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Not titled “Gollywood”

by · February 22, 2007

I’m sad.

I’ve had this idea for a book for a long time. It would be funny if I could just sit down and write it. The working title of the book was “Gollywood.”

Then, a bunch of stars (Renee Zellweger and George Clooney) invaded town to film some romantic comedy about football. It has the local small towns all abuzz and a few papparazi in town. We often call this place G-Vegas, so, it seemed appropriate to call it Gollywood this week.

So, I was going to write a big, funny post and call it Gollywood.

And then, just to make sure I had a good idea that nobody had come up with before, I Googled it…and realized that my little title is a little used up.

So, forget it.

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Brad Willis

Brad Willis is a writer based in Greenville, South Carolina. Willis spent a decade as an award-winning broadcast journalist. He has worked as a freelance writer, columnist, and professional blogger since 2005. He has also served as a commentator and guest on a wide variety of television, radio, and internet shows.

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2 Responses

  1. Anonymous Grayson says:
    February 23, 2007 at 11:30 am

    Even though I’m sure it’s been used elsewhere… I still haven’t seen a cold-open banner with the words “Going Clooney Looney” on it…

    I’ve asked our producers. They won’t do it.

  2. Blogger says:
    February 26, 2007 at 2:22 pm

    There’s a brilliant play called “Stones in his Pockets” about the same type of thing, when a movie comes to film in a small Irish town, roughly the size of, oh, Greer.