• February 11, 2012


How many Wonkette posts do we take from the gchat status message of our comrade Alex Pareene? Lots! Here’s another one, featuring some nut in upstate New York doing a 2 a.m. infomercial (?) about how Hillary Clinton sucks, and ran for president for a year (actually two years!), and didn’t win, and now there are no jobs in the greater Utica/New Hartford metropolitan area, and nobody is coming to this mall to buy tacky leather jackets, which are the main form of clothing worn by upstate New Yorkers, winter or summer. [YouTube]

{ 76 comments }

Serolf Divad February 3, 2009 at 12:41 pm

If I ran the state of New York, every second Sunday of the month would be free Ice Cream Sundae Sunday at Baskin Robbins.

(I blame Hillary for the fact that we’ve got to pay for our Ice Cream Sundaes, too, BTW.)

daisy chain February 3, 2009 at 12:42 pm

Was that fucking Ann Coulter on the left side of my screen??!?!? I haven’t even had my first cup of coffee, yet. Now I’m going to hate everyone I see all day. Not that that’s much of a change.

shortsshortsshorts February 3, 2009 at 12:42 pm

That man is stronger than 10 men! He throws Hillary with one hand, gracefully behind him.
Oh and jacket salesman are assholes. I HAVE DEALT WITH THEM. Burlington Coat Factory is worse than a boiler room. I AM TELLING YOU. FOR REALZ.

Chuck Fildren February 3, 2009 at 12:43 pm

Some one, quick! Get this man some Truck Nutz!

bad idea jeans February 3, 2009 at 12:45 pm

If you’re going on TV to badmouth a US senator (or whatever she is now,) at least wear a suit that fits and shoes that match. Sheesh, what a schlub.

Giant Robot February 3, 2009 at 12:45 pm

~ring ring~ Hey Hillary it’s me Barry, get your ass out of bed and turn on WFUK out of Utica… something is happening in the world and it’s funny as hell….

IceCreamEmpress February 3, 2009 at 12:45 pm

Well, there must be something nefarious afoot, because crazy political rants generally work so well for selling unattractive, cheaply made products!

BillyClubb February 3, 2009 at 12:46 pm

Oh those poor women in the background; at one point they look as if they’re about to run away.

Anyway, keep it classy, youse guys, you upstate New Yorkers. Yeah! You give us Texans something to point to when libruhls start the ol’ “Texas Smackdown”.

Hart88 February 3, 2009 at 12:47 pm

He groped a Hillary cut-out!!! SEXIST!!!!

Cicada February 3, 2009 at 12:47 pm

“Forever Leather” sounds like a stud bar in the Castro. I think this guy is a big old bottom with fantasies of Hilz wielding a riding crop and ordering him to lick her boots.

WhatTheHeck February 3, 2009 at 12:47 pm

I say he send HRC a tight-fitting yellow pleather pant suit and shut the fuck up.

El Pinche February 3, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Servo February 3, 2009 at 12:48 pm

OWEEEEE! Make it stop! Make it stop! His stupid fuckin’ commercials! The only one worse is Billy Fuccillo’s HUGE commercials. Commercial Drive in New Hartford needs an economic ‘correction factor’ just to alleviate the traffic nightmares. Utica should just be nuked.

Madaloon February 3, 2009 at 12:49 pm

Isn’t this guy the father of that Hillary-groping Obama Speech writer?

Texan Bulldoggette February 3, 2009 at 12:49 pm

OT: Tom Daschle withdraws his nomination per MSNBC.

Chad San Marino February 3, 2009 at 12:50 pm

“Dis skirt awdda be in da kitchen, cookin’ my meals, washin’ my clothes and gettin’ on her knees to take my big, fat Italian sausage, AMIRITE? Vinny, Sally-Boy, AMIRITE or am I fuckin’ rite?”

throwbot February 3, 2009 at 12:52 pm

What about the part where he accused Spitzer of “popping chicks like bawn bawns”?

