Wednesday, November 14, 2007

A Little Bit Country, a Little Bit Rock and Roll


The QVC website features a blog by Marie Osmond chronicling her experience on Dancing with the Stars. One word popped into my head: bizarre. What does Marie Osmond/Dancing with the Stars have in common with QVC?

Cash is king. Osmond and QVC are simply using each other to turn a profit. Osmond sells crafts, CDs and dolls on QVC. Now that she appears on a primetime show, she writes a blog to call attention to her past and future products. Let me be fair, she does more than that. She overuses exclamation points, quotes and the phrase 'smiles.' Her latest product capitalizes on her national embarrassment – fainting in front of millions. The “Adora Samba Belle” doll (aka The Fainting Doll) premiered on QVC last Saturday. I know what’s going on my Christmas list… “smiles.”

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