He's Giuseppe Franco!!!

I was perusing the Mets blogs after last nights choke-attack and I came across this bit of awsomeness from Metsblog.com:

While walking on a street in Beverly Hills, a man stepped in front of me, smoking a cigarette, pacing and swearing while ranting and raving on his cell phone.

I turned to my wife and said, “Wait, that’s Giuseppe Franco.” Sure enough, we happened to be walking in front of his ‘famed Beverly Hills salon,’ as the repetitive commercial says.

That dude is a legend in my home! I love everything about GF. He comes on the TV and I just smile and giggle: "heh heh Giuseppe Franco..." My favorite part is when they mention celebrity clientele and then show a shot of him greeting Gary Busey. Gary Busey! What?! They couldn't get Nick Nolte?! It's one of the best things going on television.

Apparently the GF name is renowned. Because he says clearly, "I'm Giuseppe Franco. I'm not going to put my name on a product that doesn't work." I'm hoping that he branches out from hair-care, leaves his roots if you will, and develops other product lines. It could be like Newman's Own, but GF. How amazing would that be?

Remember, he doesn't own the company. He doesn't own anything about it. In the commercial it sounds like he's saying, "I don't own the company; I don't know anything about it." Which used to always make me chuckle. The fact that he slurs that line and you can't tell if he is saying know or own is funny enough. Don't they edit these things?

And then there are the Chia-dudes who are in the commercial. Do I want to look like them?! I mean, I already look like a slackerschlep. Don't you think they would pick actual good-looking men to push their hair-care product? Are they afraid that some decent man-meat may overshadow the striking good looks of GF and Gary Busey?

Oh well. I watch so much Mets baseball that I've been overexposed on GF and Verizon ads. Oh, and the Optimum guy. Don't get me started on that smarmball.

Long live Giuseppe Franco!