Bypartizoa February 3, 2009 at 12:52 pm

When you run for President, you’re supposed to spend your time trying to get people to buy shitty leather jackets from some whiny asshole in upstate New York. Why wont our candidates ever learn this?

Servo February 3, 2009 at 12:53 pm

This is all the incentive I need to go drop a baggie full of cat piss in his Sangertown Mall store. Douchebag!

SayItWithWookies February 3, 2009 at 12:54 pm

He blames Hillary for lousy leather jacket sales? After she passed a bill recognizing national Dress Like a Guido Day? Ingrate.

Giant Robot February 3, 2009 at 12:55 pm

“Get your liberal ass back to Washington and work on keeping Washington out of my fuckin face!!! How can I say it any clearer?”

Woodwards Friend February 3, 2009 at 12:55 pm

1. Upstate New York PUMAs are going to boycott leather jackets now.
2. I freakin’ feel dumber for watching that freakin’ thing.

medievalist February 3, 2009 at 12:56 pm

These are the kind of people that Paterson sought to appease with his senate pick? Damn…

ManchuCandidate February 3, 2009 at 12:56 pm

Pleather dude, you got it wrong. Starting last year, the rest of US America became Upstate NY.

I say this as someone who watched Buffalo and Syracuse TV for a long time and has been forced to travel to visit his half assed dumbshit relatives who lived in the area.

JeffGoldblum February 3, 2009 at 12:57 pm

I fundamentally disagree with him on principle, but GOD DAMN does he look good!

FreshCliches February 3, 2009 at 12:59 pm

Meet PUMAPAC’s man-pig ‘o the day.

That said, this is comedy freaking gold.

Giant Robot February 3, 2009 at 12:59 pm

This is why we’re worried about TV going digital, right? I might miss stuff like this?

WadISay February 3, 2009 at 1:00 pm

New Hartford, the Athens of upstate New York.

Car Ramrod February 3, 2009 at 1:02 pm

A place called “Forever Leather” and no one has made an S&M joke?

For shame, you denizens of Wonkette, FOR SHAME.

Giant Robot February 3, 2009 at 1:02 pm

You still can’t beat this guy, tho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrRGp4BSTyE

seriesoftubescleaner February 3, 2009 at 1:03 pm

“Friggin Hillary, I had to friggin can my tailor over here cause of dis friggin economy! Now look at my pants over here! Dere like 4 friggin inches too long over here!”

Stranger in the Alps February 3, 2009 at 1:04 pm

There’s a NEW Hartford? Jesus, isn’t one abomination against God enough?

Humble Respectable Flexible February 3, 2009 at 1:04 pm

[re=234915]Hart88[/re]: That’s because he’s Jon Favreau’s father. J. Favreau he actor/director, not the speechwriter who gropes HRC cutouts.

madtowngooner February 3, 2009 at 1:06 pm

[re=234946]Giant Robot[/re]: You won’tl miss it as long as we have our brave Wonkette there. I liken to being one of those fat schlubs on the spacecraft in Wall-E. All of our needs are delivered to us without us lifting so much as a finger. Well, maybe a middle finger.

El Pinche February 3, 2009 at 1:06 pm

Today we’re all guidos.

the_spin February 3, 2009 at 1:08 pm

Haha, I used to go to school there. Forever Leather is the greatest store in the universe (or at least in the New Hartford Mall). And this is shockingly not a 2 a.m. infomercial, but a commercial that is on like every channel during every commercial break every minute of the day. You cannot escape Forever Leather.

shortsshortsshorts February 3, 2009 at 1:08 pm

[re=234945]FreshCliches[/re]: Heez nawt jus pig uf the day heez pig uf teh YEER. PUMA POWER.

Lascauxcaveman February 3, 2009 at 1:09 pm

[re=234921]Servo[/re]: I can’t even imagine how one might come into possession of a baggie full of cat piss, but more power to ya!

Giant Robot February 3, 2009 at 1:14 pm

[re=234971]madtowngooner[/re]: And all they ask for in return is webbie awards…

sarcasticusername February 3, 2009 at 1:14 pm

@servo: i hope billy fuccillo gets off my tv and goes to hell.

