# Crystal Skull, vodka, Dan Akroyd **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** liquor-alcohol\ **Created:** [September 21, 2009, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917 "2009-09-21T07:11:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917/1 "2009-09-21T07:11:59Z")
[http://www.wallywine.com/p-37962-crystal-head-vodka-by-aykroyd-750ml.aspx](http://www.wallywine.com/p-37962-crystal-head-vodka-by-aykroyd-750ml.aspx) [http://crystalheadvodka.com/](http://crystalheadvodka.com/) to cool for words ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917/2 "2009-09-21T07:40:42Z")
There I was, waiting for the punchline… I’m disappointed and worried that there wasn’t one. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917/3 "2009-09-21T14:42:20Z")
Seriously? This is why they need another Ghostbusters movie. Dan’s desperate for money. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917/4 "2009-09-21T15:16:15Z")
[Obligatory _Peep Show_ clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqGOj-Byx0A) ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917/5 "2009-09-21T15:23:47Z")
> [@Critical1](#): > > [http://www.wallywine.com/p-37962-crystal-head-vodka-by-aykroyd-750ml.aspx](http://www.wallywine.com/p-37962-crystal-head-vodka-by-aykroyd-750ml.aspx) > > [http://crystalheadvodka.com/](http://crystalheadvodka.com/) > > to cool for words Summary, please? I don’t like blindly clicking links. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917/6 "2009-09-21T15:27:13Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Summary, please? I don’t like blindly clicking links. Two ads for a vodka with Akroyd as the front man. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917/7 "2009-09-21T17:34:21Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Two ads for a vodka with Akroyd as the front man. how could you forget the crystal skull bottle? ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917/8 "2009-09-21T17:46:44Z")
Seems cheesy and sad for me. These ads were running in Chicago and I was thinking how desperate is Akroyd for money? He’s been is so many movies you’d think he wouldn’t have to shill for vodka. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917/9 "2009-09-21T17:56:48Z")
Too odd. The pitch reads like an over the top parody and every word and nuance is familar from his SNL pitchman clips, and yet he wants this to be taken seriously. Irwin Mainway goes legit. ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917/10 "2009-09-21T18:10:43Z")
I totally want some. ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917/11 "2009-09-21T18:16:32Z")
Not that I really care to defend him, but he’s not just a “shill” for the vodka, he makes it. He owns a winery, which apparently is now a distillery as well. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917/12 "2009-09-21T18:17:11Z")
Aykroyd really is a believer in stuff like crystal skulls and the like. It has nothing to do with needing money, he’d do it for free - it’s pushing something he really does believe. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917/13 "2009-09-21T18:18:26Z")
He was hawking his vodka just a mile or so away from here last week- I kinda wish I’d gone by to see him. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917/14 "2009-09-21T18:30:06Z")
He was in Newfoundland 2 years ago hawking his wine. At Chirstmas I was given a signed bottle as a gift. I was shocked that the giver had waited in line to get it signed. I looked at him, surprised - he started to smirk - I accused him of forging Dan Ackroyd’s signature, to which he copped. The funny part was, he had actually spent hours finding Dan’s signature on the internet, so that he could accurately copy it. It would have been faster to wait in line. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917/15 "2009-09-21T19:41:14Z")
[Butthead]I like the skulls…[/Butthead] ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917/16 "2009-09-21T19:47:33Z")
Wine? Yeah, OK. But “craft vodka” is nothing but naked greed and marketing. I mean, yeah, it’s a license to print money in some circles, but bleh. Reach a certain level of quality, and there’s no discernible difference between vodkas. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917/17 "2009-09-21T19:51:19Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Wine? Yeah, OK. But “craft vodka” is nothing but naked greed and marketing. I mean, yeah, it’s a license to print money in some circles, but bleh. Reach a certain level of quality, and there’s no discernible difference between vodkas. You left out the goth bottle. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917/18 "2009-09-21T19:52:16Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > You left out the goth bottle. That’s where the naked greed and marketing comes in. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917/19 "2009-09-21T22:45:20Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Aykroyd really is a believer in stuff like crystal skulls and the like. > > It has nothing to do with needing money, he’d do it for free - it’s pushing something he really does believe. It sells for $49.95 a bottle. For vodka. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917/20 "2009-09-21T22:51:07Z")
That is a wicked cool bottle. If you like that, check out this [Kalashnikov](http://www.vodkakalashnikov.com/home.htm) shaped one. Unfortunately, they’re not available in the US. Some collectors I know have been trying to get them for years without success. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-skull-vodka-dan-akroyd/510917.md?page=2)