Video: NYC baker surprised to find “drunken Negro head” cookies not a hit
posted at 8:15 pm on January 26, 2009 by Allahpundit
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A follow-up to the clip I posted in Headlines this weekend, re-embedded here as background. Which famously regressive Gotham enclave does this guy operate in, that he thought Sambo pastry might be a hot seller? Why, er … Greenwich Village. Which makes this the business equivalent of a Darwin Award nominee.
Note his (alleged) comparison of Obama to Lincoln, rendering the faux innocence of the second clip that much more exquisitely unctuous. Reminds me of little Adolf Campbell’s father insisting he just liked the name. Exit question per the reporter’s outro: People are “incredibly hurt” by this stupidity? Really? “Incredibly”?
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Damn! lol
baldilocks on January 26, 2009 at 8:17 PM
If they were vanilla cookies would anybody care?
baldilocks on January 26, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Gwen Ifill had Obama cookies at her book launch in D.C. sort of sacriligeous of the One, if you think of people biting into him.
Wethal on January 26, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Okay, drunken Negro heads is over the line.
baldilocks on January 26, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Slow news day eh?
grapeknutz on January 26, 2009 at 8:19 PM
How do they know the drunken negro head is drunk? Breathalyzer test?
christene on January 26, 2009 at 8:20 PM
They would have sold out at a Sarah Palin rally.
Vernon Hardapple on January 26, 2009 at 8:20 PM
“Which famously regressive Gotham enclave does this guy operate in, that he thought Sambo pastry might be a hot seller? Why, er … Greenwich Village. Which makes this the business equivalent of a Darwin Award nominee.”
Actually, these could cookies could be surprisingly popular in the front offices of the Village Voice.
Ed Driscoll on January 26, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Hi.
You’re a moron.
That is all.
wearyman on January 26, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Coming this fall “Are you smarter than an Obama voter”.
tarpon on January 26, 2009 at 8:22 PM
And you know this how?
baldilocks on January 26, 2009 at 8:22 PM
If this guy is lucky enough just to backtrack and keep his business in that neighborhood he should hit the knees and say a some prayers. Are they sure about that all publicity is good thing?
Cindy Munford on January 26, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Looks more like a drunken chocolate Mr. Potato Head.
Ummmmm. Chocolate Mr. Potato Head…
innominatus on January 26, 2009 at 8:22 PM
If it had been drunken redneck head cookies or drunken Caucasian head cookies or even drunken Jew head cookies there wouldn’t be a problem. Dude forgot the first, second and third rule of business. Location. Location. Location.
Guardian on January 26, 2009 at 8:26 PM
Do you think they would have sold out before cookies of aborted babies would have sold out at an Obama rally?
MB4 on January 26, 2009 at 8:26 PM
After watching the first video, I pronounce the guy an idiot and it is blatant racism. And it really irritates me to hear someone like him talk about rights. Of course he has the right to name the cookies what he wants. However, he wants the “right” to have people not be PO’d at him for being a racist. Sorry that’s not an ennumerated “right.”
baldilocks on January 26, 2009 at 8:26 PM
He’d probably get more traction if he made two different versions Sasha and Malia.
highhopes on January 26, 2009 at 8:27 PM
It just doesn’t look appetizing. What is that disgusting red stuff?
deewhybee on January 26, 2009 at 8:27 PM
They would have sold out at a Sarah Palin rally.
Vernon Hardapple on January 26, 2009 at 8:20 PM
You like cookies that much?
Bishop on January 26, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Looks like a Kindergarten art project for MLK’s birthday, except only slightly more edible.
Slightly.
Terrie on January 26, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Am I the only one who thinks those look delicious?
MadisonConservative on January 26, 2009 at 8:28 PM
It’s too bad he didn’t make a naked virgin mary cookie. Then he’d be praised for his artistic sense.
Skywise on January 26, 2009 at 8:30 PM
This thread is a trap!
……….. slowly move away from your key boards and walk away.
Walk…………… far …………………. away!
Seven Percent Solution on January 26, 2009 at 8:31 PM
No you are not. The Mad Hatter also thinks they look yummy. I guess you two will have to fight over them. I will sell tickets.
Cheshire Cat on January 26, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Maybe he’s trying to get out of his lease?
BuzzCrutcher on January 26, 2009 at 8:32 PM
As for the other cookies, I say go for it and reap the consequences.
You want to be a racist tool, this is America and you have the right, if your customers decide to desert you because of it, they have that right.
