Media Moments

[fj]

1. It's kinda nice to hear the word "Phelps" without it being preceded by "Fred".
2. Michael Phelps needs to go on SNL with a baked stoner skit, trade being baked stories with Letterman, and pic up endorsements from brands that cater to an edgier or actually non-hypocritical adult market.

Comments

[jered]

actually non-hypocritical adult market

Smaller than you think.

[krimon.livejournal.com]

Or, better yet, have an ironclad endorsement contract that lets him keep the millions he's signed for before a disgruntled girlfriend sold his glass-pipe pics to the tabloids.

[krimon.livejournal.com]

*well, actually the angry girlfriend is just speculation I'm passing on from Crazy Days and Nights (thanks for that suggestion, by the way.)

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

Boy's gotten screwed by the media. No one would have cared, even Kellogs, if reporters hadn't kept harping on and on about it

[mangosteen]

The US loves its heroes, to see how far they can go.
The US loves taking down its heroes, just to show that they're no better.

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

that's the thing tho, I haven't seen anyone but the media go on about it

[darke.livejournal.com]

The brits perfected this mindset. ;)

[fj.livejournal.com]

darke is right, it is really a quite stunning exercise here.

[darke.livejournal.com]

From what I can see, Kellog was going to drop them all, not just Phelps. this incident just gave them the opportunity to grandstand on it and have a "reason" beyond "companies are worried about money these days".

[jwg.livejournal.com]

Yes, I agree about the right Phelps, considering that I'm dealing with the other one's event in Cambridge a bit.

[nipper-dawg.livejournal.com]

i wonder if a rolling paper company will endorse him :P

i honestly don't think he's done anything wrong. This patheticeness of holding everyone to a super high standard where it doesnt affect thier professional life is overboard.

i wonder what will happen if they find out he is not a virgib, or when he looses it.

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

LEAVE MICHAEL ALOOOOOOOOOOOONNNEEEEE!!!

[philhasablog.livejournal.com]

We laughed about it all day. Well I'm more likely to buy products he endorses now!

[nooks.livejournal.com]

I think it would be pretty awesome to see a picture of Fred with his lips wrapped around a huge bong.