SA
On today's show we have a woman who is selling an Elvis impersonator costume.
Here's the ad we saw:
Elvis Presley Impersonator kit. Deluxe. Makes any
person - fat or thin - look exactly like the King!
Easy-care fabric and glue-on sideburns and sneer will
air dry if excessively sweaty. A built-in hotdog carrier and
a dozen snappy belts highlight this outfit system. Originally
owned by Carol Murphy-Pitts, renowned celebrity impersonator.
Carol has passed on now but she
would be proud if you would wear this get-up. First 2 grand
takes it home.
SA
Please welcome Mrs. Bugg, the seller of the Elvis suit.
BUGG
Thank you. I have a marvelous outfit I'm selling. It's a real show-stopper.
SA
Well, Ms. Bugg, how is it that you own such a thing?
BUGG
My husband was a tailor and when some guy stiffed him for some alterations
once he just kept the clothes. An eye for an eye, you know.
SA
I see. You say that the clothes fit a fat or thin person. What
about a medium
sized person?
BUGG
It will fit anyone. It has a lot of give. My husband had put
in some top-drawer expand-o-seams in the pants and the shirt and coat.
SA
BUGG
I'll pretend I didn't hear that.
SA
OK. Does the kit have any special features?
BUGG
Besides the hotdog carrier?
SA
Ah yes, the hotdog carrier... I was hoping you'd bring that up.
BUGG
It is one of the finest examples of a hidden meat compartment I
have ever seen. My husband was extremely proud of having designed that.
SA
BUGG
SA
BUGG
SA
BUGG
Hey, what is this? Am I'm being given the business?
SA
BUGG
SA
Now, Ms. Bugg, do you see any obvious problem with the lack of
refrigeration of the hidden meat compartment?
BUGG
Who said there was lack of refrigeration?
SA
You have on-board cooling?
BUGG
SA
BUGG
Yeah, my husband designed an ice compartment that fits right in beside the
meat storage compartment.
SA
Melted ice in clothes. Couldn't that get a tad messy?
BUGG
I guess he figured that if someone is going to carry meat around in their
Elvis outfit, they wouldn't care if the melting ice dripped out.
And anyway, it's got a seepage tube that runs down the pants and
drips on the floor. You either stand over a drain on hot days or
people start to feel sorry for the incontinent Elvis.
SA
Ugh! Sounds like more trouble than it's woith, I mean, worth.
BUGG
It's all part of the glitz of this terrific set of clothes.
What size are you?
SA
What difference does it make? Didn't you say it fits any size?
BUGG
SA
So, are you saying that the ad is lying?
BUGG
Well, you know there have to be some practical limits on a person's girth to
be able to wear any clothes. I said fat, not immense or vast
or enormous, etc, etc. There are implicit differences, you know.
SA
I guess the subtleties escape me, Ms. Bugg. Enlighten me, if you would.
BUGG
Well, being married to a tailor all those years I did learn a few things.
You have your fat, then moving in the heavier direction your
king/queen size, then your giant size, then
your enormous category, then comes vast and finally immense. Immense is
the biggest. This Elvis costume will not fit anyone larger than what
I call fat.
SA
BUGG
Oh, I guess I'd say up to about, oh, say 300 pounds. Maybe 350.
SA
I believe most people would argue that 300 pounds would have to
be somewhere closer to giant or even enormous. I mean, come on!
BUGG
Hey, listen. I am not going to argue with you. You say giant/enormous,
I say fat. I guess the suit either fits or it doesn't.
SA
Yeah, but that's a big piece of change to lay out for something that
may not fit, don't you think? You gonna pay the return freight if
it doesn't fit?
BUGG
Tell me, Mr. newspaper man, how many aspiring over 300-lb Elvis impersonators
may be interested in the first place?
SA
BUGG
That was rhetorical, you fool. I'm wasting my time here.
SA
I'd say you're right. Thanks.
BUGG
You sure you don't want me to overnight the whole deal to you?
SA
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