Apparently they also have a right to issue death threats because of a COOKIE:
http://anythingblack.net/baker-of-racist-obama-cookies-recieves-death-threats
Bishop on January 26, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Look he knew what he was doing. I doubt seriously he just figured it out after feedback…but death threats? Okay I can see him getting you are a dumba$$ messages left all over the place, even harsher language but remember Muslims kill and riot over cartoons. This is a cookie…call him what he is and move on, otherwise it encourages copycats. I can’t believe he thought he could play dumb, and get away with this…that line about Martin Luther King, and I would like to be forgiven now, says it all! This was a Set Up.
Dr Evil on January 26, 2009 at 8:34 PM
I wonder if his next cookie will be the Drunk Blond Bimbo cookie, fashioned to suggest Ann Coulter, and whether the left would find it repugnant as well.
Still, it really is rather disgusting. Even a pastry nut like me would have a hard time handing this whack job any of my (increasingly scarce) hard-earned dollars. I think the final straw was his appeal to Dr. King. Man, some people have no shame.
sondiehl on January 26, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Ewww, don’t see eye to eye with MB4 a lot but…
Good one!
hawkdriver on January 26, 2009 at 8:34 PM
I saw nothing. I heard nothing. I know nothing. I did not even get up this morning.
OberfeldwebelSchultz on January 26, 2009 at 8:35 PM
What kind of sick moron would even think of something this stupid? The guy’s a total jerk.
IrishEi on January 26, 2009 at 8:35 PM
Its a cookie.
Meanwhile, Robert Reich wants to discriminate against an entire race through government mandate.
And we are upset over some sugar that you throw in an oven for 30 minutes.
This country has completely gone insane.
They make black twizzlers too. THE HORROR!!!
TheHat on January 26, 2009 at 8:35 PM
Well, so far a basketball coach and (presumably) a baker have lost their jobs in the name of hope ‘n change. Who will be next?
clearbluesky on January 26, 2009 at 8:36 PM
It looks like when my friend’s Jack Russell pooped out a worm.
chunderroad on January 26, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Don’t let me catch any of you eating at Whitey’s Ice Cream.
Bishop on January 26, 2009 at 8:36 PM
He’s an idiot but I definitely agree these people have very thin skin.
Because white liberals love nothing more than being offended.
darii on January 26, 2009 at 8:37 PM
I’d say they’re probably over the line though.
hawkdriver on January 26, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Oh come on,we know who really
baked the ‘cookies’,it
was Hillary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on January 26, 2009 at 8:37 PM
interesting reaction.
eh on January 26, 2009 at 8:38 PM
I want to make some Cracker-Ass Crackas! I’m sure they’ll be a hit!
DethMetalCookieMonst on January 26, 2009 at 8:39 PM
How does one assertion logically follow the other?
baldilocks on January 26, 2009 at 8:40 PM
So now,this poor baker will
be sent to Siberia,for mocking
you know who!
But for the record,the ‘N’word should
be banished,and any other words that
besmirch the African American!
Let the Democrats play that game!!
canopfor on January 26, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Well, evidently there are some closet Crackers in NYC, AP.
/ ~~~~the horror~~~~
Cody1991 on January 26, 2009 at 8:42 PM
If he didn’t want to appear like the ignorant fool that he is, he could have made vanilla ones too and just called them Drunken Heads.
IrishEi on January 26, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Must be a NYC thing. I keep my crackers in my kitchen pantry.
What?
baldilocks on January 26, 2009 at 8:43 PM
I made chocolate chip cookies in the shape of a human head and called them “Dick Cheney’s Hunting Buddy” cookies.
::cringe::
swash_plate on January 26, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Or could have made chocolate ones with no faces and called them…
Drunken a-holes.
See, I should be a baker.
baldilocks on January 26, 2009 at 8:45 PM
i once carved a ham into the shape of a human head and brought it to a vegan thanks giving.
eh on January 26, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Good thing I wasn’t drinking anything just now or you would owe me a new keyboard.
DethMetalCookieMonst on January 26, 2009 at 8:45 PM
The other possibility is that he’s not a very talented baker.
Creepy cookies in this racially charged, overly PC environment is a killer, I tell yah!
Runny red eyes and drooping chocolate icing could incite a race war. I hope this guy shuts down soon and gets out ASAP! lol
Cody1991 on January 26, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Its only Day 6,and man,there’s
been more distractions,than the
Clinton soap opera!
So between Hopey and Rush,and
cookies,
what are those ever sneaky,crafty
Democrtas up to!!
canopfor on January 26, 2009 at 8:46 PM
ROFL! Now those I would buy!
IrishEi on January 26, 2009 at 8:47 PM
How does one assertion logically follow the other?
baldilocks on January 26, 2009 at 8:40 PM
I don’t know…being offended by a cookie and then issuing a death threat?
