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Seven staffers of Peppercomm performed stand-up comedy at the Broadway Comedy Club last night for the dual purpose of sharpening their presentation skills and benefiting the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Steve Cody and Ed Moed, co-CEOs, are dog lovers. The firm’s ad campaign features Pepper, a Labrador, who appears in different costumes such as a Burberry trench coat or a Brooks Brothers suit.The event raised $4,300 for ASPCA.|
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Staffer Deb Brown had a solution for the topless women who have been parading around Times Square in recent months: “Winter.”
Chris Piedmont lamented about being a twin, saying he “didn’t even get the womb to himself.”
Joel Schwartzberg of the ASPCA Communications Dept., who owns 15 cats, said that ASPCA stands for the “American Society for the Perpetuation of Cry Worthy Ads.”
The Society got its start in 1866 when Henry Bergh saw a horse being beaten in the street. Those who abuse animals now face prison terms.
Clayton Fletcher, chief comedy officer of Peppercomm, helps staffers to put together their five-minute comedy routines.
Cody, who served as the emcee, talked about his efforts to help people who are not too tall. He plans to hire an elf for Christmas to help the elf supplement his earnings from Macy’s.
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