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It’s been interesting to see how much attention the guy with the ponytail in the Harvard bar scene is getting these days — he’s a spokesman for a gold reseller, and seemingly everybody cares. Every day on Twitter someone mentions his ads for Goldline (and describes him as the dude from the Good Will Hunting specifically). This blog has been getting a decent amount of traffic for people searching for “good will hunting guy goldline ads” and similar searches.
Also, Winters (ponytail guy) is hardly just an actor in a role for Goldline; he has described himself as a “long-time client.” It’s not hard to conflate his Harvard Ponytail Guy persona with his identity as a public figure — in short, a pompous, wealthy conservative.
Stephen Colbert recently did a spot-on send-up of the recent right-wing paranoid rush to stock up on gold. I was criticized for poking fun at Winters and his gold commercials. It’s nice to have Colbert and John Slattery chiming in.
