Constructive gadfly
Published on October 29, 2009 By stevendedalus In Blogging

Does a finely manufactured product really need the Martha Stewart signature? Won’t any thick bath towel dry the rump as well?

Though I was a devout fan of Ted Williams, I thought—granted, testimonials were rampant— it imbecilic for Sears to have him endorse all its sporting products. Unfortunately, I didn’t think that way when at thirteen years of age, I "walked a mile for a Camel" on Joe DiMaggio’s say-so.

 


Comments
on Oct 30, 2009

Steve,

nice to see you're still alive. Not sure exactly what this article is about but if it's about towels and celebrities, I by mine at Walmart without a care who's name is on it. As long as they are thick, tghey dry good and are cheap I could care less if Martha's name is on it. But some people do like having things with celebrity names on them, the Eddie Bauer (spelling?) Ford Explorer never made any sense to me.

on Oct 30, 2009

Steven! My favorite JU liberal arriving just in time for Halloween.

on Oct 30, 2009

Richard, here's one thing I can agree with you on. Celebrity endorsements mean absolutely nothing to me. I would take the average persons recommendation on a product over a famous person any day. Sports figures really tick me off. You see the astronomical amount of money these companies are paying athletes to hock their stuff, but it's the consumer that is getting the shaft as that cost is slapped onto the product.

on Oct 31, 2009

on Oct 31, 2009

[quote]nice to see you're still alive[/quote]

Barely. But it's still gratifying to be remembered.