On the Sofa
His name is Barry, he is a pillow
With polyfil inside his face, stopping right around his waist
He will just sit there, right on the sofa
And when you sit to watch The View, he will sit and watch it too
And in the candle glow, he’ll be your half stuffed beau
What goes on when you turn the lights out
We don’t need to know
April 9, 2010 at 1:31 pm
More interesting and exciting than the real deal.
April 9, 2010 at 1:32 pm
what, exactly, is the market for this, excepting people who pay $40 to realize mildly amusing puns?
April 9, 2010 at 1:33 pm
It just had to make a full circle–and mock itself.
April 9, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Without going back to double check, it seems to me that Barry is much more manly than Edward or Jacob, no?
April 9, 2010 at 1:36 pm
When did Barry Manilow become a circus-freak pinhead?
His pillow-self seems a bit out of proportion.
April 9, 2010 at 1:37 pm
I would SO make out with that pillow.
April 9, 2010 at 1:37 pm
the hottest thing north of Havana
April 9, 2010 at 1:38 pm
I always thought Barry Manilow WAS half man-half pillow.
April 9, 2010 at 1:40 pm
The only thing worse than Barry M is a pinheaded putz version of B.M.
April 9, 2010 at 1:40 pm
More like “Barely” Manilow.
April 9, 2010 at 1:43 pm
did it really already sell? and i’d like to see this in action with jacob and edward, please.
April 9, 2010 at 1:43 pm
You write the songs that make Regretsians sing, Helen.
April 9, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Annnnd its SOLD! Some people are sure lonely, oh well at least he won’t hog the remote!
April 9, 2010 at 1:48 pm
The further decline of western so called civilization, one lowman at a time.
April 9, 2010 at 1:48 pm
…and yet strangely less terrifying than the Robert Pattinson one.
April 9, 2010 at 1:49 pm
The only way a lady could romantically embrace Manilow.
April 9, 2010 at 1:52 pm
But the real question is who would win the pillow fight?
The Twilight boys or Barry?
April 9, 2010 at 1:54 pm
Does she also sell the other half? Not for me, mind you. I’m asking for a friend…
April 9, 2010 at 1:55 pm
#18 LeeLoo,must be the better half ….
April 9, 2010 at 1:56 pm
I love how products like this, who’s creator didn’t pay a cent for the rights to use the image, sell out in minutes. It’s fucking sad really.
April 9, 2010 at 2:07 pm
OHHHHHHHHHH MANDY… the damn thing sold
April 9, 2010 at 2:11 pm
@21 Someone is going to be cuddling the heck out of Barry Manllow! Gross.
April 9, 2010 at 2:18 pm
It’s gotta be depressing, knowing that it’s your destiny to be a ‘stuff half man pillow’.
April 9, 2010 at 2:21 pm
I wonder if I could get one of David Cassidy – he was dreamy…
April 9, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Barry Manilow? Why?
April 9, 2010 at 2:25 pm
But where are the sequins? If I knew this stuff would sell I would’ve kept my Donny Osmond pillowcase. Then I could’ve put ‘vintage’ in the title, too!
April 9, 2010 at 2:28 pm
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April 9, 2010 at 2:44 pm
You are so my comedy hero Helen.
The list of celebillow possibilties is endless. Leif Garrett, Shaun Cassidy, Donny Osmond, Jimmy McNichol, Michael Damian……………….
April 9, 2010 at 2:45 pm
A half a Barry
That I can carry
What I really want to know
Is where’d the other half go?
April 9, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Damn! Those are some broad shoulders under that tiny head.
He looks more like a linebacker than a singer.
April 9, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Damn ,those lumpy arms & hands give me the willies.
Okay so she capatalized on Twilight-twittard,then an unfunny pun,now how low can she go? Nuthin’ here.
April 9, 2010 at 2:59 pm
He would come in awfully handy in the HOV lane.
April 9, 2010 at 3:01 pm
#33 VEDD, but a nice big teddy bear could do that , & has better paws…
April 9, 2010 at 3:05 pm
@Snarkoleptic–this is what happens to legless pillows…you just pack on the pounds.
@VEDD
It has been tried around here, usually with mannequins…the CHP issues a very nasty ticket!
April 9, 2010 at 3:25 pm
It’s FINALLY here? I didn’t realize there was anticipation for this. But of course why wouldn’t there be?
Oh yeah, because it’s a creepy half-person pillow with a silkscreen of Barry Manilow on it.
April 9, 2010 at 3:36 pm
“”When did Barry Manilow become a circus-freak pinhead?
“”
About the time ‘feelings’ was released.
The crazy woman custom makes them. So no whining ‘why not so and so..” Perhaps we can get a group rate if we all want the same a-list celebrity. How many people would also order a bobby sherman?
April 9, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Isn’t he a generation or two older than the target market who might buy one of these life-like snuggle pillows? Not to mention probably the wrong sexual orientation. Speaking of which, is he officially out yet?
April 9, 2010 at 4:27 pm
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=44438981. You can interchange the faces of the people who will never give you unconditional love on to an item that is incapable of love.
