Beautiful afternoon in Charlotte as the GBS Bus is parked on a textbook American Campus here at Queens University. Brick Buildings surrounded by well-tended lawns dotted with the earliest leaves to give up the fight against the Fall. Chased Sean around some of the best-kept homes and gardens I’ve ever seen in the US and wound up in Freedom Park; a city park with a large man made pond, perfect grass, and a dandy amphitheatre that I’d love to play sometime. The place reminded me of one of the great parks in London, England, albeit much smaller.
This tour has been going very well considering the uncertainty in the US Economy. Sold Out in Rochester, very big houses in Boston and Baltimore, and a very respectable first appearance in Keene, NH, has spirits and morale fairly high after week one. A day off in Atlanta tomorrow should buoy us along to get through the week with all systems go. But you never know.
Do Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Love Hewitt really need Proactiv? Sorry, but the Satellite TV on the bus has been on the cooking station all day long and every 15 minutes, one of these Hollywood Dolls is schilling this Acne Solution. It has dawned on me to wonder if there is an odd irony at play here. I’ve never met either of these fine ladies in person, so I’m really just talking shite here, but some cynical part of me suspects neither of the above mentioned gals has had a blemish in her life. The ‘before’ photos actually look doctored, as if they photo-shopped in pimples on Daisy Duke. Interesting.
Normally TV Ads make celebrities seem larger than life and perfect, not more flawed. I’m sure every hair care commercial has doctored the images to make the models look better, not worse. I find it believable that Tiger Woods drives a Buick and I’ve seen him using Nike Golf balls, but I just can’t picture one of the supermodels noted slathering Proactiv on their perfect cheeks.
Don’t get me wrong; I don’t blame them for taking the check if indeed they don’t use the stuff. I’d certainly do the same. I just find it interesting that the campaign relies on the viewer accepting that these women have had skin issues.
Hoping for good crowd tonight to round off a good week.
Fingers crossed.
Cheers,
Alan