Comments on: Joe Ades, sidewalk potato peeler pitchman, RIP http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 14:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-398342 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-398342 I'll miss this guy...... he was one of the best. Union Square Farmers Market will not be the same without him! I’ll miss this guy…… he was one of the best. Union Square Farmers Market will not be the same without him!

]]> By: barjoe http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-397834 barjoe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397834 The David Galbraith article is probably closest to the facts, the New York Times obit is a generous and merited recognition of a great man. RIP The David Galbraith article is probably closest to the facts, the New York Times obit is a generous and merited recognition of a great man. RIP

]]> By: Roast Beef http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-420364 Roast Beef Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-420364 FYI, Mr. Ades' daughter is taking over to sell his remaining inventory: <a href="http://gothamist.com/2009/02/23/daughter_of_joe_ades_famous_peeler.php" rel="nofollow">http://gothamist.com/2009/02/23/daughter_of_joe_ades_famous_peeler.php</a> FYI, Mr. Ades’ daughter is taking over to sell his remaining inventory: http://gothamist.com/2009/02/23/daughter_of_joe_ades_famous_peeler.php

]]> By: ZenGwen http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-397855 ZenGwen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397855 I used to see him every once in a while on my way to school - that looks like it could be where he'd hang out outside the Borough Hall subway station, actually. Rest in peace, Joe. We've lost an icon... I used to see him every once in a while on my way to school – that looks like it could be where he’d hang out outside the Borough Hall subway station, actually. Rest in peace, Joe. We’ve lost an icon…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-397859 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397859 NOOOO! I never bought a peeler, but I'll miss hearing him when I'm at the market... btw should'nt Bloomberg put up a statue of him? Can't be too much trouble since they're already doing construction right at his former spot. NOOOO! I never bought a peeler, but I’ll miss hearing him when I’m at the market… btw should’nt Bloomberg put up a statue of him? Can’t be too much trouble since they’re already doing construction right at his former spot.

]]> By: spectraversa http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-398379 spectraversa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-398379 Sad. He was part of my first real NYC experience. video'd him here: http://blip.tv/file/26045/ Sad. He was part of my first real NYC experience. video’d him here:
http://blip.tv/file/26045/

]]> By: jennyhart http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-397869 jennyhart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397869 Aw. I read about him in <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2006/05/grafter200605" rel="nofollow">this Vanity Fair article</a> from a couple of years ago. Aw. I read about him in this Vanity Fair article from a couple of years ago.

]]> By: postjosh http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-397870 postjosh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397870 just saw him this fall for the first time. he was on broadway near chambers street. had no idea he was famous. simply mesmerizing. you really felt like he was teleported here from another era. just saw him this fall for the first time. he was on broadway near chambers street. had no idea he was famous. simply mesmerizing. you really felt like he was teleported here from another era.

]]> By: Marcelo http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-397616 Marcelo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397616 I'm actually semi-obsessed with finding the perfect peeler (I eat a lot of carrots). Can you still get the ones he sold? I’m actually semi-obsessed with finding the perfect peeler (I eat a lot of carrots). Can you still get the ones he sold?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-397619 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397619 so where can you buy a peeler like that online cause he sold me! so where can you buy a peeler like that online cause he sold me!

]]> By: williamaowen http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-397881 williamaowen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397881 I never got tired of watching him if I was passing through the market. The peelers were $5, or 5 for $20. I bought a bunch, and gave them away as gifts, because they are great tools. saddening news. I never got tired of watching him if I was passing through the market. The peelers were $5, or 5 for $20. I bought a bunch, and gave them away as gifts, because they are great tools.

saddening news.

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-397630 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397630 Very sad. From what I know, he was fairly rich and simply did this as a side gig to kill time. Very sad. From what I know, he was fairly rich and simply did this as a side gig to kill time.

]]> By: tresser http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-397641 tresser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397641 sad. i just saw a clip about him a couple months ago...maybe 60 minutes or the like. he was still plugging along, hawking one of the thousands of peelers he had stacked up in his apartment. sad. i just saw a clip about him a couple months ago…maybe 60 minutes or the like. he was still plugging along, hawking one of the thousands of peelers he had stacked up in his apartment.

]]> By: GabrielMSharp http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-397644 GabrielMSharp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397644 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UT69MY/ref=s9_sims_c2_s1_p79_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=16XQV27KWJKW3Q21CS5K&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463383371&pf_rd_i=507846 You can buy the peeler here, Marcelo. Great video, I never peel anything but I'm sure he'd get my $20. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UT69MY/ref=s9_sims_c2_s1_p79_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=16XQV27KWJKW3Q21CS5K&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463383371&pf_rd_i=507846

You can buy the peeler here, Marcelo.

Great video, I never peel anything but I’m sure he’d get my $20.

