Is Bo-Jo really a player?

Much has been written about the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson's (Bo-Jo) great speech about 'ping pong coming home' after the Beijing olympics. But I wonder if he actually plays. I just picked up this article from the Times in London that would seem to indicate that he does.

Next time I'm in London I'll have to look him up and try to schedule a little session of wiff-waff. If anyone has an inside track to the great man, let me know.

Wally and Converse

So, I eventually managed to connect Wally and my ad agency. They did a shoot for Converse. Wally took on Derek AKA The Big Asian. Wally played with a sneaker. Can't wait to see the actual footage.

Kaz. A worthy winner.

I'm not sure the prize was particulary good for his bad back though.

Christmas Party

OK, I know you are supposed to say 'Holiday' but there are some things an Englishman can't get their head round. I'm totally cool with saying 'sidewalk' instead of 'pavement' and 'elevator' instead of 'lift' - but Christmas, well, it's Christmas isn't it!?

Anyway, we teamed up with the cool gals over at She Says and had a few drinks and a few games of Ping Pong. We had a tournament too. For once I didn't play like a complete and utter idiot, beating Ben from Grand Opening and Perry. Yay. But losing to Kaz in the semi final who went on to win. Loads more photos here.

Ping Pong on Honeyshed

I have no idea what this is really all about. I mean, I know what Honeyshed is but I just don't really understand what this video does. To watch it, go to Honeyshed, click on Fun Shit and then Ping Pong. It's a bit crap that you can't imbed video from their site don't you think?

Anyway, it's just another indicator that your favorite sport is getting cooler everyday. Soon it will be too cool. Thanks to Flo for the spot.

Taylor Swift plays Ping Pong for her Birthday Party.

Country Pop Singer, Taylor Swift had a big ping pong party for her birthday - according to Entertainment Tonight. What, no invite? Maybe next year.

CPP in the Sunday Observer

The Observer in London ran a long piece about the future of the game in England. The magazine got a small mention in the first few paragraphs. We're going global!

Party this Thursday!

Celebrity Ping Pong is teaming up with She Says to have a little party. I never really thought about it before but the PP scene is a little male dominated. So who better than the coolest group of gals in NYC to throw a party with.



When I left London for NY there weren't too many ads that I liked, but this was one of them. 'Boots' is like Duane Reade, I suppose, but a little nicer!

If you are in NY and you fancy coming down drop me a line. James dot Cooper at gmail dot com.

CPP in Creative Review Blog

As part of the post on Creative Social in Shanghai. That's the best picture of me I've seen in a while. Maybe I'll be a hand model.
Thanks for the post Patrick.

CPP Party Part Duex

Thanks to Kaz for a couple of pictures from the party / tournament we had at Anomaly last month. More here. I would have taken some pictures myself but I was too busy getting beat. I've worked out that I never play well at my own events. I'm trying to get my shit together to have another party before Christmas.

CPP in the New York Times

Front page article in the New York Times style section about the NY scene. No surprises to see Wally, Khairi, Ben and the Naked Boys all in there. Good stuff! I didn't know Ed Norton was a player. He moves to the top of the wanted list....