With an estimated annual income of more than $40 million, you might mistake his portfolio for that of Warren Buffett (not a relative). And he’s done it by sailing beyond most musicians’ ticket, T-shirt and poster revenue stream.
The title of his most popular song is showing up on restaurants, clothing, booze and casinos. Among the products he’s involved with are Landshark Lager, the Margaritaville and Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant chains, clothing and footwear, household items and drink blenders. The Margaritaville cafe on the Las Vegas strip is said to be the top grossing restaurant in the nation.
Time for the last From Under My Lone Palm of the year, and this month Justin reviews the Tarpon Fishing Documentary that was recently made available by the Margaritaville Key West:
If you’re up on the Coconut Telegraph, you are aware that this 1974 documentary
on Tarpon fishing in the Keys was recently made available on DVD from Margaritaville in Key West. When I saw it as I was flipping through those pages I knew I had to have it. And now I do. So sit back and enjoy a little review of this fine film.
Jimmy Buffett has posted a special Christmas message on Margaritaville.com from his boat in St Barth’s:
Good Morning all and Merry Christmas. I am up early waiting for sunrise and the dawn patrol to my surf beach. The line that obviously comes to me now is “these days I am up about the time I used to go to bed”. My kids are now teenagers, which means present opening has gone from 6;30am to 10:00a.m., which translates in my world to the fact that I can go out and score some early morning Christmas waves, have breakfast and be back for present opening. There are some things about getting older that are not so bad. There are many thoughts that could pour out of my head this morning, considering the years I have piled up here on the planet, but I will only put down one here. 62 years ago at this moment (counting the time change from St. Barth to Pascagoula), I was 2hrs and 21 minutes old. That in itself seems miraculous. I hope you have a miraculous moment today as well. Still rockin’ in the free world.
Congratulations to Parrothead Mania for winning the final Buffett Caption Contest of 2008… and with it, a Portopong!
Here was the photo:
And here was Parrothead Mania’s winning caption:
“See, I told you there was a woman to blame, now arrest her and give me back my shaker of salt!”
There were a total of 440 votes cast, and Parrothead Mania received 155 votes (35%). Al came in second with “”Officer! Arrest that man! He’s a Jimmy Buffett impersonator and he goes by the name of Kenny Chesney!!!!!”"
Here are the full results:
“See, I told you there was a woman to blame, now arrest her and give me back my shaker of salt!” – Parrothead Mania (155 votes, 35%)
“Officer! Arrest that man! He’s a Jimmy Buffett impersonator and he goes by the name of Kenny Chesney!!!!!” – Al (128 votes, 29%)
“Sheriff that’s the one who was dancing on the hood of your car…” – Steve Cantwell (74 votes, 17%)
“I swear officer, the students said they were 21 when I brought in the Margarita Machine for the Christmas Party!” – Jay (40 votes, 9%)
“That filling station hold up thing was just a big misunderstanding” – Eli Mak (31 votes, 7%)
“Hey Luke, there goes your career!” – Travis (12 votes, 3%)
View all of the captions that were submitted here.
Congratulations to Parrothead Mania for winning this week’s caption contest! Thanks to everyone who entered and to everyone who voted. Also, a special thanks to the folks at Portopong for sponsoring this contest. Check them out at www.portopong.com!
This past week we showed you the below picture and asked you to provide your own caption for it. We normally have five finalists, but this week we had trouble narrowing it down, so there are six finalists to choose from.
So please cast your vote below. And remember, the winner will receive a Portopong from our friends at Portopong.com!
Time for the final Buffett Caption Contest of 2008… and our friends at PortOPong are making this a special contest, because the winner will receive a PortOPong!
Here’s this week’s image:
Come up with your own caption for the photo and submit it in the comments section of this post.
On Sunday, we’ll choose five of the best and put them in a poll for everyone to vote on. The poll will close on Wednesday and the top vote-getter will receive the PortOPong!
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According to the Inside Track on the Boston Herald, Jimmy Buffett is working on a television show. The article interviews Mike O’Malley (pictured right in “My Own Worst Enemy), former star of the sitcom “Yes, Dear” and current star of the short-lived NBC series “My Own Worst Enemy.”
Now that he has some time on his hands, O’Malley said he’s hoping to get back to New England and catch a Patriots [team stats] game and is once again scheduled to emcee Theo Epstein’s “Hot Stove, Cool Music” show at The Paradise on Jan. 10.
O’Malley’s also working with Jimmy Buffett on a TV show based on the characters the “Margaritaville” main man sings about.
“We’ve been out to a few networks and hope to have a commitment by Christmas,” he said.
Stubhub has released its annual concert ticket report and Jimmy Buffett’s 2008 Year Of Still Here Tour made a couple of their lists.
Buffet comes in at number 9 on the list of the Top 10 Highest Grossing Tours. Here’s the full list:
Madonna
Jonas Brothers
Bruce Springsteen
Bon Jovi
Coldplay
Kenny Chesney
AC/DC
Hannah Montana
Jimmy Buffett
Billy Joel
Buffett was at number 7 last year, and at number 5 in 2006.
What might come as a surprise to some parrotheads, Jimmy does not make the top 10 list for highest ticket prices. The highest average ticket price on Stubhub for 2008 was Madonna at $306. In the number 10 spot was Michael Buble at $189. Jimmy Buffett’s average price was $121 (last year the average Stubhub price was $136 for Buffett).
An interesting note that Stubhub mentions:
For the third consecutive year, six of StubHub’s Top 10 Selling Tours of 2008 also toured 20 years ago or more (Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, AC/DC, Jimmy Buffett, Billy Joel)
The second part of Jimmy’s diary about his recent trip to the Outer Banks is now up at Margaritaville.com, including more photos.
In it, Jimmy discusses a wrecked surfboard, a morning sightseeing flight over the coast, and much more. Read it now. And stay tuned for the final part in the series.
Time for the last From Under My Lone Palm of the year, and 
Everyone at BuffettWorld would like to wish Jimmy Buffett a Happy Birthday… he turns 62 today.
According to the 
The second part of Jimmy’s diary about his recent trip to the Outer Banks is now up at 