Bishop on January 26, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Did it say anywhere there how long this dude was selling those particular cookies?
JetBoy on January 26, 2009 at 8:54 PM
I defer to no one in my Cheney love, but that is one of the funniest comments evah.
Terrie on January 26, 2009 at 8:54 PM
No; you asserted that both were rights.
baldilocks on January 26, 2009 at 8:54 PM
+1
Its a distraction and plays into the rhetoric of the left. We need to stay focused and stop defending ourselves. Otherwise, we let them define all the rules of engagement.
genso on January 26, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Hate to break it to you, but that kind of thing has been going on in our government (at all levels) for a very long time. Reich is not proposing anything new.
AZCoyote on January 26, 2009 at 8:55 PM
VP Cheney would think it funny.
hawkdriver on January 26, 2009 at 8:55 PM
“They would have sold out at a Sarah Palin rally.”
— Vernon Hardapple on January 26, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Yeah, except they were sold in GREENWICH VILLAGE. Nice try, though, Vernie.
patriette on January 26, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Ya he’s an idiot. Mindless publicity stunt. But I have to say…
the chocolate idea is ok, I mean clearly Ray Naggin wouldn’t have had a problem selling them in N.O. after Katrina minus the drunkin part, except during Mardi gras.
They look disgusting and this coming from a chocaholic!
Exit question; if the baker was black would this be an issue?
katy on January 26, 2009 at 8:58 PM
This guy has to be a Liberal. I don’t think a Republican would have the nerve to come up with that business marketing stradegy. He is in NYC. Obviously he felt safe in his insular world to actually put that out for everyone to see. Still makes him a Lib. All the really hard core Libs I know are really very predjudiced against everyone. They tolerate this stuff in their circle of buddies. I am sure that he thought he was “safe”. Political correctness never applies to them.
BetseyRoss on January 26, 2009 at 8:58 PM
i once carved a ham into the shape of a human head and brought it to a vegan thanks giving.
eh on January 26, 2009 at 8:45 PM
I approve you are EVEL!
Dr Evil on January 26, 2009 at 8:58 PM
I’m not sure but if one drinks much from a bottle marked “Poison”, it’s almost certain to disagree with one sooner or later.
Cheshire Cat on January 26, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Did it say anywhere there how long this dude was selling those particular cookies?
JetBoy on January 26, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Probably since the ’60’s, but no one noticed because he’s in Greenwich Village.
Heh, and all that fuss about the South.
/unreal ;))
Cody1991 on January 26, 2009 at 8:58 PM
The funny this is if he simply called them drunken obama heads, the calls of racism would have come anyway, even without the chocolate frosting. Certain races are exempt from being charactured in dessert form.
keep the change on January 26, 2009 at 9:01 PM
No; you asserted that both were rights.
baldilocks on January 26, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Exactly. Put more succinctly,there is no right which guarantees you won’t be offended, yet those who are offended decided to show just how offended they are by issuing death threats.
Anything beyond this, you will have to talk to my publicist.
Bishop on January 26, 2009 at 9:03 PM
uh, no.
nope.
probably not.
not likely.
i guess i don’t get the point of this kind of question. the, “how come black people … black entertainment television, but if white people…that’s s’posed to be ‘racist’?” question.
eh on January 26, 2009 at 9:06 PM
Well,it could of been worse,
the baker,could of baked cookies
for Dictator Idi Amin!
canopfor on January 26, 2009 at 9:08 PM
What are the eyes made of? And does he really think someone is going to taste one? Who knows what they are made of he called it ART? Well..remember he is in New York he has been told Mary in Elephant Dung is art Jesus in a jar of piss is art.
No I don’t agree with him, if he is using this to justify what he did, he is being a smart a$$! in NYC go figure.
Dr Evil on January 26, 2009 at 9:10 PM
Can’t remember who made me laugh more. You or the guy that wrote:
You are not allowed to speak. I don’t like you.
The end.
Tennman on January 26, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Why is Sarah Palin on TV acting all Hopey and Changey while Robert “Sheets” Byrd collapsed at the inaugural of the first black president?
Oh, and get a fresh idea, Mr. Horseapple.
Terrie on January 26, 2009 at 9:11 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1_eqZAKhQA&feature=related
eh on January 26, 2009 at 9:13 PM
I don’t care what they’re called. They could be called “your mother is a whore” cookies. They look like they taste great.
alflauren on January 26, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Got it now. Thanks.
baldilocks on January 26, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Oops!
Got it now. Thanks.
baldilocks on January 26, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Can’t remember who made me laugh more. You or the guy that wrote:
You are not allowed to speak. I don’t like you.
The end.