]]> By: Peaceflag2007 http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-397906 Peaceflag2007 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397906 Patrick Stewart should play him in a biopic Patrick Stewart should play him in a biopic

]]> By: Michael Leddy http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-397655 Michael Leddy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397655 On the question of Joe Ades and riches, follow the Kottke link — http://www.kottke.org/09/02/rip-joe-ades to http://davidgalbraith.org/uncategorized/the-joe-ades-myth-deconstructed/1666/ On the question of Joe Ades and riches, follow the Kottke link —

http://www.kottke.org/09/02/rip-joe-ades

to

http://davidgalbraith.org/uncategorized/the-joe-ades-myth-deconstructed/1666/

]]> By: Suburbancowboy http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-397928 Suburbancowboy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397928 Oh no! this sucks. I loved watching that guy work. I bought a few of the peelers from him. There is a flickr group devoted to him: http://www.flickr.com/groups/gentleman_peeler/ One of my shots is in there. Kurt C. Oh no! this sucks. I loved watching that guy work. I bought a few of the peelers from him.

There is a flickr group devoted to him:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/gentleman_peeler/

One of my shots is in there.

Kurt C.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-645993 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645993 What a great street talker. I wish I had his gift of gab. Where can I buy some of those peelers? RIP Joe. You were a classic. What a great street talker. I wish I had his gift of gab. Where can I buy some of those peelers?
RIP Joe. You were a classic.

]]> By: Umbriel http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-397676 Umbriel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397676 I just saw him near Penn Station a few weeks ago. Regardless of how wealthy he was or wasn't, he obviously enjoyed putting on a show, and did so to the end of his days. I just saw him near Penn Station a few weeks ago. Regardless of how wealthy he was or wasn’t, he obviously enjoyed putting on a show, and did so to the end of his days.

]]> By: jonathan_v http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-397684 jonathan_v Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397684 I saw him a few times a month at the NYC greenmarket I always meant to get one of those peelers from him. He was iconic. I saw him a few times a month at the NYC greenmarket

I always meant to get one of those peelers from him.

He was iconic.

]]> By: zackly http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-397692 zackly Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397692 I will truly miss watching him every week do his shpiel. I've bought many many peelers from him as gifts (5$, not 20$ as someone said...at least, that's what he charged me) Here's a pic I took of him, on my flickr page. http://flickr.com/photos/zackly/3251413084/ I will truly miss watching him every week do his shpiel.
I’ve bought many many peelers from him as gifts (5$, not 20$ as someone said…at least, that’s what he charged me)

Here’s a pic I took of him, on my flickr page.
http://flickr.com/photos/zackly/3251413084/

]]> By: jfrancis http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-397704 jfrancis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397704 Ed McMahon did that when he was young. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McMahon "McMahon began his career as a bingo caller in Maine when he was 15. Prior to working as the announcer, he worked as a carnival barker for three years during his teenage years in Mexico, Maine, and put himself through college as a pitchman for vegetable slicers on the Atlantic City boardwalk." Ed McMahon did that when he was young.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McMahon

“McMahon began his career as a bingo caller in Maine when he was 15. Prior to working as the announcer, he worked as a carnival barker for three years during his teenage years in Mexico, Maine, and put himself through college as a pitchman for vegetable slicers on the Atlantic City boardwalk.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-397962 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397962 This guy is surely a mentor to Vince Offer. Youtube "Slap Chop" and "Sham Wow" You're gonna love my nuts. This guy is surely a mentor to Vince Offer.
Youtube “Slap Chop” and “Sham Wow”
You’re gonna love my nuts.

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-397715 bcsizemo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-397715 Pull my peeler @ 2:15 was priceless.... Pull my peeler @ 2:15 was priceless….

]]> By: brightblue47 http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-399026 brightblue47 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-399026 awwwww! I was sincerely hoping I would have a chance to see him in action and buy a peeler since I read the vanity fair article on him a while back. Sad! awwwww! I was sincerely hoping I would have a chance to see him in action and buy a peeler since I read the vanity fair article on him a while back. Sad!

]]> By: sodium http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-398019 sodium Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-398019 LOL! This guys sound and face looked familiar to me and then the penny dropped. I know this man's son David, who is something of a wannabe sax player in Australia. Dave also resorted to selling perfumes on the street's of Sydney(complete with the fake cockney type accent) when gigs were few and far between. I guess the carrot doesn't fall far from the tree. LOL! This guys sound and face looked familiar to me and then the penny dropped. I know this man’s son David, who is something of a wannabe sax player in Australia. Dave also resorted to selling perfumes on the street’s of Sydney(complete with the fake cockney type accent) when gigs were few and far between. I guess the carrot doesn’t fall far from the tree.

]]> By: Roast Beef http://boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html#comment-398059 Roast Beef Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-398059 Oh noes! I always meant to buy one of his peelers. :( RIP, Mr. Ades. Agreed with Anonymous 14 about the statue. Put it on the northwest corner where he used to set up (because he didn't have a permit, according to TFA). He'd make a good balance to Gandhi in the southwest corner. Oh noes! I always meant to buy one of his peelers. :( RIP, Mr. Ades.

Agreed with Anonymous 14 about the statue. Put it on the northwest corner where he used to set up (because he didn’t have a permit, according to TFA). He’d make a good balance to Gandhi in the southwest corner.

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