Jim Alfredson Posted July 31, 2003 Report Posted July 31, 2003 They also have a James Brown one. You push a button and he starts singing "I Feel Good" and wiggles around. It's funny for about 10 seconds and then it gets annoying. And the damn thing goes for about 5 minutes!!!! Quote
Templejazz Posted July 31, 2003 Report Posted July 31, 2003 My friend Rob has a Charles Barkley Celebriduck in his dorm room. Quote
Jim Dye Posted July 31, 2003 Report Posted July 31, 2003 I'll blink it away though, pretend nothing's wrong and ask the all-important question: who on Earth invented this shazzit?? who??? tell me!! and while we're at it: WHY??? I dunno who, but as for the WHY? Tha almighty dollar. Celebriducks = CelebriBUCKS! B) Quote
Templejazz Posted July 31, 2003 Report Posted July 31, 2003 I almost forgot, the same friend who has the Charles Barkley Celebriduck has the above mentioned Louie singing figure. He rolled up a gigantic spliff and put it in its mouth and tucked a pack of rolling papers into the lapel! Quote
Jazzmoose Posted August 1, 2003 Report Posted August 1, 2003 CLASSIC kitsch, jacman; my grandmother had two of those in her back yard until my cousin and I got BB guns for Christmas... Quote
brownie Posted August 1, 2003 Report Posted August 1, 2003 A music store near the place where I live in Paris had a full New Orleans orchestra of those figures in its window for quite a long time. My wife thought it amusing to ask if I would like to get some of those for Christmas. She did not ask twice. Quote
jacman Posted August 1, 2003 Report Posted August 1, 2003 careful, you could put your eye out with one of those things. Quote
catesta Posted August 1, 2003 Report Posted August 1, 2003 This brings back memories. When I was a kid these things were all over the place. My pals and I probably collected close to a hundred from various locations. Quote
Dan Gould Posted August 1, 2003 Report Posted August 1, 2003 I'm presuming these "locations" were the private property of your neighbors? I'll say what I suspect your Dad didn't-I'm very disappointed in you, Chris. Quote
shawn·m Posted August 1, 2003 Report Posted August 1, 2003 (edited) Ya learn somethin’ every day. Sometimes. I thought making a thing look like something it is not was the definition of kitsch; a salt shaker in the shape of the Eiffel Tower or a Venus D’Milo statuette with a clock in its belly. So anything cheesy is kitsch? Well then, I’d like you all to meet the upper-management I work with. Edited August 1, 2003 by kartoffel·hadi blues Quote
Dan Gould Posted August 1, 2003 Report Posted August 1, 2003 From Merriam-Webster's website, the definition of kitsch: something that appeals to popular or lowbrow taste and is often of poor quality Quote
Dan Gould Posted August 1, 2003 Report Posted August 1, 2003 Okay, you mean like Britney Spears? OK, kitschy and hot Quote
jacman Posted August 3, 2003 Report Posted August 3, 2003 there's a fine line between Kitschy and tacky. Ms.Spears has crossed that line. Quote
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