A winning Paula Deen
Paula Deen’s furniture collection with Universal got a fun and funny plug on NPR’s “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me” quiz show this past Saturday.
Deen was the guest contestant for a segment called “Not My Job,” in which celebrities typically are asked questions about something they’re not likely to have great interest in (Deen was asked about tofu).
Throughout the segment, which you can find and listen to here, Deen took the good-natured jokes about her butter and deep-fried tendencies and came back brilliantly with some wit of her own. One panelist asked if the furniture was dipped in butter. Another asked, “How do you deep fry an ottoman?”
She could’ve succumbed to the wisecracks, but Deen’s response was quick and disarming. “Oh, it’s easy,” she said. “You just dip it in egg first.”
It’s worth listening, too, and I’ve got a much better understanding now of why she has such a large fan base.
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Daniel D. Danforth commented:
Who is Paula Deen and what is "Wait, Wait don't tell me"?!?! What is NPR? Public radio or something? Americans are strange: you all love celebrities so much you just make them up. Kathy Ireland is probably more famous for merchandising than modelling or whatever she did before. In unrelated news, Clint you have a winning smile and a snappy necktie so there is probably no limit to your potential. You and Dave "D-Bonez" Perry keep reporting on major news with the casual aplomb and reckless abandon that has made you what you are. Who knows, maybe Fairmont will produce a Clint'n'Dave bedroom set!
Dave Perry commented:
Payback? Are you kidding? Last time I checked, it was our job to report on major news events in the industry, like new licensing programs. We cover those programs because they are newsworthy. End of story. Don't you think it's a positive for our industry to tie in with well-known figures from other industries? I do.
-Dave Perry of Furniture/Today
Clint Engel commented:
No payback, nor am I the one shelling out the dollars for the license or booking Deen on a popular quiz show to talk about furniture (among other things). We are messengers over here. Universal, however, thought this might be a good idea. And guess what? It's already served one purpose--publicity.
a furniture store commented:
First off, I posted once before and you did not put my post up, could it be that I said, as a furniture store I can't simply understand what and why Paula Deen is doing furniture. Really what does she know about furniture, and why...I have the same feelings about the other names being involved in a business that I feel so strongly about, and when it is used in the manner in which Paula Deen, Cindy Crawford, Donald Trump, and the rest of them are using it...then what does it say about our industry? I am embarrassed that you are giving her so much press, and credentials...must be something for you in this as well...like a payback?
