July 2, 2007
Al Gore’s Top-Secret Access for the Final ‘Sopranos’ Episode
File under good gossip, or "The Sopranos" meets "Mission Impossible", courtesy of The New York Times.
"Because Al Gore is a die-hard fan of The Sopranos and because he and his wife had to be on a plane to Istanbul on the night of the broadcasting of the final episode "Made in America", Gore called Brad Grey, the Chairmon of Paramount, and asked for an advance copy.
"No way", said Mr. Grey. “I’ve turned down everyone who’s asked,” he recalled telling Mr. Gore. That episode was the holy grail, and he couldn’t risk it being leaked.
But after a night of tossing and turning, Mr. Grey had a change of heart.
On the Sunday of the finale, he had a Halliburton-made steel case, containing a copy of the episode, delivered to the tarmac where Mr. Gore’s plane sat in Chicago. The case was locked with a code (some might call it a “lockbox”). Mr. Gore could not open it until the plane was in the air, when he was instructed to call Mr. Grey’s office for the numeric code
Mr. Gore sent Mr. Grey a photo of himself trying to pry open the case, which Mr. Grey now keeps on his desk."
[via TV Barn Ticker]
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