I_KILL_ZOMBIES_ALSO February 3, 2009 at 1:19 pm

El Pinche: “Fuck it! We’ll do it live! DO IT LIVE! FUCKIN’ THING SUCKS!”

quoth teh Raven February 3, 2009 at 1:22 pm

[re=234953]Car Ramrod[/re]: Oh yeah… I can haz black leather assless chaps? I guess he keeps those in the back with teh Trucknutz.

DoctorCulturae February 3, 2009 at 1:28 pm

Nice poster boy for the free enterprise system. Get thee to an anger-management class. Also.

TeddyS February 3, 2009 at 1:33 pm

Wow, and those jackets look soooo way cool. Put one on and become an instant moron. Even the women in the background look like members of the Soprano cast.

denver_80203 February 3, 2009 at 1:36 pm

He should solve the whole crisis and just hire everyone.

sshees

An American in Toronto February 3, 2009 at 1:39 pm

[re=234912]Giant Robot[/re]: I assume this is the 3am call she was talking about.

Humble Respectable Flexible February 3, 2009 at 1:39 pm

[re=235027]TeddyS[/re]: You’re talking about some cut-rate USA network knock-off of the Sopranos, right? Please tell me I’m right. Please. Because I’m so cold. So very cold.

sunsmellstooloud February 3, 2009 at 1:44 pm

How dare he not like that politician lady that I like. The nerve of that guy!

Bananabelle February 3, 2009 at 1:47 pm

We’re not all like him, I promise! This douche has been annoying Utica for as long as I can remember. I find it interesting from someone whose merchandise falls off the back of a truck. And, if you think the store looks bad, you should smell it. Gah!

El Pinche February 3, 2009 at 1:56 pm

[re=235006]I_KILL_ZOMBIES_ALSO[/re]: There’s a little BillO in all of us!

Capitol Hillbilly February 3, 2009 at 2:01 pm

I hear they’re having a big freakin’ special on PUMA-skin jackets.

IslandGirlFL February 3, 2009 at 2:05 pm

Is he wearing a Leather tux?? Damn, I didn’t see any of those at the inaugural balls.

Servo February 3, 2009 at 2:12 pm

[re=234939]ManchuCandidate[/re]:
Syracuse Television News format:
Weather
Heroic heroes heroically battling fires
Drive-by shootings
Anyone that was in court yesterday
People bitchin’ about school budgets
SU sports
Weather
Repeat 2X more to fill hour

Tra February 3, 2009 at 2:20 pm

[re=234921]Servo[/re]: [re=235045]Bananabelle[/re]: [re=234980]the_spin[/re]:

Holy shit. How many of us Utica/New Hartford/Central NY refugees are there on here?

Tra February 3, 2009 at 2:29 pm

[re=234939]ManchuCandidate[/re]: Joe? HEY, WAIT A MINUTE …

actor212 February 3, 2009 at 2:29 pm

In fairness, it’s Utica, which is like the buttend of a joke.

About Alabama.

Godless February 3, 2009 at 2:52 pm

New Hartford Refugee here: This guy and Fucillo have been haunting me and the rest of the residents of the Armpit of the North.

With that said, who wants some Tomato Pie and Half Moons??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utica,_New_York#Notable_Uticans

Who doesn’t love the Zogby polls????

Scarab February 3, 2009 at 2:52 pm

Yeah, but at night you KNOW who he thinks about as he pounds his wife, Marie.

Servo February 3, 2009 at 3:02 pm

[re=235127]Godless[/re]:
CNY methane bubble brain: “Have you ever tried chicken riggies?”
Me ( upon seeing dish ): “Oh, it’s rigatoni with chicken in it.”
CNY methane bubble brain: “No. It’s chicken riggies.”
And they wonder why I lear at them like Clark Griswold does to Cousin Eddie.