Tennman on January 26, 2009 at 9:11 PM
I’ll take a bow for my fifteen minutes of fame.
Bishop on January 26, 2009 at 9:23 PM
Drunken Irish Eye cookies would be a stereotype.
The black-guy cliché is when you flambé these cookies and dedicate them to Richard Pryor.
Stephen M on January 26, 2009 at 9:25 PM
baldilocks on January 26, 2009 at 9:22 PM
No problem. In real life you would be horrified at how badly I explain myself on anything, I’m surprised I made myself clear in less than five posts.
Bishop on January 26, 2009 at 9:26 PM
maybe he should have made “yellow man ” cookies and sold them at the inaugeration
‘
Jamson64 on January 26, 2009 at 9:27 PM
That is over the line. Cute cookie though. Loved the ham shaped in a human head though. That was cool.
sheebe on January 26, 2009 at 9:28 PM
By someone like you, had you had them available ahead of Nov.05, to create a Macaca+ moment for her, preferrably close to the election.
Entelechy on January 26, 2009 at 9:29 PM
I thought you guys said Obama’s election ended racism…
crr6 on January 26, 2009 at 9:29 PM
The baker deserves no less than what he asked for.
Entelechy on January 26, 2009 at 9:30 PM
It did end the fluff. Too bad now for the real racial atrocities. They are now much diminished.
Entelechy on January 26, 2009 at 9:31 PM
crr who said that. me thinks you think quite simplistically
Jamson64 on January 26, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Can they be ordered online?
sinsing on January 26, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Yeah, I like chocolate cookies. However, they would probably never hold a Palin rally in the middle of Manhattan.
Sir Corky on January 26, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Opps. I accidentally scrolled too far down. Reading the comments here used to be fun.
Offensive?
Just as much as the cookies.
Why do asshats get to stay now?
kahall on January 26, 2009 at 9:32 PM
crr- seems you would be better challenging the racism coming from your side–
reverend joseph lowery—inaugeration bendediction:
Jamson64 on January 26, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Jamson64 on January 26, 2009 at 9:27 PM
And if he added marijuana they really would be mellow…
theotherKate on January 26, 2009 at 9:35 PM
I thought you guys said Obama’s election ended racism…
crr6 on January 26, 2009 at 9:29 PM
It did, we are to be referred to as “haters”, in line with changing global warming to climate change. Now even blacks who don’t like Ogabe can we tarnished with a slur from sensitive liberal whites.
Reference: (page 42, Ogabe’s Little Blue Book of Socialism)
Bishop on January 26, 2009 at 9:39 PM
I have visited my brother and his wife’s family six times over the last 12 years, and sometimes when we are there we come across consumer products like the one above. The locals there have no clue how insulting these things would be in the USA. Of course, I wouldn’t notice it, but my brother is very fluent both language and culture and points these un-PC things to me when we were down there.
One interesting thing my brother told me that there are some in Mexico that believe it gives good luck to pinch a black person.
Sapwolf on January 26, 2009 at 9:44 PM
So….when will he becoming out with the Meth-head vanilla shortbread cookies?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on January 26, 2009 at 9:49 PM
I was thinking the same thing. Then it would be cool, huh?
Sapwolf on January 26, 2009 at 9:51 PM
I was at a Sarah rally. Yes, they would have sold out because I would have bought them all and tossed them out immediately. And I would have been encouraged to do it too.
Reminds me of all the times I’ve bought Dan Brown books at church and other bood sails and immediately toss them in the garbage.
Dude, YOUR PEOPLE did this. Not, Sarah’s People. The NYC crowd. The same types who put a crucifix of Christ is bottles of piss.
Sapwolf on January 26, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Heh.
BallisticBob on January 26, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Ha Ha What was this guys motivation? What can you say here except the guy is an idiot. It seems he wanted to call attention to either the bakery or himself and he is getting it in spades. I don’t think he will be getting any calls for work as a marketing exec anytime soon. I own a small remodeling company and attend home shows as an exhibitor and also have put my display in fashion malls. I have been dealing with the public in direct sales for many years. For a guy to do this and jeopardize everything indicates to me the man has issues! Mabey he saw the soup nazi episode of Sinfield. The bottom line is he pissed off alot of people. He should make a ’stupid greek baker’ cookie next maybe people would laugh it off.
sonnyspats1 on January 26, 2009 at 10:01 PM
I still laugh out loud when I think back on that — the perfect foil.
kudos on that. :)
Tennman on January 26, 2009 at 10:06 PM
I’ll take a baker’s dozen please. I could use some extra hands at my pastry plantation.
whiskeytango on January 26, 2009 at 10:08 PM
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