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Jimmylegsue — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:27:27 EDT

@bangbangbonnie:

or Steve & Edye, for that matter.

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Barry Lutz — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:25:30 EST

Bob Dylan would never allow such a thing. (Converse doesn't make ladies' undergarments, do they?)

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Hot Foot — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:25:55 EST

seriously, does gawker have any right to call someone a sellout?

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famousauthor — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:10:33 EST

I understand that Adidas is looking for a good dead spokesman, but their strategy is to wait until Nelson Mandela passes on so they can be freer with the words they put in his mouth.

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HiredGoons — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:26:12 EST

This is better than Vincent Price trying to sell me vacuum cleaners!

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gorillavsmarykate — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:28:38 EST

I almost bought the Cory Lidle window washer fluid the other day.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:03:47 EST

@Hamilton Nolan: HA! I'm from New Smyrna Beach. It's alot like St. Augustine, but there are more drunks. Which is why I live here of course.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:59:53 EST

I thought they had a frock. Oh well. Why can't I stop thinking of Butterfly McQueen?!

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IndianSlipper — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:59:12 EST

@Hamilton Nolan: Me defending you doesn't mean shit. Maggie on the other hand, rocks.

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IndianSlipper — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:58:06 EST

I do think the new Richard Pryor "Flick my Bic, Motherfucker!" ads are pretty good.

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I Don't Get It — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:53:45 EST

@surfbeavernsb: Freddie Mercury for Invisalign didn't go over well either.

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I Don't Get It — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:50:39 EST

@surfbeavernsb: Silly beaver, monks don't have hair.

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Hamilton Nolan — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:37:46 EST

@maggie: ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida. So much cooler than Jacksonville. I owe you thousands of dollars, by the way. Hope you'll settle for a Pepsi Cola.

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stonerebel — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:27:16 EST

Tell Adidas to let Bob Marley and Jam Master J rest in peace if you aren't for the pimpin of dead heroes.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:16:17 EST

@I Don't Get It: HA!!

Psst: Gawker IT peeps- several functions aren't worrrrrkking.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:13:52 EST

@surfbeavernsb: The Liberace one wasn't much better.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:10:40 EST

The Freddie Mercury sheer pleasure condom wasn't such a great success.

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I Don't Get It — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:07:49 EST

Ahmet Ertegun for Heely's anyone?

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:07:21 EST

@scroll_lock: Yes, I heard that she was the Republican's last hope for teaching abstinence.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:06:07 EST

Did your Kingsford smell like burnt hair? Mine did.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:05:08 EST

@surfbeavernsb: Yep, and Jamie Lynn Spears is shilling for Planned Parenthood.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:03:31 EST

The Jocelyn Wildenstein beauty cream wasn't a big hit with the youngsters.

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I Don't Get It — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:02:38 EST

I bought a huge bag of Kingsford based solely on the implied endorsement of Thich Quang Duc.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:01:46 EST

@surfbeavernsb: I do think that the Hard Rock Hotel should quit using the slogan "sleep in the bed Anna Nicole O.D.'d in".

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:00:16 EST

@IndianSlipper: Yes, but still a good bet.

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IndianSlipper — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:59:39 EST

The Dannylynn (sp?) ads for Trimspa were a little pre-mature.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:57:36 EST

@scroll_lock: I also heard that Paris and Michael Vick were teaming up to represent the SPCA.

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erniehotwheels — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:46:58 EST

Speaking for my advertising brethen, I would like to point out that if we didn't co-op the cool of the living, and, yes, even the dead, we would have no other option than to think up something new all by our lonesomes.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:44:10 EST

@surfbeavernsb: Not to mention Paris Hilton's Valtrex campaign (the one where she was washing the car)

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CaptainFantastic — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:43:55 EST

This is like when Joey Buttafuoco hosted the early version of To Catch a Predator.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:43:03 EST

Or "Everybody Poops II" forward by Tyra Banks.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:42:08 EST

@scroll_lock: I know, but no one ever dies that way. Still, it wasn't nearly as bad as the Gary Coleman Guide to Sex & Dating.

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if_i_only_had_a_heart — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:41:20 EST

did u see the michael jackson boy scout fundraising ad?

