Saturday, May 10, 2008

Expensive Parrot-head

Recently, USAToday ran a quick 5 Questions For Jimmy Buffett in it's Lifestyle section. In addition to being, essentially, a cover band of himself these days, Buffett is also an author. His latest novel, Swine Not? A Novel Pig Tale is about a pig that lives in a hotel in New York.

Ahem...

USAToday's questions were fairly simple, but they didn't ask the one question that I've wanted to ask Buffett for years:



How the hell does a "frozen concoction maker" sell for $379.00?

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

The short answer: Jimmy Buffett fans are affluent and he understands his customer.

Mr. Chinchilla said...

Question #6:

"Mr. Buffett. . . do you consider yourself a sellout?"

The Film Geek said...

Hiya Anonymous: That answer is a perfect spin on what I consider, in truth, to be the actions of a sell out. But that's just me. If Jackson Pollock had lived and sold high priced art supplies with his initials engraved on them from the gift shop of a cheeseburger stand, I'd call him a sell out. There's no difference here.

See, the worldly and wise Mr. Chinchilla gets it, too.

Evil Twin's Wife said...

Those frozen margarita makers (not Jimmy Buffet named) sell for close to $300 at Linens n Things, so I guess they're just expensive.

Makes me happy I don't enjoy "slushie" drinks - on the rocks is good enough! LOL.

Evil Twin's Wife said...

Correction: I think it's the same one at Linens n Things. It's $299 plus FREE shipping! Sheesh!

Anonymous said...

love your blog!

The Film Geek said...

Thanks, Anonymous! Stop by and talk anytime. :)

eclectic guy said...

Is it that I totally miss the Baby Boomer's fascination with this faux island jerk or do I find this totally in line with the man's corporate attitude towards merch?

I must be the only Boomer who finds Buffet stupid and repulsive at the same time.

Make him go away. He's made a shitpile of money. Yahoo! Congrats. Now leave and enjoy your wealth.

The Film Geek said...

You are spot-on, my friend. Spot-on!