Surprisingly, it isn’t Carrie’s Vivienne Westwood bridal gown (minus the feather!) or Charlotte’s made-in-Poughkeepsie pudding that’s become the most coveted product highlighted in the Sex and the City movie. Instead, booksellers across the country have been bombarded with requests for Love Letters of Great Men, the book that inspires Big’s apology e-mails. (Abebooks.com, for one, says hundreds of customers have inquired about the book). Only one problem: it doesn’t exist. But some consumers have made do nonetheless: The book with the most similar-sounding title to Love Letters — Love Letters of Great Men and Women: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day (pictured, left) — has risen as high as No. 114 on Amazon‘s bestsellers chart.
While I’m ecstatic that this proves contemporary audiences actually have an interest in reading, and not just aggressive shoe buying, this news made me wonder (and this is the last time I’ll wonder Carrie Bradshaw-style, promise!): With so many movies pushing real-life products to collect advertising cash, how often do writers actually create a nonexistent product worth manufacturing? What other fake consumer products from film or TV do you wish existed? I’m not sure if I’d ever buy Love Letters — a bit too sappy for my tastes — but if any company begins to market Saved By The Bell‘s Buddy Bands, I’d be the first in line at the store (Hey, they work. Just ask Slater). Your turn, PopWatchers!
Red Apple Cigarettes
Sex Panther…it’s made with bits of real panther, so you know it’s god. 60% of the time it works, every time.
good*
OMG — i thought i was the only person who still referenced buddy bands on a quasi-regular basis!
Here’s my “fake” want list:
Milf Weed (weeds)
a copy of Viking Quest (the complete series) on DVD (from Entourage)
a robot dog (Dr. Who)
A robot best friend (Futurama)
a flying skateboard (back to the future)
a copy of “the Man Inside Me” by Tobias Funke…
I think there are enough products in the Harry Potter universe to fill many, many stores.
ditto on the hover board.
package that with a box Hosties from “Dogma” and I’m set.
Anything from Willy Wonka or Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Especially the soda that makes you float.
The Stuff!
Viper from Street Trash.
Heck, I wouldn’t mind the “Love Letters” book and can immediately think of sooo many who could use it. One of my favorite scenes in “A Knight’s Tale” is when the group helps “Will” compose a letter to “Jocelyn.” A lost art!
A cylon to do my bidding…oh wait…
Well, they did make real-life Brawndo. It’s got what plants crave!
…although I find the fact that people are actually, you know, *buying* it troublingly ironic, given the point of the movie.
An Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator. But only if I could get it in blue to match my eyes.
Slusho! from “Alias” and “Cloverfield.”
Also, Apollo Bars from “LOST.”