From the description:
“Do you play for both teams? Do you have a hard time picking your ideal man? Do you constantly change your mind all the time? Do you rotate boyfriends every three weeks?
If yes, then the IDEAL MAN PICTURE INSERT MANLLOW is for YOU.
and if no. well then you suck.”
Guilty as…
April 9, 2010 at 4:29 pm
*Guilty as charged. In fact, the fact that I find this more than a little creepy comforts me immensely.
April 9, 2010 at 4:30 pm
I doubt I’m the first person who pictured this, but here ya go:
The Beary Manllow
http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/sunshynegrll/bearymanllow.jpg
Also, I respect the seller for having a sense of humor.
April 9, 2010 at 4:37 pm
@34 – and once again, Mittens…..
April 9, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Robert Patinson Manllow=Disturbing, terrifying, nightmare-haunting.
Barry Manllow=AWESOME.
#41- I’m pretty sure that just made my day!
April 9, 2010 at 5:04 pm
damnit, I shoulda marketed my idea 2 months ago!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27900808@N06/4361232046/
April 9, 2010 at 5:11 pm
#29 FootofCanal :
You are so my comedy hero Helen.
The list of celebillow possibilties is endless. Leif Garrett, Shaun Cassidy, Donny Osmond, Jimmy McNichol, Michael Damian……………….
Dammit. I am waiting for my Randolph Mantooth-allow. e mail me when that happens.
Wait- what?
April 9, 2010 at 5:20 pm
#37 palJacky :
“”When did Barry Manilow become a circus-freak pinhead?
“”
About the time ‘feelings’ was released.
I thought Morris Albert sang that… Wait for it. She’ll have a manillow of him next.
April 9, 2010 at 5:25 pm
#45 blondeweezie :
I should be thrashed for forgetting the hottness that was MANTOOTH.
April 9, 2010 at 5:27 pm
#47 Amen to that, and I was only 4 when I had my crush.
April 9, 2010 at 5:44 pm
They should’ve made the head out of a stretch knit to get the best “extreme facelift and botox” effect.
April 9, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Half man? Well it’s more of a man the real Barry Manilow.
April 9, 2010 at 6:47 pm
#18..Can you also find out if the other half takes batteries of any kind? from your friend.
April 9, 2010 at 6:48 pm
I’m curious about the statement “He was DESTINED to be turned into a stuff (sic) half man pillow”. WTF? Isn’t that kind of Gein-ish, in an innocent, sewing circle kinda way?
April 9, 2010 at 7:36 pm
#52- Only if they find Manilow’s half-stuffed, lumpy-limbed body lying somewhere near the Vegas Strip.
April 9, 2010 at 8:37 pm
I don’t know what is scarier – the subject or the proportions.
What I DO know is that if you put this in the timeout corner, you will scar a child for life.
April 9, 2010 at 8:55 pm
Forget scarring kids with manllows- did you ever see some of the creepy clowns we had in the late 70′s- early 80s? THOSE scarred me. I still hate clowns.
Don’t even get me started about the creepy crap on TV then…
April 9, 2010 at 9:09 pm
Oh, Manllow,
Well you came and you gave without taking,
But I sent you away,
Oh, Manllow,
Well you kissed me and stopped me from shaking,
And I need you today,
Oh Manllow…
Excellent choice going with c.1979 Barry. Does it come with needle and thread if I want to update it to post-eye-and-nose-job Barry?
April 9, 2010 at 11:06 pm
I guess this takes lonely and pathetic to a new low.
April 10, 2010 at 12:54 am
@#55 blondweezie, This is the creepiest thing I’ve ever seen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnm-YVibzoU&feature=related
Yikes!
April 10, 2010 at 8:38 am
Ok I can’t get over this one:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=44438981
Robert P’s hair in that picture is so big he looks like he has water on the brain.
April 10, 2010 at 9:39 am
#59- If he did have water on the brain that would explain why he always has this ” Who farted?” look on his face.
April 10, 2010 at 2:52 pm
If I could get that pillow to Korea, I could make an honest man..illow-pillow out of it.
April 10, 2010 at 2:06 pm
A relative, perhaps?
April 10, 2010 at 6:08 pm
The best half is missing! He’s still cute, though he looks like the magician trick gone bad!
Does she sell the other half in her other store?
April 10, 2010 at 6:21 pm
At least the pillow doesn’t look like it needs a sammich. Have you seen Barry lately?
April 10, 2010 at 8:11 pm
#61 -StaticCling – A relative of mine? Perhaps.
April 11, 2010 at 9:05 pm
I want to punch it in the face and then beat the stuffing out of it.
April 12, 2010 at 6:35 am
I said this about the Robert Pattinson pillow, too, but:
Is it me, or does it seem like it’s just a small step from life-sized pillow to lovingly-preserved corpse?
August 3, 2010 at 10:09 am
whats really sad is that, although HIDEOUS, I would buy this were it priced more in the $25 range…It’s hilarious.