Monforte, Paramount and Bull Manure

Blogged by Mathieu as Diary — Mathieu Mon 3 Apr 2006 7:46

The hotel recommended a stop in Monforte, for the 180° view of the Italian Alps, to the West and North.

To sweeten the deal, they also told us that it was the native town of the guys who founded Paramount and that we could see the mountain which inspired the logo from there.
Paramount current logo...
Monforte's streetsParamount early logo...
Now a quick googling shows that :
* the Paramount founders were all yanks
* the mountain in the logo has changed several times
* there’s no consensus on what mountain it was originally
* the only italian contender is il Cervino far to the North
* Cervino doesn’t looks anything like the Paramount logo
Il Cervino
Once you’re over the fact that you’ve been sold a cartload of bovine pre-owned grass, you can get back to admiring the town, and it’s view, which are, indeed, breathtaking.

Like the chutzpah of certain people.

Monforte's Vista

6 Comments »

  1. Comment by juliana — April 22, 2006 at 14:50

    hehe, that’s actually kinda funny. What people will do for tourism and to make a buck. Maybe you should have just walked away and said, “I’m sorry, I’m allergic to bullshit!”

  2. Comment by Vivi — April 22, 2006 at 14:59

    Are these the same rocket scientists that said that they could hook you up with the wineries? Dang. Some places should have a “Three Lies and Your Stay is Free!” policy…

  3. Comment by Mathieu — April 22, 2006 at 15:30

    Vivi, the very same.

    Juliana, we gave them grief over the wine appointments (although you’ll see later they sorta rectified the situation), but the Paramount thing, well, I only confirmed it was a load of crock when I made it back to civilized parts with broadband access.

    But yeah, not impressed with them, even if the hotel itself is very nice.

  4. Comment by Le Serpent — April 23, 2006 at 7:49

    I got the cutest dog (even if it’s just a card) in the mail like three days ago and I keep forgetting to tell you!

    thankyoobooboo!!!

  5. Comment by Ava — April 25, 2006 at 17:01

    Well, it sorta looks like the first logo, but the second one (I’m guessing the oldest) is absolute BS. By the way, what a lovely picture of the town view.

  6. Comment by Mathieu — April 25, 2006 at 17:36

    Happy birthday, Greg.

    Ava, thank you -)

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