Basically, anyone who appears in an ad with the weirdly resurrected-from-the-'80s Lee Iacocca should be banned from ever appearing in the media again (and I include his granddaughter). I had thought my mind had bled all it could bleed after seeing Lee say “yadda yadda yadda” to the career-disabled Jason Alexander (who at least had the grace to look hangdog about it).
Then I saw Snoop Dogg playing golf with Lee on an ad. Snoop Dogg said “shizzle.” The Baby Jesus cried.
Snoop has been whoring himself out at least since he appeared in that lame AOL ad a few years back:
I guess the biggest whore of all would be Iacocca, who got the government to sugar daddy his Chrysler company to the tune of a billion $$$ in the early '80s, in order to “save” the corporation. Now, of course, Iacocca is doing the bidding of his German overlords, Chrysler having been bought out by Daimler Benz several years ago. So, how’d that billion dollar investment work out for the American people?
Jason Alexander has at least 75 pounds on Snoop. So Jason is the bigger whore.
I’ve been meaning to start a thread asking if Snoop has any “street cred” left. First he did that AOL commercial, then this thing.
That’s not his real granddaughter, it’s a child actor.
You know what would be a great sitcom? A remake of The Odd Couple with Snoop Dogg and Jason Alexander!
*:: d&r :: *
Good lord. I’d watch that.
I think Snoop hit his low point with “Doggie Fizzle TV.” : shudder :
How did that investment work out for the American people? How about a $300 million profit for US taxpayers?
It’s got to be Snoop in a landslide. The Iacoca commercial is like, his 20-billionth offense. He was in that movie with the racing Zebra fer god’s sake.
If there really “ain’t nothin’ in life but to be legit,” well… the dogg’s got problems.
Interesting, if true. I kind of wonder where that profit went. Did it help out folks who lost their jobs in any reorganization of Chrysler that took place back in the eighties? I doubt it. My point was it certainly didn’t seem to help the company in the long run.
And by the way, when did we enter this weird, alternate universe where Snoop Dogg is considered some kind of mainstream icon?
That really depends on what you mean by “help out.”
Did the employees keep their jobs? Yes, a lot of them did. Compare that to say, American Motors. After Chrysler bought that failing company, the only trace of the old AMC left was the Toledo, Ohio Jeep plant.
Did it help the company in the long run? If you consider 20 years a long run, then hell yes. For one thing, there was still a Chrysler company to sell to Daimler. There are still plants left in North America, there’s still a dealer network and the jobs that come with it.
So the U.S. Government gambled $1.2 billion, actually made a profit and preserved American jobs and assets that otherwise would have disappeared in a blaze of Chapter 11 filings. Meanwhile, in three months this year, Ford lost $907 million all by itself.
It’s been a while. I mean, damn, if LL Cool J can be a mediocre sitcom star, why can’t Snoop?
I’m not going to against or for the bailout, and it given 10 minutes and google, I couldn’t find the cost to the American public for the bailout. However, counting the sale of the warrants strictly as profit is just one senator trying to sell his proposal. Those warrants had a cost, plus one would need to investigate the opportunity cost of a bankrupt auto manufacturer (largely measured in lost tax revenue and increased social welfare costs) versus the cost of saving that auto manufacturer. That’s how one determines whether or not the bailout was good for the country.
Hey, the nephew of Bootsy Collins will take the money of anyone who is willing to give it to him. :mad: :mad: :mad: 
Snoop is the “Dr. Joyce Brothers” of his generation. If there’s a camera, he’ll show up.
He’ll even bring his own mike. (I think that’s a Simpsons reference, right?)
Is this the same Snoop who promised that he’d never hesitate to put a nigga on his back? Who had bitches in the living room gettin’ it on, who ain’t leaving till six in the morning? Who insisted that it ain’t no fun if the homies can get a taste of it, 'cause you know he don’t love it? And now he’s selling Chryslers alongside Lee Iacocca?
What can you say–his mind’s on his money, and his money’s on his mind.
It doesn’t bug me nearly so much as seeing that crazy motherfucker named Ice Cube starring in an insipid family comedy (Are We There Yet?). I guess when he’s in your neighborhood, it probably isn’t necessary to duck anymore.
Except, possibly, behind some shrubbery, from embarrassment.
Actually, Snoop has the perfect excuse: his raging pot habit. All he has to do is say that he was high and he gets his cred back.
Jason Alexander has no excuse save desperation. Thusly I do proclaim him to be whore supreme.
Hmm. I always thought a whore provided a service that some people actually wanted.