Joe the Hustler
Politico's Jeffrey Ressner reported a little while ago that Joe the Plumber -- i.e., Samuel Wurzelbacher -- is "being pursued for a major record deal and could come out with a country album as early as Inauguration Day." Don't stop there! What about using Joe to play Mr. Clean in TV ads? (Seriously.) How about a reality show about Joe trying to make his way? Trying to pay back taxes, raise the dough to buy the business, etc.
Wurzelbacher has "just signed with a Nashville public relations and management firm to handle interview requests and media appearances," Ressner adds, "as well as create new career opportunities, including a shift out of the plumbing trade into stage and studio performances."
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on October 29, 2008 at 3:22 PM
comment #1
Studly Semite
says ...
Where is Ben Hecht when you need him.
Posted by Studly Semite
at October 29, 2008 3:28 PM
comment #2
ZayTonday
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Joe didn't want to be famous, Joe didn't ask for Barack Obama to come on his doorstep and attack him!
Posted by ZayTonday
at October 29, 2008 3:39 PM
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corey3rd
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Obama never went on this putz's doorstep. This Putz is a plant from the Charles Keating family tree.
Now he's going to make more money than all the fines and taxes he owes. What are the odds he'll get drunk and beat up someone in a bar?
Posted by corey3rd
at October 29, 2008 3:48 PM
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gruver1
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Wells to Zay Tonday: What you just wrote is as ignorant and flat-out factually wrong as anything said by Sarah Palin during the whole campaign. Read up, do your homework and then post. Works better that way. Oh, wait...it's a put-on?
Posted by gruver1
at October 29, 2008 3:53 PM
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frankbooth
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Love the illustration.
I saw another newspaper story on this guy today and wondered why anyone would bother to print his viewpoint. He's Joe Blow -- or Sam Blow, or whatever his name is.
So what does Zeke the homeless guy think? Juan the dishwasher? Sally Jo the hotel maid? We need daily reports on their opinions, too!
Posted by frankbooth
at October 29, 2008 3:53 PM
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HarveyCo
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Any chance Tay was being facetious?
Posted by HarveyCo
at October 29, 2008 3:59 PM
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frankbooth
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I also assumed that he was. I've been attacked for comments I assumed everyone would realize were meant as satire of right-wing viewpoints.
But it can be hard to tell these days.
Posted by frankbooth
at October 29, 2008 4:05 PM
comment #8
DarthCorleone
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Yeah, I could be wrong, but I thought ZayTonday was being sarcastic.
This Joe The Plumber thing is so tired.
Posted by DarthCorleone
at October 29, 2008 4:05 PM
comment #9
115thDreamer
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I've said it before but I'll say it again - stop the world, I want to get off. I noticed Joe was on Ken Huckabee's show the other day on Fox News. How about making him the Huckster's permament "sidekick", his very own Ed McMahon?
The reality show idea is actually not that crazy - I could see someone signing him up for that in a second. It's no dumber than "Paris' New BFF", really.
Jesus, this guy makes me want to hide the fact that I'm from Ohio...more than usual, I mean. Can the RNC maybe ditch this guy, and I'll set them up with my GOP-supporting Dad, Roger-the-retired-farm-supplies-salesman. He has tons of Ohio State shit he could wear on camera, and he's paid up on this taxes to the best of my knowledge.
Posted by 115thDreamer
at October 29, 2008 4:10 PM
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Dan Revill
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He shouldn't take any more money. Otherwise, he really will be in a higher tax bracket. Then if Obama is elected, well, he'll really be in a bind.
Posted by Dan Revill
at October 29, 2008 4:15 PM
comment #11
DarthCorleone
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Aladdin>> We had the same thought. Stardom has its price: the dreaded REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH!
Posted by DarthCorleone
at October 29, 2008 4:23 PM
comment #12
p.Vice
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I can't wait to read about his torrid love affair with William Hung.
Posted by p.Vice
at October 29, 2008 5:03 PM
comment #13
swordandpen
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This will be like "A Face in the Crowd" for the 21st century. Joe the Plumber is the new Lonesome Rhodes.
Posted by swordandpen
at October 29, 2008 6:51 PM
comment #14
thatmovieguy
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Of course, the denouement of these overnight celebrities who try to cash in on fleeting fame is always the same: By the time their CD/reality show/movie/book comes out, they have either already been forgotten or the backlash has begun. After Obama wins next week, Joe the Plumber is going to be nothing more than a relic from a misguided, failed campaign -- and who wants to shell out money for that? Enjoy it while it lasts, my friend; you're at just about 14:40 by my clock.
Posted by thatmovieguy
at October 29, 2008 7:59 PM
comment #15
slutsky
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When is Michael Chiklis going to man up and admit he's been playing this dude as research for a role or something all along?
Posted by slutsky
at October 30, 2008 8:10 AM
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Jay T.
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Joe the Plumber is like the prison guard in Shawshank who receives a huge inheritance and does nothing but bitch about all of the taxes he'll have to pay. Douche.
Posted by Jay T.
at October 30, 2008 7:02 PM
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