bennett
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