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== Wes Anderson and Mont Blanc collaboration ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'm sure. So this filled up the inbox this week and rightfully so. Wes Anderson from Mont Blanc has a whole collection has dropped. A video has dropped. I hesitate to call that a video. What would you call? I call it a film. I call it a film.

'''Myke Hurley:''' He did. He did a short film. Yeah. It's like a three minute short film. Three minute short film starring Orlando Bloom and Jason Schwartzman alongside.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, no, it's Rupert Friend, who I always think is Orlando Bloom. Yeah. I was like, no, that's not Orlando. And Wes Anderson.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I knew Schwartzman.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay. Let's start with the film. Do you want to go first?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Can I actually go back? Sure. Because I just want to say, like, I saw this and I was so excited.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's just kind of how I want to start with this. I saw this in our notes and I was like, oh, my God, I'm so excited. Because I love Wes Anderson and I love the look of Wes Anderson's movies. Yep. So I was very excited about the potential of a Wes Anderson-Mont Blanc collaboration. I watched the film. I love the film. So we'll go back now. I won't talk about the products yet. Okay. Because I don't think you want to talk about them yet. The film, the ad that they made, adorable, fantastic, loved it. Like, I understand some people don't like Wes Anderson's stuff because it's a very particular vibe and he follows that vibe every time. But it's actually what I love about Wes Anderson. Like, it's kind of like you find a musician that you like and they have a style and they just keep doing that style. Like, that's what it's like. And so, yeah, I love it. I think it's great.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So the film, I actually laughed out loud several times. Yeah. It's hilarious. I mean, I'm going to go, like, I think I might just have to go back and just write down, like, what they say. Mm-hmm. Like, the whole, like, just write the script myself. Because, I mean, they don't say a lot, but what they say and how they say it is brilliant, right? Like, which is what you're, the expectation here. But, like, the characters, I mean, are they playing themselves? I don't guess they're, I can't decide if they're playing themselves or not.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think they're playing accentuated versions of themselves. Like, I don't think that they're playing characters, right? Because he's even referencing the fact, like, I am Wes Anderson. I made a pin. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. So, like, there's one point where they're going over the products. Like, all the stuff they say is hilarious. Yeah. And they're going over the products. And Schwarzman picks up the, like, they're each going over. And Wes is like, oh, and here's this, you know, the Meistersuk. And I forget the other guy's name. And he's like, oh, and here's these great leather products. And Schwarzman picks up the tray of pins. And, like, here's all these Montblancs. And he goes, this isn't a Montblanc. What the hell is this? And he's talking about Wes's pin because it's different looking than all the other ones. And I was like, it's hilarious.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You know, I'm going to use this pin. And I think, like, Schwarzman was like, I'm going to use this one. Like, I don't want your one. It's kind of what he said. Like, I'm going to stick with this one. Thanks.

'''Speaker 00:''' It's really good. It's like they were just, like, kind of, like, dogging Wes's design on the pin. It's like, what the hell is this? He literally goes, what the hell is this?

'''Myke Hurley:''' And, like, I'm watching that part back right now. And he's, like, making faces at him. Oh, yeah. And then, so this is it. He says, Wes asks Rupert Friend, do you like this? And Friend's like, I, like, prefer the original.

