Post #315756 by martiki on Fri, Jun 29, 2007 11:27 AM

Well...

It could have been better, it could have been worse.

The in-bar segment looked good, shame we didn't get a name check. Neither did Tommy's when they did the tequila segment in December.

And who did get a name check? Fucking Jimmy Buffet that's who. sigh

I just don't understand why they go to the plaza for the second segment- the hosts don't want to drink the stuff at 7 am, and then it becomes a which brand can funnel the most cash to the today show producers to get featured. Not surprisingly, LVMH got 10 Cane on there. Plus, old Phil Lempert doesn't really know shit from shit.

The plaza part was just rushed and confusing. And PACKED with lies. Sailor Jerry did not fucking move to the Caribbean start Sailor Jerry rum- he was a little too dead to do that. Aged rums are more potent? I could go on but I'm boring myself.

So...at the end of the day, the good news is that I never heard the word "Bacardi", and that it was at least shown that the rum segment is vast and interesting, and that there's a tremendous variety, and that it's growing. Plus, it's still national exposure, so I'm pleased.

And now I can update the FI site to say "AS FEATURED ON THE TODAY SHOW!"

You can see the segment, and also read his article here, which also features lies:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19443428/