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:39:35 EST

@surfbeavernsb: I saw those over by the Betty Shabazz Kerosene display.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:38:49 EST

The Jon Benet Pretty Princess Tiara set never sold too well.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:38:10 EST

@surfbeavernsb: I know, and that really wasn't fair- we've referred to it umpteen times in other stories like this.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:36:55 EST

This is just like the time Viking used Sylvia Plath in their ads.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:36:18 EST

@scroll_lock: Sadly, they took quite a hit with the Butterfly McQueen space heaters.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:34:59 EST

Careful, I just got reamed for that one. Although I did buy the Conor Clapton trampoline. It was a little late for production.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:34:46 EST

Home Depot's carrying the new Jim Morrison line of bathtubs.

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smartastic — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:34:39 EST

i think sid vicious actually stood for 'make me famous using punk rock' but i may be wrong.

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Maggie — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:34:33 EST

@IBentMyWookie: Damn straight, Hamilton. Don't you dare bring your Jacksonville, Florida ass sniffing around a sentiment that someone else has had before, no matter how updated, expanded, hilarious or deft your delivery may have been. Quit bothering the commenters, for chrissakes already.

Shnayerson rant over. Possibly. Probably.

Maggie

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:33:48 EST

@surfbeavernsb: The Nell Carter campaign had pretty much run its course.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:31:58 EST

I've already done a pre-emptive strike at Pella never to use Eric Clapton's likeness.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:30:45 EST

@scroll_lock: Wilford Brimley is the new Dixie Crystals PR guy.

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I Don't Get It — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:30:22 EST

It's a shame the Conor Clapton window guards never caught on outside NY.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:29:44 EST

The Dale Earnheart signature seatbelts were nearly as big a hit as the John Denver RC airplane.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:29:01 EST

@surfbeavernsb: Yul Brynner is the new Marlboro Man.

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I Don't Get It — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:28:11 EST

Sid Vicious was a side man. Johnny Rotten was in front.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:27:57 EST

@if_i_only_had_a_heart: Thanks again, and no I'm not black so I'm still in with the Academy.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:27:26 EST

I heard that there was quite an empty reception at the new Reeves Institute for Equine Ovarian Cancer.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:25:02 EST

I heard John Ritter was the new Bayer spokesman.

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if_i_only_had_a_heart — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:22:38 EST

@Ha Ha Sound:

u can still shave ur legs even if ur a guy; use the joe namath model and wear pantyhose too

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if_i_only_had_a_heart — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:21:52 EST

@scroll_lock:

i meant the princess di one, but you should also get a Lifetime Achievement award, unless you're black, in which case the Academy will overlook you like they did whoopi

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Ha Ha Sound — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:21:42 EST

@if_i_only_had_a_heart: It's OK. I have the clapper. I'll just turn the lights on, and they'll run away.

I also have that egg thing that shaves your legs really smoothly. Being that I'm a guy, I just throw it at my wall sometimes.

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karion — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:21:07 EST

@scroll_lock:

My first threeway.

I think that Great White fireworks are probably a good idea.

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if_i_only_had_a_heart — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:21:05 EST

@surfbeavernsb:

newer model, jamie lynn spears baby cleaner -- when u want to throw the baby out with the bathwater

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:21:02 EST

@if_i_only_had_a_heart: Thanks! But I don't know which one you meant since the reply redirect STILL only takes you back to the top.

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Claystil — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:20:29 EST

I think the most important point to take from this article is that HT is dead.

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if_i_only_had_a_heart — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:19:34 EST

@scroll_lock:

commie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:19:26 EST

I heard the Butterfly McQueen space heater was a big flop.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:19:20 EST

@surfbeavernsb: They ripped that off from the Amelia Earhart Howland Island Cruise Line ads.

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The Dewd — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:18:32 EST

If any company was going to co-opt Hunter's image, converse is really as benign as you can get. They've been making the same cheap-ass shoes for decades, and I seem to remember seeing pictures of Hunter wearing them. Don't blame the company just because of lot of cheesy-ass hipsters choose wear all-stars. I don't really see converse actively seeking-out and catering to this demographic the way, say, American Apparel does. Or at least until now, anyway.

