But Tony did come over and posted this photo on his Twitter.

And yes, the outfit was good. But if it was to make money of Wendy's it was imho a really lame idea.
Apparently Wendy's were already sponsoring Shaun's video game and had logo placements in it.

And I think it's cool that Shaun goes to Leno, Letterman etc and plugs his video games and stuff. But I don't think it's cool to plug Wendy's like it was a spur of the moment costume that just happened to spread like Swine Flu and conveniently made it onto prime time tv when it was a planned marketing strategy.
Now I'm sure Shaun and his entourage made some sweet dollars from this and good for them, but I still think it was a lame move. And yes I know, my opinion doesn't matter to about 99.999999999999% of the people who buy Shauns game, snowboards, clothing etc.
He's going to win the Olympics and everyone at Wendy's will be happy.
Who knows.. maybe Wendy's will have a flying tomato on their menu soon.
Well said - you make much sense, people are suckers for media stunts. We are the stuntmen for the mainstream media's course for creative destruction.
ReplyDeleteYou were right.
Eric
Portland, Oregon
12-4-09