THE BARBERSHOP AND HBO’s “ENTOURAGE” – “WHERE A MAN CAN BE A MAN!”

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Season 5 of HBO’s hit show “Entourage” just wrapped up with another great season and all of us at Kennedy’s All-American Barber Club® are big fans. Let’s face it – most TV series are created with women in mind. “Entourage” is one of the few about guys, for guys – and one of our favorite scenes from a recent episode, “Seth Green Day,” illustrates that like no other.

It’s morning and Ari Gold, the hard-driving super-agent, portrayed brilliantly in his Emmy-winning performances by Jeremy Piven, comes into the kitchen of his home in search of one simple item – an egg. He wants breakfast and, of course, nobody’s going to cook it for him – so he searches the fridge and comes up empty.

He wails in vain at his 15 year-old daughter – “If a man can’t have breakfast cooked for him, is it too much to ask for a trip to the store so he can cook it himself?”

His daughter Sarah patiently explains that Mom cooks her breakfast every morning, but he’s usually already at work. Then, she proceeds to calmly take out a whole carton of eggs that Ari apparently missed in his frantic fridge food hunt. If we didn’t believe that puns should be completely outlawed by the new administration in Washington, we’d say his daughter left him with “egg on his face” (or that the “yolk was on him”).

Sarah then pokes at Dad a little more. What’s really on his mind? Turns out he’s feeling controlled by his female business partner at work – AND his wife at home. And then he gives voice to the Ultimate Guy Problem of the 21st century – “WHERE CAN A MAN BE A MAN???”

That made us laugh, because that’s exactly why we created our Kennedy’s All-American Barber Club® franchise. Used to be, you could go to the local barbershop and be a guy with other guys – no women allowed, unless she was dropping off a kid for a haircut. But the old barbershops didn’t keep up with the times, and the new discount cookie-cutter unisex salon chains popped up everywhere. Suddenly, that sacred male sanctuary was gone for good.

Our Kennedy’s Barber Clubs were created to bring back the best of the old days, mixed in with the best of the new. A place where “a man can be a man”…but not just get a quick buzz cut from some old surly barber who’ll just slap some Old Spice on your face when he’s done and push you out the door. Instead, we want you to look as good as some of those guys on “Entourage” do – and have a great, relaxing experience at the same time.

As a matter of fact, you can see Eric on “Entourage” getting a classic straight razor shave just like we offer at Kennedy’s™ All-American Barber Clubs™, on the “Sorry, Harvey” episode from Season 4. But watch closely for a big production blooper, because the amount of shaving cream on his face grows and shrinks for no apparent reason from shot to shot!

So hook up with the Kennedy’s All-American Barber Club® entourage – either by visiting a nearby location or investing in your own franchise. These days, the value of a place where “a man can be a man” is sure to skyrocket! Find out more about Kennedy’s at http://www.KennedysBarberClub.com – and don’t miss what’s sure to be another great season of “Entourage” starting this coming summer.

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