Peggy wrote:
> Why weren't you boo hooing about this when he started pushing his line of
> sauces, salsas, coffee beans, etc. etc. ? How is that any different? The
> bottom line is, the product is still good, even though it's sold to a mass
> market. I'm lucky enough to live an hour from Frontera Grill and
> Topolobampo, but not everyone is - so there you go. His pumpkin seed hot
> sauce is absolutely great, for instance. Anyway, I'm sure some of you food
> snobs out there wouldn't be caught dead in a Burger King - but the sandwich
> (other than the chicken being a bit salty) is really rather good. He
> shouldn't be a bit ashamed of putting his name on it - it's probably the
> best thing on the menu at a fast food place in years. Put on your dark
> sunglasses, slink through the drive through, and actually try it before you
> rip him to shreds.
> Peg
> PS. Sometimes a Whopper tastes better than fois gras... depending on the
> circumstances
>
> "Jim Lane" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>BW wrote:
>>
>>
>>>That celebrities are marketable is well established, your post offers
>>>nothing new in that regard. And that some US celebs like to cherry
>>>pick where they whore themselves so their adoring public doesn't view
>>>them differently is nothing new either.
>>>
>>>As this is a Mexican food group and Bayless is without question
>>>regarded as a leader among traditional Mexican cuisine chefs his
>>>appearance for Burger King makes this a different discussion than say,
>>>Leonardo DeCaprio appearing in a Japanese Ralph Lauren commercial.
>>>
>>>Don't you agree?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>In article >, Jim Lane
> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Steve Wertz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 13:29:07 GMT, BW >
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Any other group member as shocked by me to see Ric Bayless shilling
>>>>>>Burger King chicken sandwiches in their latest advertising campaign?\
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>How about Emerril and his new toothpaste commercials? Colgate(?) has
>>>>>a new line of flavored toothpastes, and Emerril goes "bam" when he
>>>>>tastes it, and then comments to himself in the mirror - "This is
>>>>>kicking it up a notch!".
>>>>>
>>>>><gag>
>>>>>
>>>>>I haven't seen the Bayliss commercial yet.
>>>>>
>>>>>-sw
>>>>
>>>>Celebrities are marketable. Get over it. Were you overseas anywhere, you
>>>>would see far more of this than you can imagine. At least Bayless and
>>>>Emeril are not trying to hide themselves by appearing only overseas.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>jim
>>
>>You bias is reflected in your use of the term "whore." You are one as am
>>I, we all sell ourselves for salaries or commissions. The difference is
>>your opinion. Selling is selling. It is about the money. Bayless, Emeril
>>or Pamela or DeCaprio. You complain, Bayless laughs his ass off on the
>>way to the bank.
>>
>>Better yet, protest! Quit eating Mexican food in protest and abandon
>>this group.
>>
>>
>>jim
>>
>
>
>

Methinks you replied to the wrong person.


jim