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Banned Science Fiction Author Sells Prunes

Started by thefoodgeek · 10 months ago

Okay, this is actually a little old, but there’s this great commercial of Ray Bradbury, author of many great science fictions stories such as Fahrenheit 451, personally appearing on a commercial for prunes.

Speaking of Fahrenheit 451, many people presume that the point of ... Continue reading »

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  • thefoodgeek

    10 months ago

    To start things off, Stephen King once did a commercial for American Express. As I recall, it was one of those things where it talked about his general anonymity. The downside of appearing on television is that he went from being comfortably famous, where you get perks but nobody ever stopped you on the street for your autograph while you're late for a lunch appointment, to being known by everyone in the US on sight.

    You can read a bit about this at the bottom of this Neil Gaiman blog entry
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  • MormonFoodie

    10 months ago

    This is too funny. I wonder how much they paid him?
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  • John -Mormon Foodie

    9 months ago

    I know I've commented already on this post, but you always give us such interesting stuff, I wanted to share an award with you. You can claim it at my site.

    http://mormonfoodie.blogspot.com/2008/09/you-lo...

    Thanks for such great insight into cooking. I know I can count on you when I have questions about food.
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