Double Winner Sunnyvale-bred Teri Hatcher. She got an award and got to present an award thus taking home a bag of goodies.
WOW Report: What’s in It for Them — This is a very interesting post listing all the swag the Golden Globe Awards presenters received just for showing up and saying a few words. I’ve always wondered why this event was loaded with celebrities, many of whom win nothing. These are celebritites that seldom go to these events. But here they are. You have to read the whole post. The list of stuff is astonishing.
While you’re watching the Golden Globes, and you will, keep in mind the uncomfortable straining the presenters will have to go through afterwards, lugging home the accumulation of quite-heavy stuff totaling $36,000 that fills their swag bags. The haul is so enormous for virtually no work at all that it makes the award itself seen like a consolation prize
related link
cynical look at Hollywood in general
IT reporters get a lot of swag too, no?
Uh..pens, t-shirts. That’s about it.
Looks like a bunch of junk to me. Really.. A box of chocolates valued at $125 ? And surely mp3 players are one of the all-time overpriced products of all time ($200 for this one).. sunglasses valued at $350. LOL The Sports Club membership isn’t even for a full year. LOL!
And I laughed out loud at the ” Rosemount Estates and Qantas Airlines Wine Adventure Package, $16,000. You couldn’t get a star to show up for $16,000, so why not try to give them a FREE vacation package and hope they come. ROFLMAO
No, I doubt many if any of the stars were wowed by this bag of trash. It’s just a crummy commercial for the companies selling overpriced goods. I’d like to know how many of the products even got carried home.
But of course the $16,000 trip would be given to Mom or Dad or whomever.
“Uh..pens, t-shirts. That’s about it.” -JCD
And mugs probably… 😉
You should maximize the worth of these cheap trinkets by autographing them and selling them on eBay or similar auction.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6630052/
If a Paris Hilton autographed stapler could bring over a thousand dollars, surely a John C. Dvorak autographed pen or t-shirt could bring 10 or 15 dollars…. But then I’m an optimist. 🙂