I'm Just an Ordinary Average Guy

An interesting little tidbit made it into the NYT today.

Apparently, man of the people Al Gore had to be traveling on the day that the last Sopranos was shown.  He called and pleaded to a bigshot at Paramount for an advance copy and was able to come up with the goods.

Why didn't I think of that?

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.