Jason Sandford
Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.
Bulldog says…
If Myrtle Beach is the Redneck Riviera, then surely Gatlinburg must be the Robbinsville Riviera. Everybody goes there to get married if the bride is old enough to cross state lines.
Also, ‘Dog’s got this on car dealers:
Why do car dealers seem to believe that if they do their own commercials and show their kids and their dogs and quote Bible scriptures that we’ll be more inclined to buy a car from them, or that we’ll think of them as “family”? Hell, if I wanted to be “treated like family” I’d just walk in, open my wallet and loan them money.
One of the worst transgressors is in Hendersonville, where the owner now dresses as a rapper and has corralled his entire staff into a horrible rendition of “You can’t beat this.” Do these guys have no shame, or are their egos so outsized that they’ll do anything just to be on TV?
Bulletin No. 1: You can buy a video camera and play it back on your own TV and not insult the rest of us for a lot less than that 30-second spot on the 6 o’clock news.
Bulletin No. 2: I want a quality vehicle at a reasonable price. I don’t want to bond with you, or become your newest family member.
And who is the marketing guru who came up with the clowns that do the Asheville Dodge infomercial on Saturday mornings? Assuming I ever wanted a Dodge, the last place I’d look would be a dealership run by absolute fools.
Bulldog’s barking again.
Riddle me this
OK, you guys know what “blind items” are, right? Don’t you read the NY tabloids? They’re those juicy, juicy tidbits that don’t have names attached, but tantilize you with just enough info to keep you guessing.
Ashvegas is gonna kick that off tonight:
Which teevee lovely won’t go to a posh downtown salon anymore after they refused to use more peroxide on her pretty little head?
Don’t you think most female anchors color their hair? And if someone does a bad job in their opinion, they should go back again? I have an idea… don’t watch if you don’t like:) But how else would you live vicariously through others? Own life not so good?? That’s plainly clear…
As my good friend Bubba reminded me, James Bond had it right when he told a barely clothed (and looking strong, by the way) Stella Stevens in “Diamonds Are Forever,” … “As long as the collar and cuffs match …”
actually, if you’re referring to who I think you are, the salon obviously thinks too much of its talents…
they didn’t seem to understand banana yellow and burnt orange weren’t the colors requested…
Well, there aren’t many blondes at the station — although some are waaaaaay more blonde (almost “stripper blonde”) than others. Cuevas, Le, Boudin, Kumarhia, Grimes, Watford, Dunkle, et al., yer off the hook.
Hmmmm.
I’m guessing it’s the one who also seems to be in love with plasticine hooker-shiny lip gloss. Have you never heard of semi-matte, honey?
Could it also be the one I onced spied buying bedding with Mike Hydeck at TJMaxx one sunny day a long while back? (Nice quilt, Mike. You probably need it in Beantown.)
It might be OK if they didn’t say “Asheville” Dodge and connect the rest of our otherwise educated and intelligent population to the image they’re presenting.
You’re right. That Mac Easler commercial is the worst thing that has ever been broadcast. It’s a shame to think that signal is traveling through space right now and could be the first thing another life form sees from us.