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@surfbeavernsb: Where the bellhops answer your every question with "Yes sir...han sirhan!"

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:17:47 EST

@if_i_only_had_a_heart: I was, but it's just not effective as say, the Princess Diana PSA about seatbelt use was.

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if_i_only_had_a_heart — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:17:41 EST

@Ha Ha Sound:

also, make sure you use the club (tm) so that bad manson family doesn't steal your car after they break into ur house

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:16:52 EST

The Britney Spears diaper geanie is also on sale.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:16:38 EST

@if_i_only_had_a_heart: ditto jinx.

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if_i_only_had_a_heart — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:16:13 EST

@scroll_lock:

super! are you still chewing the john wayne brand nicorette?

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:15:41 EST

@karion: AAH! Mindmeld.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:15:40 EST

@scroll_lock: You don't need a jacket in Aruba, I hear they're offering a Natalie Halloway getaway special. I think their slogan is "Just Disappear".

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:15:20 EST

This is like the time they used Heath Ledger for Ambien ads.

Marilyn Monroe for Lunesta was their direct competition.

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if_i_only_had_a_heart — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:15:20 EST

@Ha Ha Sound:

poor dear. reminds me of the heath ledger psa's for taking the right meds at the right time (too soon?)

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karion — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:14:56 EST

@scroll_lock:

I just think it is too soon for the Heath Ledger multivitamins.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:14:25 EST

I noticed all the Sonny Bono skis are on the 75% off clearance rack this week.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:12:57 EST

@surfbeavernsb: Well, they couldn't use John Belushi because Chateau Marmont already is.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:12:21 EST

I'm so offended by the Christopher Reeve riding helmet ads.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:11:32 EST

@In Other News...: I heard the new face of the Ambassador Hotel is going to be Bobby Kennedy.

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Crumpetstump — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:11:16 EST

This is old hat! Will somebody please MAN UP and work through Horkheimer & Adorno's work on the culture industry. Oh wait, but that would mean acknowledging the gawker is just as much a vehicle for advertising as converse is... eep.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:11:08 EST

@if_i_only_had_a_heart: I bought one of those, I'm going to wear it for a nice ride in my roadster this weekend.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:10:32 EST

@karion: Or the Jack Cassidy smoking jacket.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:09:39 EST

@In Other News...: Hunter Tylo's son was too.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:08:34 EST

@In Other News...: Just like the time they used JFK for a convertible ad. I guess Bhutto in a sunroof commercial is next.

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mwynn13 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:08:30 EST

This is ironic, especially after the hubbub surrounding the Dead Rock Stars ads for Doc Martens- most of whom were known for wearing Converse in life, not Docs!

This is pretty despicable... however, this definitely would have had to clear his estate. And I suspect that The Missus may not have been left in the best financial circumstances, and probably had to put up with a fair amount of really unacceptable shit from her beloved, and I can't really begrudge her.

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Ha Ha Sound — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:08:22 EST

@if_i_only_had_a_heart: This is like the time I fell, but couldn't get back up. And I was an old lady, and I was missing Matlock. And so I just laid there.

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@surfbeavernsb: I heard Hamilton Nolan was going to become the spokesperson for sandwiches.

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if_i_only_had_a_heart — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:07:50 EST

@scroll_lock:

did you see the gap's new isadora duncan scarf

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:06:50 EST

@In Other News...: I heard Mama Cass was going to be the new Jerad Fogle.

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karion — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:06:06 EST

@scroll_lock:

I'm guessing about as sought after Michael Hutchence line of pilates equipment.

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In Other News... — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:05:36 EST

@scroll_lock: Or when William Shatner's wife was the spokesperson for swimming?

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In Other News... — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:04:51 EST

@surfbeavernsb: As was the Sonny Bono Memorial Tree.

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CodePink — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:04:28 EST

@IndianSlipper: They seem to be working differently these days, that's for sure.

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In Other News... — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:04:24 EST

@scroll_lock: No no, that was the Adobe car.

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Smackdown — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:03:53 EST

@riskybusiness: Also, Beckenbauer is alive still. And since he was the one who led Germany on the '06 WC bid, was everywhere during coverage of the games and whatnot.

