It plays "Do You Believe in Magic"?!  John Sebastian should sue their 
socks (monkey) off.

Jackie Wood


On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Arianne wrote:

> I thought you were kidding!  The name alone had to be a joke.
>
> No, I checked the link.  It's true.
>
> Shudder.
>
> I still have the sock monkey my grandmother made me which I've
> kept, slightly hidden, to honor her.
>
> Mad marketeers.
> Thanks for exposing them
> Arianne Laidlaw
> Sacramento
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Peter Salwen <[log in to unmask]> 
> wrote:
>
>> I, too, ordered a copy of the Jumping Frog volume. I mean to use it
>> mainly
>> as a visual aid for my "Mark Twain's New York" walking tour, so I
>> do
>> n
>> '
>> t
>> have to be
>> too
>> particular
>>  about the
>> actual
>>  contents.
>>
>> Then, about an hour after ordering the book, I was delighted to 
>> receive an
>> email from the Bradford
>> Exchange
>> folks with the subject line, "Wait! There's Another Item Just for 
>> You! Look
>> Inside!"
>>
>> "Inside"
>> (
>> in boldface
>> ) was this invitation
>> :
>>
>> Don't Miss This Unique Item to Complement Your Mark Twain First 
>> Edition
>> Library Book Collection !
>> followed by
>> a picture and description of
>> a "limited-edition
>> ,
>> "
>> "
>> Limoges-Style
>> "
>> Pittsburgh Steelers Sock Monkey
>>  Porcelain Tribute Music Box
>> .
>>
>> Just the thing!
>>
>> Uncanny, isn't it, the way these marketing geniuses (or should I say
>> "publishers"?) know how to zero right in on our deepest needs and 
>> desires?
>>
>> I'm sure every Mark Twain devotee will want one too. Here's the link:
>>
>> 
>> http://www.bradfordexchange.com/products/119263001_steelers-porcelain-sock-monkey-music-box.html?cm_ven=HFE&cm_cat=2013-11-10&cm_pla=ThankNC1&cm_ite=upsellprod&utm_source=HF&restrackid=new_1
>>
>>  -- Pete Salwen
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Sandra Uetz <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Twainians-
>>> -
>>>
>>
>>
>>> I could not help but see what all the fuss was about, so I or
>>> d
>>> ered the first shipment from the Bradford Exchange, which is The
>>> Celebrated Jumping Frog. I am returning it because there seems to be 
>>> some
>>> problem
>>> w
>>> ith
>>> what I will kindly call
>>>
>>> "quality control."
>>
>>
>>
>>> Of the 27 stories in this first volume, the flyleaf mentions 3.
>>> Of the 3, the Jumping Frog and a piece called A Touching Story of 
>>> George
>>> Washington's Boyhood, then
>>> a
>>> descriptio
>>> n
>>> of
>>> a story that is
>>>
>>> NOT included in this collection, Cannabalism in the Cars (1868).
>>> It was
>>> not collected in any of Twain's volumes until 1875. This kind of
>>> "oversight" causes me to wonder how many of the others
>>>
>>> that are included should be.
>>
>>
>>
>>> I will not be ordering any
>>> more.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Sandra Uetz
>>
>>
>>
>>> [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>>>
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Arianne Laidlaw A '58