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You might remember, from a couple months ago, that famous eBay auction in which we discovered that Barbaro lives on forever through snack food. To remind, from the seller:
I couldn't eat him. It wouldn't be right. Everybody loves Cheetos, but we love Barbaro even more. I don't know what made me look at this one before I ate it, know it sounds crazy, but I'm sure I heard Barbaro neighing in my ear. He sounded a little horse, but it was loud enough for me stop eating and look at him. The rest is history and now we can share him with the world! Please do not bid unless you are serious about taking care of Barbaro. Barbaro probably would like to hang around a while longer—NEIGH, HE SAYS HE WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER! So its up to you to make it happen. He needs to be mounted in a place of honor in a good, stable home.
Well — and this probably shouldn't have surprised us — one Deadspin reader who wishes to remain anonymous won the auction and, last week, mailed us the sacred finger food. We are proud to report that we can feel the spirit of Barbaro in the Cheeto, and that he will live on, safely, with us. We will never let harm befall him. Unless we run out of Bagel Bites, in which case, anything goes.
But yes: The Barbaro Cheeto has been secured. Crunch, hoof, crunch!
Barbaro Lives On Through Snack Food [Deadspin]
(Close up shot of the Cheeto after the jump.)
Comments
Plus Fucking One to Will and the anonymous donor.
Have to ask... how much did Barbaro's soul cost?
Victory is mine! You know vicariously through Will.
"not particularly flattering" -?
I beg to differ, Mr. Leitch.
{/buttering up}
Poor Rob.
But yay - Barbaro hilarity.
Will looks kinda stoned in that picture... so I think the Barba-cheeto might have met a Screamin' A Smith-style fate shortly after this photo was taken.
mmmmm Bagel Bites.
and nice jacket.
Fuck an A!!!
Is that a Seiko watch? Nice.
Oh yeah, the horse chip. Cool.
I must know how much this anonymous donor paid for such a succulent morsel of immortality. Why don't you tell us...MOOBS?
Wait, that's me, and I sure as hell didn't buy it. Who did?
Yes! Exhibit #1 in the soon to be endowed Deadspin Museum?
the Cordorouy sport coat is the balls
I notice you are not wearing your Riding With Barbaro wristband, fraud. And that Cheeto looks nothing like Barbaro. Lawyer Ron, maybe. Barbaro, NFW.
I want to eat the Cheeto, digest the Cheeto, and poo out a Barbaro-shaped nugget that I will shellac and keep in Craig Sager's trophy room.
So the Leather jacket has been replaced by grey courdoroy. Out of respect for Barbaro?
i'm going to assume that you got a manicure just for this photo, and not as a matter of course
Corduroy eh?
Jesus, more Barbaro nonsense? Talk about beating a dead horse....
Will, rocking the corduroy jacket. Stylin'!
seriously, what's that watch, will?
Does Will wear the same clothes day in, day out like the girl from Seinfeld?
@Weed Against Speed: My bad. Should have hit refresh first.
$69.69 Very clever anonymous Deadspin buyer!
@Jake Fratelli: Talk about beating a dead Melissa Rivers.
Amended, and yet somehow not.
it actually looks more like ronaldhino.
@lieutenant winslow: I think the manicure was for the trip to Fire Island.
nicely kept fingernails Mr. Leitch.
Oooh! This Lima Bean looks like the leader. I'll put with the rest of the collection.
/Homer Simpson
The Cheeto can go next to to the Deadspin SHOTY award.
@businessorleisure: "horse chip"? if that's anything like a cow chip
, i'm not interested.
Who is Sally Pierre who paid $69.69 for that?!
I bet it's Kevin from The Office.
@Signal to Noise: That damned horse gets his own wing in the Deadspin Museum and Mike Cooper only gets a computer terminal?
Will keeps good company
After the Manhattan theater community began staying on Fire Island during the 1920s, the island had numerous summer celebrity residents.
* Louis Alter, songwriter ("Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?")
* Anne Bancroft, actress
* Mel Brooks, actor, writer, director
* Robert John Burke, Robocop 3
* Truman Capote, author
* Claudette Colbert, actress
* Mart Crowley, playwright
* David Duchovny, actor
* Peggy Fears, Broadway performer
* Peter Greenberg, TV travel authority
* Rex Harrison, actor
* Ethan Hawke, actor, novelist
* Nat Hentoff, columnist, jazz critic
* Harvey Keitel, actor
* Paul Krassner, author, editor
* Carson Kressley, TV fashion authority
* Will Leitch, Deadspin editor
* Mary Martin, Broadway performer
* Joe Namath, Football player
* Kevin Nash, Professional Wrestler (His residence would be directly referenced in a skit [3] [a link to the makers' original content])
* Pola Negri, silent film actress
* Frank O'Hara, poet, playwright
* Tony Randall, actor
* Carl Reiner, actor
* Ally Sheedy, actress
* Tedi Thurman, Miss Monitor
* Uma Thurman, actress
* Stanley Tucci, actor
* Jeffrey Zeldman, web guru
* Gary Beach, Tony award winning actor.[1]
[edit] Communities and locations
THAT IS ONE DELICIOUS LOOKING EQUINE EVEN MORE SO THAN ANNA MARIE HORSFORD AND I WOULD LIKE TO PARTAKE OF HIS CHEEZY LIKENESS.
@The Fans Attic: Ah, the double entendre. Always a fun device.
so the singular of Cheetohs is Cheeto?
@TattooedMess(iah): yup, but to be fair to Cooper, his terminal comes with a bust of Carl Monday for decoration.
EAT IT! EAT IT!
I will pay $100 to eat it Will!
Will should quit horsing around with that Cheeto.
There is a painting that resembles this purchase (I think):
http://abstractfineart.blogspot.com/2007/03/sally-pierre-a...
*$100 If you eat it Will, not me.
@meyer hochstein: yes. One black tshirt, one pair of jeans.
Who are you, anonymous buyer? I must know.
/Inigo
Curdoroy pillows -- and Barbaro cheetos -- are both making headlines!
Barbaro cheeto? Thats bullshit, on the other hand, a Barbaro funion would have be impressive.
I was nowhere near properly spelling that.
So, does the anonymous donor get the nomination for SHOTY or is it the doodle itself.
And I do admire Will's ability to look exactly the same in every picture taken of him. It's a true gift methinks.
I dare you to eat it.
@Lady Andrea: Ironically, it was probably Rob.
@TheStarterWife: you don't want Will to eat you?
Fuck that. I TRIPLE DOG DARE you to eat it!
Dee Mirch is still pissed about losing out on this.
pictures of us that are not particularly flattering
exhibit a
exhibit b
exhibit c
exhibit d
exhibit e
exhibit f (coming soon)
@Suss--: Curdoroy? Ew.
@Lady Andrea: "No one of consequence ... Get used to disappointment."