ADVISORY/The Puppet Speaks!; The Pets.com Sock Puppet Makes His First-ever Public Appearance On Thursday, November 2 At FAO Schwarz From 11:00am to 1:00pm

Business Wire, Nov 1, 2000

Business Editors

ADVISORY...for Nov. 2

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2000

Pets.com Sock Puppet Celebrates Launch of New Talking Pets.com

Sock Puppet Toy

WHO: The "real" Pets.com Sock Puppet. The puppet made famous by the TV
commercials he made for the online pet store, Pets.com. The Pets.com Sock
Puppet will be on-hand to answer all the questions that fans have been dying to
ask since he was discovered in August of 1999. WHERE: FAO SCHWARZ -- "The
World's Ultimate Toy Store" 767 Fifth Avenue (NYC): Corner of Fifth Avenue and
57th Street, 2ND FLOOR -- Top of the escalator WHY: To celebrate the launch of
the Talking Pets.com Sock Puppet toy. Pets.com Sock Puppet fans can now own
their very own Talking Pets.com Sock Puppet. When activated, the Talking
Pets.com Sock Puppet features five best-loved phrases from Pets.com commercials
including: "Stuffed things! I love stuffed things," "I am a professional happy
puppet thing!" "The horror!" and more. WHEN: Thursday, November 2, 2000,
11:00a.m. - 1:00p.m.

Note to Editors: The "real" Pets.com Sock Puppet will be available for photo opportunities and interviews.