'''Speaker 00:''' And then, like, for the whole, like, second half. Like, this is only three minutes.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But, like, for literally the second half of the film, and maybe even they might have even started in the beginning. They're actually dogging Mont Blanc that they have two quotes. Oh, like, three? Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Like, three taglines? Three taglines. It's really good. The whole commercial is just fantastic. Like, it'll be in the show notes. You have to go watch it. It's really good.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, like, one of them is, like, Mont Blanc, inspire writing. And then they'll go, like, and also, leave your mark.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And it's just, like. So, it says, Mont Blanc, inspire writing. That's our slogan. Also, make your mark. There's two slogans. Leave your mark. Yes. Thank you. There's three slogans in total. Fantastic. I got the biggest kick out of this. I love it so much. I love it so much.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like, this is one of those things, given, like, I don't, I like, I like Wes Anderson, right? Like, I'm not as super passionate about you. But, like, every Wes Anderson movie I've enjoyed. But, like, I'm not watching them five times each kind of thing. So, this is one of those things when you see, like, a really cool person working with a, like, really, in our space, this is the pinnacle of luxury brand, right? Yeah. I hesitate to click the links, right? My first reaction is, like, okay. I am, like, girding myself. Like, I was, like, okay. I guess I need to click these links. And you know what? It turned out freaking amazing. And I'm really for it. And... Well, the ad did. The ad did. Okay. But I feel like you want to talk about the product. So, there's two categories here. There's a product collection. And then there's Wes's pen. Yeah. Which I believe are two very different things. Very distinct things.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because the Wes pen is not available.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes. Not even until next year.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, I feel like you want to talk about the collection, though.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The collection is 100 years of Meisterstück. I don't actually feel like this has got anything to do with Wes Anderson, other than the fact that he made an ad. Because there's nothing to these products, really, that you haven't seen before, except they're in green. Some of them. Not even all of them. They haven't even... They're not doing the Meisterstück fountain pen in green. Which is just why they do the ballpoint in green, but the fountain pen don't like. I was just really disappointed because I was expecting lots of beautiful pastel colors, right? Like Wes Anderson style. But it's just, here's our existing products. And some of them have a new color, but not all of them. Yeah. I was very disappointed when I looked at these products. And then the ad kind of turned it around for me because the ad has in it what I wanted, which was, here's a pen that actually looks like Wes Anderson would make. Like, which is the pen that's in the commercial. Which appears to be from, I mean, I'm stealing your work here, a modified version of the Heritage Rouge et Noir Baby, which is the little pen. But it's... And I found an image of it because they don't show it anywhere. But I found an image of it. And it's like two-tone green and a yellow. And it's like perfect. Like, this is a pen that I want desperately. And I will probably buy this pen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So a couple of things. I agree with you that... So the collection, I don't think should be called the Wes Anderson collection, even though the URL has collection slash Wes Anderson, which I think is... But the header to the page is 100 Years of Meisterstuk. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And the actual description, I think, makes it clearer, which is, explore this curation of accessories as featured in our short film by Wes Anderson. So that's kind of more what's going on as opposed to the fact that like... Which I don't think... I don't think Wes had anything to do with this collection. This is just a bunch of stuff that they put together to celebrate Meisterstuk.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So green is the running theme throughout the products. Not everything comes in the green. They have, you know, a bunch of, you know, very Mont Blanc type of things in there, including pens. But then you have sunglasses and bags and all kinds of accessories and things like that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Some of the bags are beautiful.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, there's several items in here that are beautiful. And then you go, like you're saying, to the pen, which is a take on the baby, which you mentioned. And that came out two, three years ago as their small, obviously small, pocket pen. And it has the great classic large snowcap finial with the red finial color on there, which I think is just a classic beautiful color. And then now you get your Wes Anderson style. It's in the baby. So the baby is built with a metal grip section. And so the previous versions were black and rhodium plated, I believe. And then white or pearlescent. And it might have been rose gold trim on that one. We'll have to look at that. I'll have to verify the two colors, but it was two colors. Those came out about three years ago. Very popular. They were very popular when they came out because they're small and cute. And, you know, you don't, this, this word is incorrect, but compared to the rest of their lineup, affordable, right? It's only a six or $700 pen and compared to like a 12 or $1,400 pen, but it's a small pen. And this is, this is Wes Anderson, like perfect type of design for this pen. Like, you know, the three, the three colors, then plus the rhodium plated grip section, and then the red trim, and then the ivory snow cap. It's, it's just loaded with color and style and feel. And like, I might have to get this one right. Like I literally own one other Montblanc, it's a small Bohem, like, which is in the same size category as this one. This, it just looks spectacular. So I'm glad I have a year to save for it because I will probably need to end up with this pen because of the style, not like completely, like it doesn't matter if it's Wes Anderson or not. I'm glad, I'm glad it doesn't have like a signature or like stamping on there. I'm glad it's just the color base, at least as far as we can tell. Again, this is not a product that comes out until next year, but the mock-up or the, the original design here is fantastic. And we'll be talking about it again when it launches, because I think it's that cool looking. I'm shocked by Montblanc to do this. I I'd say probably not because they've done some special, like they've done like the Beatles and they do all their like big, big one-off type of stuff. That's really wild. But this is more of a main lineup. Yeah. I think this is more of a main product.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, for me, it's more surprising because they have seemingly given him free creative reign with the commercial and they're making fun of the brand on an anniversary, which is a weird time to do that. Yep. Right? Like it is, it is strange to make fun of the company that's celebrating something in a commercial for said company, but it makes it authentic and more watchable. So they, they, whoever it was that made the final decision on this made the exactly the right decision because this, it was made infinitely more enjoyable based on the fact that it was quirky and fun and weird. Yep. And it like just totally worked. Totally worked.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So it's good to see this type of design in the, in a more, God, I just the wrong word, accessible price point, but for Montblanc it is because just to your point on the collection page, they don't have a green Meisterstück, right? They have green and, and other items. They don't do this. They don't make like the 149, which is the smaller version of the, the 146. They don't, it's not like you can go to the Montblanc store and grab like a purple or a green or a blue 149. That's not like some crazy special edition. So this is, this is cool to see. I like that they did this.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. Fun times, but I still want, I wanted more. Yep.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right, before we get into our next topic, I'm going to go ahead and save some emails for next week. Oh, here we go. Save some follow-up. I always, I've never once been correct about the Montblanc sizes the first time I said it. So Toga, thank you in the chat. The 149 is the big one, which, you know, it would be easy to go, hey, it's the bigger number than the 146. So maybe you should say that first, Brad. But just to this idea of me constantly messing up the product names, I had to put a sticker on my UniBall 1F. I don't know if you saw this on my Instagram because I can never get the name right because they make like the UniBall 1 and the UniBall 1F and the UniBall 1R. And it's like, I don't know which one this is. I don't know what the F means. I don't know what the R means. So I literally got a label printer and put a giant sticker on this UniBall because I can't remember it. And I never get the UniBall numbers right, even though that's a very simple one that I should be getting right every time. Okay. So yeah, that's my one sticker on pen right now is my UniBall that's got a big label maker label on it. And it's not even an old person thing. It's like, I understand that I'm getting old, but like, what does the F mean? What does the R mean? Like I, like, I don't know. So therefore I don't know what to call this pen every time I pick it up, but I keep picking it up because I love it. So that's the only way I'm going to remember what to call it. There we go.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Brad's old man corner.