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INTERVIEW:
Vinnie!

by kittenpants and FoxBox

vinnie

If you don't already know, read this excerpt from his website and understand the greatness that is Vinnie:

I love my job.

I wake up, put on my pants one leg at a time, then my Vinnie's Tampon Case Distributor shirt, wash my face, brush my eyebrows, grab a slice of homemade cold pizza for breakfast, and I'm out the door. The sooner I can be on the street distributing my tampon cases the better. The morning is a great time to pass my personable pouch among the populous; folks are just waking up, wiping the late nite TV out of their eyes, and when I hand 'em a Vinnie's Tampon Case they aren't awake enough to remember that they are squeamish about menstruation.

And there is no need to be squeamish about the natural cycle! Which is precisely what VINNIE'S TAMPON CASE reminds them when they come across it on their desk during lunch in school or at the office. With my smilin' cartoon face looking up at them, they decide then and there- 'What the hey! I love my brand new VINNIE'S TAMPON CASE, and I don't care what anyone says!'.

To date, I've distributed over 100,000 cases all over the world. I get great fan letters and fan emails every day! Folks stop me on the subway and pull their tampon case out of their bag and say, 'Yo, Vinnie! I love my VINNIE'S TAMPON CASE!'

What could be better than that? Kittenpants, with some help from FoxBox, is proud to beat Oprah to the punch with the following interview.

kp: What did you have for breakfast this morning?
v:
blueberry pie

kp: Seriously? I think I might love you. What's the best place to get pie in New York?
v:
Good question. I love pie. Restaurants never serve pie anymore- what's up with that?!!! I've heard there's a decent pie store somewhere in NYC...

If you mean 'pie' in terms of Pizza, I'm really into Rosario's mushroom slices (corner of Orchard and Stanton)

kp: I love that place. But I was referring to regular pie. Does your grandmother have enough recipies to make a little cookbook?
v:
My grandmother has tons of great recipies!

kp: What are your top 3 favorites?
v:
1. her 8oo yr old spaghetti sauce
2. her slammin eggplant sauce
3. meatballs

kp: Do you ever have "sympathy cramps?"
v:
Nope.

kp: What kind of products to you see coming out in the New Year?
v:
I'm working on a lenticular tampon case. That's the technology that is slightly holographic, so when you tilt your Vinnie's Tampon Case I'll wink. And, I'm working on a new book- but that won't come out until next year...

kp: Have you considered branching out into non-menstruation-related things, like a Vinnie's Vibrator or Dildo Case?
v:
Hmmm,...I've been told that the Hello Kitty Vibrator fits in my tampon case,...so that kind of makes it a vibrator case already, right?

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