Monty by Jim Meddick for April 27, 2016
April 26, 2016
April 28, 2016
Transcript:
Sales have been off... So I've adopted a new marketing approach... I plan to exploit the consumer's innate sympathy for a child in need. Lemonade $7 I borrowed tattered hand-me-downs from the grounds keepers son to give the impression of an impoverished child desperate for income... What d'you think? Is the dirt too much?... Too depressing? Too Diane Arbus-y? Well, it does provide an odd contrast with the sterling silver decanter...
Tesla Roadster 181 Premium Member over 8 years ago
… not to mention the crystal stemware.
Randy B Premium Member over 8 years ago
I wouldn’t buy a drink served by a filthy child.
x_Tech over 8 years ago
Jarvis better stick around otherwise the next thing you know young Sedgewick will be busted for possession of stolen property.
clayusmcret Premium Member over 8 years ago
Only the richest can afford the nicest tattered jeans.
chuck_henebry over 8 years ago
Diane Arbus for th’ win!
rnmontgomery over 8 years ago
uhhm, why does a filthy rich kid need a lemonade stand???
Alphaomega over 8 years ago
@rnmontgomery
The answer is obvious,to get filthy richer,or richest if you prefer!
Sisyphos over 8 years ago
Borrowed? Hah! I doubt the groundskeeper’s son will ever wear those clothes again!Nor does Sedgie’s marketing strategy seem likely to succeed; what “poor child” charges $7 for a crystal of limonade (sic), or is it back to lemonade again today?
JR6019 over 8 years ago
A costumer at our local community theatre always hated when people would assume that poor people were dirty. As a single mother of 5, she was often poor, but her family was family was kept clean.
Daeder over 8 years ago
Maybe setting up hostile takeovers of other kid’s lemonade stands would be more up his alley.
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member over 8 years ago
Liquids high in acid, like lemonade, shouldn’t be kept in silver vessels. Bad for the lemonade, bad for the silver, bad for the consumers (if any).