# "Nintendo Actually Just Hired Bowser to Head Sales"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-actually-just-hired-bowser-to-head-sales/720434>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 20, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-actually-just-hired-bowser-to-head-sales/720434 "2015-05-20T16:52:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-actually-just-hired-bowser-to-head-sales/720434/1 "2015-05-20T16:52:55Z")

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From [Time Magazine online](http://time.com/3890745/nintendo-bowser-sales/):

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> Nintendo of America announced today that it had hired Doug Bowser as VP of sales.

1. Now we know that Bowser has a first name, and it’s “Doug”.
2. What kind of executive parking slot do you give someone with a [helicopter clown car](http://www.mariowiki.com/Koopa_Clown_Car) thing?
3. It’s going to take more than Koopa Troopas to catch up to Microsoft in this market.

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-actually-just-hired-bowser-to-head-sales/720434/2 "2015-05-20T16:58:02Z")

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Oh. I was thinking _Sha Na Na_…

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**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:** [May 20, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-actually-just-hired-bowser-to-head-sales/720434/3 "2015-05-20T18:03:03Z")

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Pretty funny 🙂 ([fixed car link](http://www.mariowiki.com/Koopa_Clown_Car))

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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-actually-just-hired-bowser-to-head-sales/720434/4 "2015-05-20T18:34:47Z")

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> [@ZipperJJ](#):
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> Pretty funny 🙂 ([fixed car link](http://www.mariowiki.com/Koopa_Clown_Car))

:smack: Distracted by a passing Shy Guy, I guess.

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**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-actually-just-hired-bowser-to-head-sales/720434/5 "2015-05-28T11:11:15Z")

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[We’re doomed](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CFfHJJOWEAA8uv7.jpg).

(Look in the background on the bookshelf)

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**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-actually-just-hired-bowser-to-head-sales/720434/6 "2015-05-28T12:50:38Z")

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That’s hilarious.

Eat that plumbers!

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-actually-just-hired-bowser-to-head-sales/720434/7 "2015-05-28T22:36:46Z")

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> [@ZipperJJ](#):
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> ([fixed car link](http://www.mariowiki.com/Koopa_Clown_Car))

Ditto.