Clint Eastwood defends Chrysler ad in wake of political scrutiny on ‘O’Reilly Factor’

From Mlive.com

Clint Eastwood Monday night defended his appearance in Chrysler Group LLC’s 2012 Super Bowl ad.

The veteran actor says the ad, titled “It’s Halftime in America,” had no political motive, as some media outlets and politicians have suggested:

“I just want to say that the spin stops with you guys, and there is no spin in that ad. On this I am certain,” Eastwood told Fox News, in a statement read on-air by Bill O’Reilly during Monday night’s “O’Reilly Factor.” “I am certainly not politically affiliated with Mr. Obama.

“It was meant to be a message about job growth and the spirit of America. I think all politicians will agree with it. I thought the spirit was OK. I’m not supporting any politician.

“Chrysler — to their credit — didn’t even have cars in the ad. Anything they gave me went to charity. If Obama or any other politician wants to run with the spirit of that ad, go for it.”

The two-minute ad featured Eastwood, who is donating money from the commercial to charity, as the nation’s coach, urging the U.S. to learn from the resurgence of the Detroit auto industry.

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Dining and drinking in Old Detroit

Before the famous Delmonico’s restaurant opened in New York City in 1845, there were no restaurants in the United States as we know them today. There were, however, “eating houses.” Detroit had its share, usually attached to saloons, where food was served, often to encourage more drinking.

This advertisement proclaimed a new enterprise in 1850:

Patrick Collins has opened a new Eating House on Griswold Street. Mr. Collins is a stirring man and of course will be successful. The arrangements are all “tip-top.”

Eating houses featured specialties like “all-you-can- eat” oysters or green turtle soup; they usually announced “a good accommodation for victuals” such as soup, potatoes, beef, ham and so forth. Nevertheless, complaints about the food were common. With the famous French chef and cooking instructor Professor Pierre Blott moving to New York City and becoming America’s first celebrity chef by 1865, Detroit newspaper editorials hoped that students of chef Blott could “relieve the country from the reproach of having but one gravy.”

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Detroit Coney Dogs Go Hollywood

From BuyMichiganNow.com

It’s ten o’clock on a Sunday, and the regular crowd shuffles in.  There’s a young man sitting next to me sipping Faygo instead of tonic and gin.  There’s no piano man in sight, just plenty of people in Honolulu Blue glued to flatscreen TVs.  That’s ten o’clock in the morning, by the way, a frequent start time for watching a Lions game when you live in sunny, southern California. 

They’ve been drawn together in this place out of a love not just for the Lions, but for Detroit. The magnet that has pulled them in is a tiny diner aptly named, Coney Dog in West Hollywood. It may be a long way from Woodward Ave to the Sunset Strip, but it appears there may be something Detroiters and Angelinos have in common…craving a decadent, Detroit-style, coney hot dog. 

The restaurant’s location on Sunset Boulevard is ideal, amidst some infamous neighbors like Whiskey a Go Go, the Viper Room, the Roxy, and many other notorious staples of Hollywood nightlife.  As any Detroit coney owner will likely tell you, being near busy bars and staying open late, will definitely NOT hurt your business. The same is true here, where the owners say the weekday crowd is chiefly composed of native Angelinos with no real connection to Detroit, just a junk food craving. 

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