Jack Kerouac, The Bobblehead

Lowell Massachusetts native Jack Kerouac is getting bobbleheaded - Boston Red Sox single-A affiliate Lowell Spinners will be giving out 1000 Jack Kerouac bobbleheads on August 21, as part of Jack Kerouac night.

The bobblehead doll itself is about 8 inches tall. The figurine sports a full head of black hair and stands on a copy of On the Road, pen and notebook in hand.

And, lest you think, this is blasphemous, his executor thinks it's a great idea. John Sampas, executor and brother of Kerouac's third wife, says, "Besides being an author, he was an all-around guy. He was a great sports enthusiast, too. Certainly, Jack would love it." The Lowell Spinners' official site. [Via MeFi]

Bobbleheads we'd like to see: J.D. Salinger, Patricia Highsmith, Thomas Pynchon, and Haruki Murakami.

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By Jen Chung in Arts and Events on July 30, 2003 12:54 AM

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Stu

How about NY's very own Paul Auster?

Unpossible

I know he's not an author....but David Gray already looks like a living, breathing bobblehead

ehhh...

hey howard.

maybe a vic morrow bobblehead would be more appropriate.

eli

People either love Kerouac or hate him... And the Capote quote is correct, although Capote has little room to criticize anyone. How about a Hunter S. Thompson bobblehead?

Jen

Haha, Howard, nice.

Vermillion

How about a Thomas Pynchon paper doll?:

http://wso.williams.edu/~dgambrel/pics/pynchon/

He's a Dixie Chicks fan, who knew?

Howard

I'd add one bobblehead to your list -- Norman Mailer. I'd buy one just so I could cut its head off.

callalillie

Yeah, his executor also thought it was a good idea to use his picture in a GAP khaki ad a few years back...

Steven Farmer

Can the Sylvia Plath bobblehead be far behind?!?

Sterling

Instead of On the Road, shouldn't he be standing on an overturned, empty bottle of tequila? What did Truman Capote say about him? Something like: "That's not writing ... it's typewriting."