Newsflash: Sox Sells!
Category: Just Plain Silly...
Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at 04:03 PM [GMT-6]

Have you seen (or heard) the new ads featuring the voice of James Carville? He's representing a new phone-in information service, the name of which escapes me (hope they didn't pay James too much). Anyway, in one of the TV ads, Carville — who, by the way, could give annoyance lessons to a mosquito — appears on-camera only from about knee-to-toe (fill in your own cheap shot here:        ).

I noticed today that he and I have something in common: socks. The particular pair he's modeling in the commercial is an Aireator model manufactured by DeFeet International, and they happen to make the best cycling socks in the world, along with other miscellaneous types of athletic clothing. I actually have two pairs of that particular sock, although I'm not sure why. Not only are these great socks, performance-wise (never underestimate the potential damage from bad socks), they also sport some wonderful graphic designs.

If you take the time to visit the DeFeet website, you'll note that the style has apparently been discontinued. While I'm sure it has nothing to do with Carville's appearance in this ad campaign, I'm also sure there's a Democratic Party-related metaphor just waiting to be birthed by someone more creative than me. Permalink

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