Looks like the candidates in last night’s final presidential debate actually did help the average American: Joe The Plumber might get a book and movie deal out of all the mentions he had. Not yet, but he could. Sure they used him every chance they could, but Joe’s still gonna have a few more fans when he goes out on calls now, plus, he gets to raise his hourly, maybe even sign a few babies. Supastar! (No word yet from Joe The Carpenter or Joe The Roofer.)
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Say it ain’t Joe.
Looks like the candidates in last night’s final presidential debate actually did help the average American: Joe The Plumber might get a book and movie deal out of all the mentions he had. Not yet, but he could. Sure they used him every chance they could, but Joe’s still gonna have a few more fans when he goes out on calls now, plus, he gets to raise his hourly, maybe even sign a few babies. Supastar! (No word yet from Joe The Carpenter or Joe The Roofer.)
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I heart Joe The Plumber. Already joined his fan page on Facebook. :p
So, someone named Joe the Plumber is in the nations wealthiest 5%? They should get a new bouncer for that club.
This Joe the Plumber red herring is further proof of the ascendence of the post-advertising age: within 24 hours of his rise to fame, all the facts are out about him on the Internet:
- He makes $40,000/yr
- He doesn't have a plumber's license
- The possibility of Joe eventually buying the plumbing company he works for was discussed during his job interview—six years ago
I could go on. There was a hint of inauthenticity in the air, and postmodernism and the Internet took care of the rest. Welcome to the post-advertising age.
He coulda made more working for Acorn on a per-registrant commission basis.
But his real future should be the ad business where history tells us that janitors and letter carriers can become multi-millionaires with a modicum of talent, but a realistic view of the world.
We did hear from Joe The Senator, the one running for Vice-President who has become famous himself recently for imagining that he still has breakfast in a downhome Wilmington diner that's been closed for 12 years. Joe The Senator also questioned Joe The Plumber's bona fides, but he did it in the confines of a TV studio with an anchorperson, the same anchorperson who interviewed Franklin Delano Roosevelt on 60 Minutes in 1929.
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