Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Fun and Games 10 Bizarre Celebrity Products
Posted by Nicki Wood on Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 11:25 AM
- Yo, Adrian. Enjoy the power of this protein-fortified custardy dessert.
- Pimp Juice, endorsed by Nelly
Timing your endorsement picks and your career arc seems like it would be really tricky. Between aligning your brand with the right product, owing people favors and needing cash, a lot can go wrong.
Jezebel.com rounded up 10 of the strangest, unlikeliest celebrity products it could locate.
Be sure to enjoy the soul-shredding stupidity of the 1984 Mr. T Cereal TV commercial, and wonder what instructions were given to the creative team.
A commenter on Jezebel notes that famously offbeat director David Lynch peddles his own line of coffee. His description of the product: "It is like the powerful smoothness of a 12-cylinder engine, as opposed to a jangled 6-cylinder, or a V8." (Part of the proceeds go to a film studies scholarship fund.)
Not food-related, but it's interesting to note that Carlos Santana really loves ladies' shoes:
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Where's the George Jones Country Gold Dog Food?
I hope I've still got my Ol' Dirty Bastard Rap Snacks.
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This is less endorsement than promotion, but I still treasure the little packet of "Point Break" kleenex my brother picked up in Japan. Swayze and Reeves look a little less badass when adorning personal hygiene tissues.
A favorite pasttime of mine used to be to go to Big Lots and snap photos of some of the most objectionable items. Rap Snacks and Jeff FoxJerky have both made the list. I prefer the previous celebrity endorser of Rap Snacks though: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesleys/20566…
@@Pink, a great one! Dog food that needs an endorsement is a dog food that probably is worth avoiding.
I am looking at a jar of Tanya Tucker salsa as we speak. It's a decade old...how long till it explodes and takes me to tat mansion in the skkkk-yyyy-yyy?
@ Barbara Please, I've wondered that same thing about a 12-year-old can of Romanian crap (that's carp to you and me) and some equally ancient canned German blood sausage.
@Barbara Please: What's your salsa's name, child? What's your salsa's name ...
@Nicki: Celebrity endorsement of dog food is odd enough, but what luster is the association supposed to bring? "Wow, the dog food George Jones eats!"
*NEW FIND*
I went to Black Pearl Restaurant on Old Hickory Lake and was pleasantly surprised with what I found. The food was great and the service even better. My mother was in town and we had dinner on Friday night with some friends. They had live music and fresh seafood; I'm there.I definitely recommend them. John
