Ever wondered how Karl Marx might have pitched Coca-Cola? What kind of sales tactic Wait Whitman would have hit on to sell Fab laundry detergent? Or how Shakespeare would have plugged Shout stain remover ("Out, out, damn spot!")? Wonder no more, because Joey Green has tackled these advertising gems and many more -- including Kafka's Raid Kills Bugs Dead and Nietzche's musings over Where's the Beef? So whether it's Herman Melville on Tidy Bowl or Robert Louis Stevenson poring over Dr. Pepper and Mr. Hyde, you'll find a unique cultural and literary experience here on every page!
Joey Green--author of "Polish Your Furniture with Panty Hose," "Paint Your House with Powdered Milk," "Wash Your Hair with Whipped Cream," and "Clean Your Clothes with Cheez Whiz"--got Jay Leno to shave with peanut butter on "The Tonight Show," Rosie O'Donnell to mousse her hair with Jell-O on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show," and Katie Couric to drop her diamond engagement ring in a glass of Efferdent on "Today." He has been seen polishing furniture with SPAM on "NBC Dateline," cleaning a toilet with Coca-Cola in "The New York Times," and washing his hair with Reddi-wip in "People."
A former contributing editor to "National Lampoon" and a former advertising copywriter at J. Walter Thompson, Green is the author of more than forty books, including "Sarah Palin's Secret Diary," "Marx & Lennon: The Parallel Sayings," and "The Zen of Oz: Ten Spiritual Lessons from Over the Rainbow." A native of Miami, Florida, and a graduate of Cornell University, he wrote television commercials for Burger King and Walt Disney World and won a Clio Award for a print ad he created for Eastman Kodak. He backpacked around the world for two years on his honeymoon and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Debbie, and their two daughters, Ashley and Julia.
You can visit him at www.joeygreen.com and www.wackyuses.com
