Lunch Line
It’s hard to believe that 10 years have passed since Ryan Coleman
penned an attention-grabbing article for his college newspaper about
his former dormmate Jared Fogle losing 240 pounds eating Subway
sandwiches. It was a seminal moment in modern marketing. That article
begat more articles, and one of the most successful advertising
campaigns in history was born.
Is it possible to recapture that Jared “the Subway guy” magic? Can
the fast-food chain once again give chubby America a hero to believe in
while plowing through a Big Philly Cheesesteak sandwich on Italian
herb-and-cheese bread? It could be a good fallback gig for interim
Mayor Myron Lowery, if the special election doesn’t go his way.
Walled Up
Wrestling promoter Bill Behrens found an innovative use for leftover
yard signs from King Jerry Lawler’s last mayoral run in 1999. Writing
for TheWrestleZone.com,
Behrens says that after the election was over, he was stuck with
hundreds of them.
“I tried to get rid of them, thinking folks would buy them,” Behrens
writes, noting that he eventually sold two. “I used some to fill in a
wall in a shed at my house and threw away a bunch. Who knew they’d have
value nearly a decade later?”
