The Pets.com puppet is doing great

Remember that sock puppet from the Pets.com ads of the late 90s? Well he’s working again!

According to Wikipedia…

“After the company folded, Hakan and Associates and Bar None, Inc. purchased the rights to the puppet under a joint venture called Sock Puppet LLC. Bar None, Inc. an American automotive loan firm rebranded the microphone to say 1-800-BAR-NONE and gave the puppet a new slogan: “Everybody deserves a second chance.” Bar None shot multiple commercials with the sock puppet which many still air today.”

It’s always good when a sock can get work after its shelf life has ended. Though I would have preferred he not been sold like a slave and been brokering deals as a result of his agents at IMG. But I always have high expectation for sock puppets. It’s a pretty big cause in my life, actually. Someone has to protect them from being a receptacle for insults and teenagers’ “exploration of themselves”. I’m like the Thurgood Marshall for sock puppets.

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