Video Marketing

I found the video tape in the fire place. I popped it into the VCR and watched the worst video I had ever laid eyes on. It was some fat guy dancing around with a hula-hoop, while Godzilla stole candy from a three year old in the background. It was the lamest piece of film I had ever taken the time to watch in my life. When it was over and reverted back to snow I was ecstatic. I don't know why I didn't take it out of the VCR myself.

Later that knight the phone rang, the caller id said unknown. I answered and a raspy voice said "Seven days…" I hung up and dismissed it as a tele-marketing call telling me I had seven days to order a certain dress. I don't know why I would need a dress, I'm a guy!

A week later at midnight, I was watching Seinfeld when white noise over took the TV. "What the hell." I tried to turn the TV off but nothing happened. At this point I knew something was up.

The white noise and snow cleared up on the TV to reveal a well. Out of the well came Daffy-Duck, then Bugs-Bunny. Then the well remained dormant for a second, but something like a hand reached out of the well, this image shocked me. The figure climbed out of the well some more. I got tenser as it climbed out. Then it revealed its face! It was just Mr. Rodgers. He walked on in the direction Daffy-Duck and Bugs-Bunny had run off in. Then another figure climbed out of the well. It was a girl with long black hair covering her face. I thought she was just a really demented cartoon character until she climbed out of the TV.

I jumped back with a start. When the girl spoke it sounded like rusty nails being rubbed against a chalk board. "You didn't take advantage of our "Seven Day Sale."

I gave her a weird look. "What, how did you get in here?"

"Video-marketing," she said. "It's the way of the future!"

I gave her a confused glace. "Get back in the TV!"