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title: Funny Thing |  Beach Boy Fans
description: A truly funny story about making a great pitch but maybe to the wrong fans.
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# [Funny Thing |  Beach Boy Fans](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/10-2024-funny-beach-boy-fans)

 Written by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) | Sep 30, 2024 2:18:28 PM

 

##### Truly Funny: Beach Boy Fans

I was an aspiring young ad agency executive, and our shop hired legendary ad man Bill Hesse to help us make new business presentation to a major brand. Five of us were having a beer and debriefing after the pitch when I asked Mr. Hesse what he thought.

He said, “We did wonderful, like an orchestra playing Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony.”

I said, “great, we won then, right?”

He said, “not if they are Beach Boy fans”.

 

 

 

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