Some Men Are Lookers: a Continuation of the "buddies" Cycle
“They cruise the television with the mute button on, seeking commercial breaks for which they provide their own extemporaneous soundovers. It’s hectic but simple. All car pitches are for Subaru. All horror movie trailers are for something Cosgrove has entitled Exorcis—“You can run, you can hide,” he gloats, “but it’s coming to get you”—and all cereal spots are for Sugar Boy Pops, a brand I am unfamiliar with.
They were playing the Commercial Game one evening when Lionel dropped by Dennis Savage’s to tell us that Tom Driggers was back in the hospital for what was almost certainly the last time, and had asked to see Dennis Savage. Tom and he had been very close once—very, very close was my impression. But they hadn’t spoken in quite some time now.
“Subaru!” Virgil cried. “The car in a million!”
“With hatchback and full accessories!” Cosgrove added. “Radio, tape deck, mascara tray.”
“He’s really bought the farm,” Lionel was telling us. “All that money and power, and down he goes to nothing.”
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