Can somebody please explain The Olsen Twins to me? Why do they have a billion dollar empire?
“Olsen Twins Take Control of Media Empire” on CNN.com:
http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/28/news/newsmakers/olsen_twins.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes
Susan
They’ve been marketing computer games, videos, video games, toys, etc etc since they were about 7, I think…
There are two particularly odd things about this, in my view:
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for some reason this was deemed important enough for about half a page of the Metro newspaper this morning
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my 15 year old cousin has an eerie resemblance to an Olsen Twin. But I’m not sure which one. And no one else in the family is blond, either.
hmmm…cutie-pies…rich cutie-pies…
This is the part I don’t get. They haven’t done anything–I mean, they are world famous and have a billion dollars for doing absolutely nothing!
We must live in a world full of Amars and being cute-pies is enough to earn you a billion dollars.
Susan
It’s a combination of
a) being cutie-pies
b) coming in a set
c) lucky break of early tv gig. (which was a function of a & b.)
the question is whether they have any talent or skills which they can use to continue a successful entertainment empire, even when the cutie-pie thing wears off.
what does that mean?
My dear lover of Fig Newtons, it just means that if enough people in the world buy their whatever-it-is-they-sell or go to their movie just because they’re cutie-pies, then they’ll get rich anyway!
Susan
Sadly, this is true – but I think you already knew that. I’m sure we can all name the super models, no-talent movie stars and others who make their fortunes because of their looks. And this type of thing doesn’t seem to be reserved strictly for the female gender.
Will O’Ban
I’m very relieved. 
I thought the Olsen twins were taking over Chiff&Fipple!
Yes… what can i say… i’m guilty of that too! 
It’s not my fault that i’m beautiful, is it?
I see, well, i have never seen any of their movies, am not really planing on doing so either. And they are cute and rich. Do I care?
no.
They are not that smart. 
Well, at least they don’t play professional sports.
Depends on what you consider professional sports. 
May I remind you of the following people, and why they’re famous immediately following with a emoticon:
a) David Hasselhoff 
b) Pamela Anderson
c) Howard Stern 
I could go on and on about people - especially those in the “entertainment” business, and say the same thing… “These people have done ‘nothing’”. I mean, think about it - Ben Affleck… now, he’s not exactly a thespian, is he? And yet - the media spotlight, the millions to appear (not act, just ‘appear’) in pictures.
Some things are just mysteries, I guess.
I always thought of them as “the Monkey children” when they were little…not appealing at all, somehow. Now they’re selling toothpaste and hiphuggers.
Robin
Apart from the fact that I am not a twin,am not female,am going bald,have a beard,am not young,and have nothing to sell…
I could have been a contender…
Life is cruel sometimes…
Slan,
D.
I am so with you Dub.
Baldness..eh?
Slan,
D.