So, no, not the same thing. And I am not just saying that because you will pry my 2Gs off my cold dead feet.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:03:25 EST

This is just like the time Kurt Cobain was used in an NRA ad.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:02:42 EST

If I remember correctly, the Sonny Bono ski goggles were a great gag gift though.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:02:42 EST

@surfbeavernsb: Which was neck and neck in sales with the James Dean edition Porsche.

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Sarcastro — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:01:55 EST

@KarenUhOh: But only a thimble-full. And no cream or sugar, Mr. Spendypants.

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IndianSlipper — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:01:49 EST

@CodePink: 99v, 43c here. I'm guessing the views are "unique"?

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:01:27 EST

This is also like the time Phil Hartman was used in a Smith and Wesson ad.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:01:25 EST

@scroll_lock: Yes, it only sold slightly better than the Wade Edwards edition Wrangler.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:00:32 EST

@karion: No wonder she's the new face of Jenny Craig!

I just wonder how well the Mary Jo Kopechne Swim Academy will do.

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if_i_only_had_a_heart — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:59:21 EST

this is like the time danny bonaduce was in the cialis ad

this is like the time britney spears was in the public service ad for not hitting ur kidz

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CodePink — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:59:14 EST

@KarenUhOh: 99 views, 0 comments here!

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KarenUhOh — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:56:49 EST

I'd say this post is the template for the Gawker Business Model. My screen shows "0 views, 39 comments."

Help yourself to some coffee, Hamilton Nolan.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:56:46 EST

@surfbeavernsb: Nor was the Grace Kelly edition of Escalade.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:56:17 EST

*heard

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:56:05 EST

@karion: Also, I head O.j. Simpson is coming out with a swell line of leather gloves. They always run small though.

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fiveinchtaint — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:53:07 EST

Who are the ad wizards ... ugh! Sorry, but it's been almost an hour since a new post and I have nothing to say about this.

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karion — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:52:55 EST

@scroll_lock:

But I have to tell you, my Karen Carpenter appetite suppressants are better than blow.

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:52:32 EST

@scroll_lock: Also why the JFK Jr. edition Piper wasn't such a hot sell.

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Cheap Shot — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:51:49 EST

Isn't converse kind of simmering down now in terms of hotness? I personally can't wait for a Buster Brown revamp.

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Kim Gordon's Panties — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:50:58 EST

This might be the first time anything I read on Gawker struck me as naive. But then again, I'm running a fever.

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CaptainFantastic — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:43:27 EST

Hamilton, first you drop the acid, then start on the coke. You put the turkey in the oven before the sweet potatoes, et al. Yes, I'm following my own advice.

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dmac — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:43:06 EST

I hope when I'm dead, my heirs pimp me out to sell pizzas and some people get offended. If I'm still alive -- I guess I'd have to fake my death in that case -- I'll know I've made it.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:41:37 EST

This is exactly why the Natalie Wood line of sailboats was in such poor taste.

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Michael Jahn — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:40:20 EST

@yourfriendandneighbor: Okay, I get it. I was wondering why some deadsters images appear on stuff and others don't. Are there Jim Morrison Signature leather pants? Haven't seen 'em, but then am not a great consumer.

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karion — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:38:44 EST

Bothersome.

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IndianSlipper — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:35:48 EST

@IBentMyWookie: Wow, OK after posting my opinion on this thread, I did another scan of the old thread looking for people discussed.

And nobody brought up my opinion today last May. Maybe my opinion isn't relevant, but it's mine.

IndianSlipper

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thegayrecluse — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:35:07 EST

This is why it's almost always better to pick obscure heroes who have been dead at least 100-150 years, e.g., Arthur Schopenhauer or JK Huysmans.

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IndianSlipper — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:31:35 EST

OK now that I got that out of the way... I think these come about because the people controlling the estates are trying to build equity in the "brand" of the entertainer before it's too late. Didn't they have Steve McQueen car commercials not to long ago? Well, I'm just guessing that the Estate cash was running dry.

I don't think this is too much different than the "new" Beatles song, or the "new" Elvis song. I liked them both, too.

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hypocriteoath — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:31:00 EST

@riskybusiness: they did but he also proudly wore the brand with 3 stripes and even had a football boot named after him. and yes, it was an awesome cleat.