Jukesgrrl February 3, 2009 at 3:03 pm

[re=234930]Servo[/re]: Oh, Servo, I see what you mean. Makes Wilkins Township look classy.

Tra February 3, 2009 at 3:04 pm

[re=235127]Godless[/re]: My mom had to explain to a new arrival a few weeks ago that you don’t heat up tomato pie before you eat it. (I was never a fan.) But ah, half-moons. I do miss me some half-moons.

Know what else I miss? Good crispy hot wings, dammit.

Servo February 3, 2009 at 3:23 pm

[re=235152]Jukesgrrl[/re]:
Yeah. At least in Wilkins Township I could go to Carl’s Tavern and numb myself amongst people that at least know when to shut the fuck up.
[re=235156]Tra[/re]: Carl’s Tavern: Best fuckin’ wings anywhere.

Tra February 3, 2009 at 3:24 pm

[re=235150]Servo[/re]: In fairness, they’re full of peppers, and a lot hotter than rigatoni. They’re not bad if you like that kind of thing.

Craptaculous February 3, 2009 at 3:25 pm

All this upstate food talk has got me hankerin’ for a spiedie.

superfecta February 3, 2009 at 3:26 pm

[re=235156]Tra[/re]: Tomato pie is not a native Philly invention? I’m always told it is (but I also heat it up, so what do I know?).

Gun-toting Progressive February 3, 2009 at 3:29 pm

God, I grew up watching this idiot sell his cheap leatherware. Good to see he’s vying for Rush’s empire.

Tra February 3, 2009 at 3:32 pm

It’s so cute how our Wonkette overlords think this is the kind of thing that runs at 2 a.m. instead of every five minutes during the day. Ken Layne, there is some sweet innocence left within you.

Well, there was, anyway.

One Yield Regular February 3, 2009 at 3:41 pm

[re=234911]bad idea jeans[/re]: Well, exactly. This just *MIGHT* have something to do with the economic misfortunes of Forever Leather, unless their target market is baggy-pants wearing gang members/high school toughs.

How long before “Joe the Leather Jacket Salesman” starts consulting for the Republican Party?

Gun-toting Progressive February 3, 2009 at 3:44 pm

[re=235087]Tra[/re]: Ilion refugee here. I miss Tom Cavallo’s wings, but nothing else about the Valley.

Tra February 3, 2009 at 3:45 pm

[re=235191]superfecta[/re]: You guys have tomato pie, too? I’ve never run into another place where I could mention it without getting a blank stare.

Someone in Utica appears to have done some research on it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato_pie). But they’re buried in 12 feet of snow up there nine months out of the year — there’s not much else to do.

Godless February 3, 2009 at 3:52 pm

[re=235191]superfecta[/re]: No, Tomato Pie was totally invented in Utica with Chicken Riggies and Half-Moons.

This commercial probably runs on WKTV during every and all commercial breaks.

We also invented the largest watering can in the United States.

Godless February 3, 2009 at 3:52 pm

[re=235214]Gun-toting Progressive[/re]: Ahh Cavallos. Wing Night anyone?

Tra February 3, 2009 at 4:01 pm

[re=235214]Gun-toting Progressive[/re]: Eighty-two inches of snow this year and counting. What’s not to miss?

hyperexcel February 4, 2009 at 4:09 am

What the hell is a baaaahn-baaaahn?

cynbot February 4, 2009 at 11:23 pm

[re=235087]Tra[/re]: I know this is kind of late … but Utica refugee here. Well, Waterville actually. “In this peaceful little village, where we love to dwell…..”

cynbot February 4, 2009 at 11:28 pm

[re=234921]Servo[/re]: [re=235045]Bananabelle[/re]: [re=234980]the_spin[/re]: [re=235087]Tra[/re]: [re=235127]Godless[/re]: [re=235194]Gun-toting Progressive[/re]: Jesus H. Christ. We should start a club. Anyone remember “racks and racks of contrasting slacks,” the jingle for that place in the New Hartford Shopping Center? Anyways, who still lives in Utica?

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