Comments on: Kerouac bobblehead

Kerouac bobblehead

beagle — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 06:52:29 -0800

Kerouac becomes a bobblehead. From the sports promoters in Lowell, Massachusetts, to the literati, everybody thinks it's a terrific idea. "Certainly, Jack would love it," says the executor of his estate.

By: donfactor

donfactor — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 07:09:51 -0800

Gosh, with one of these it might be worth stealing a car and getting back on the road

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 07:11:44 -0800

"What better than a Jack Kerouac bobblehead?" Don DeLillo Assless Chaps™?

By: liam

liam — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 07:16:34 -0800

As for Henry Miller...

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 07:27:37 -0800

William S Burroughs Special Edition Handguns™?

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 07:46:48 -0800

Will Self Hypodermic Needles™? You could always have a collectors set of James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and T.S. Eliot hipflasks.

By: m@

m@ — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 07:47:29 -0800

I have a sneaking suspicion that the bobblehead was never intended to be Kerouac--for one, it looks nothing like him. I think it may have been designed for another player, possibly even from another team, and rebranded to capitalize on Jack. Yeah, right, Kerouac would love it--just like he'd love having luxury condos named after him.

By: Fezboy!

Fezboy! — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:06:17 -0800

"The bobblehead fits with Kerouac because he was such a rhythmic guy. He loved music. He loved the rhythmic speech of good writing." What. The. Fuck?! Goddamned gravytrainers, stop cashing in on dead people!

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:24:12 -0800

Kerouac would have lent his name and likeness to a set of anal beads for a case of Narragansett. I'm not trashing him as a writer at all. But his exploits as a drunk are still legendary in eastern Massachusetts. Unfortunately, Lowell has exactly one icon on which to cash in and it's a good writer. No one wants bobbleheads or condos named after Paul Tsongas, and half the population already has a Wang.

By: philfromhavelock

philfromhavelock — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:56:36 -0800

"The bobblehead fits with Kerouac because he was such as rhythmic guy." I never before considered bobblehead symbolism. Heh. /slight off-topic/ I don't understand bobblehead dolls. A doll looks familiar mostly (sometimes only) because you know the subject by a uniform and number. Can b-heads work in non-athlete portrayals? /slight off-topic/

By: LeLiLo

LeLiLo — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:57:36 -0800

also planned is a Harley-Davidson bobblehead How about a Headless Horseman bobblehead?

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 20:27:38 -0800

Kerouac would have lent his name and likeness to a set of anal beads for a case of Narragansett. Actually, given his much-repressed sexual proclivities, the anal beads would be far more appropriate, I'd think.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Wed, 30 Jul 2003 02:02:15 -0800

Allen Ginsberg Brand PubicBeard Merkins™ Neal Cassady's Burning Sun God® Evaporating Ink™ Ah, never mind.