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yourfriendandneighbor — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:30:29 EST

@In Other News...: Yes, but the creatives and clients who chose to use said dead guy in their ad. They could get really sad if they read these comments. You don't want to upset them, do you?

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IBentMyWookie — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:30:23 EST

@IndianSlipper: Read the comments on that thread. What can be said here that won't be a rehash of those?

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In Other News... — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:29:50 EST

@flipper baby: Hah! He's alive, by one account: [www.abevigoda.com]

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yourfriendandneighbor — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:29:08 EST

@Michael Jahn: This had to be done with permission of the estate.

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scroll_lock — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:28:23 EST

@Colonel Mustard: This is also like the time Rock Hudson was used in a K-Y ad.

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In Other News... — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:28:08 EST

@yourfriendandneighbor: In this case, someone is already dead.

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IndianSlipper — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:27:20 EST

@IBentMyWookie: I love ya Wookie, but cut the guy some slack.

YOU covered it already, in May of last year on a post that Balk only brought up Curt Cobain. Not only does New Guy With Two Last Names not re-hash the Cobain bent, he dug around and found MORE than one reference to the topic. I joined in the Fall of last year, and keep in mind the commenter floodgates have been a little wide open this year.

Change happens! You don't have to like it but try to be open minded about it!

Maybe Nick needs to have a counseling forum for change averse commenters.

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flipper baby — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:26:28 EST

What's the Vigoda estate's position on this?

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CodePink — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:24:50 EST

Jesus is the ad for the Lord--Dude's everywhere, including holographic drawings on my Great Aunt Irene's wall. You know, the 3-D pic right next to JFK, frame splattered with whiskey stains from when Uncle Charlie threw a tumbler glass across the room after he caught my other Uncle Charlie cheating in a card game.

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Colonel Mustard — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:24:27 EST

This is like the time that Justinian I and Theodora were used in that Turtle Wax Bug & Tar Remover ad.

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sassypants — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:22:45 EST

@Michael Jahn: His widow was complaining about her financial situation a while back. I'm not sure (and have no proof) but my guess is this is her handiwork.

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Michael Jahn — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:22:10 EST

@KarenUhOh: Brilliant! Love that one.

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Michael Jahn — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:20:19 EST

Isn't the right to use his likeness protected legally in one or another document? What about the survivors? Don't they have something to say? I'm not savvy on these things, but it seems to me that you just can't rip off a dead celebrity's image for commericial purposes.

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KarenUhOh — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:19:56 EST

What I find staggering is that Dennis Hopper's estate permits the use of his image.

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In Other News... — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:19:21 EST

@IBentMyWookie: Remakes are better than reruns.

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riskybusiness — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:19:20 EST

Word, I'm down for the 3 stripes as well, but didn't they use Beckenbauer (or the ghost thereof) in their world cup ad campaign in '06? Not that this disputes your claim in any way. I'm just sayin'.

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yourfriendandneighbor — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:18:57 EST

Careful. Someone might commit suicide over this kind of criticism.

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In Other News... — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:18:31 EST

Hey, how about putting Gonzo the Great in an Adidas ad?

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bangbangbonnie — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:17:59 EST

At first, all I could think was "wtf, Converse?"

And then I remembered that Coverse was bought out by Nike last year, so the fact that they're now pissing themselves from trying so hard to appeal to the Che-loving (or at least shirt wearing), I'm-so-hardcorexxx, teenybopper (who more than likely doesn't know Gonzo or SV from Adam and Steve) makes sense.

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iplaudius — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:17:47 EST

I guess it’s his own damn fault for becoming an icon. Can you be iconoclastic without also being iconic?

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sassypants — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:16:44 EST

This is a sacrilege. I can't even come up with words adequate to express my utter disgust at this. Not ever, in his lifetime, would HT have even considered shit like this.

Who's responsible for pimping him out like this, his widow?

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IBentMyWookie — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:14:48 EST

We've covered this already.

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In Other News... — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:14:18 EST

To paraphrase KRS-One, chief creative officers act like they don't know.

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Dusty in the Wind — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:10:02 EST

You're right. Not right.

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KarenUhOh — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:09:38 EST

Converse? I'd die first.

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