I have a lifelong interest in kitsch. You may not know this, but there was a time in the 1960s and 1970s that celebrities were used as brands for restaurant chains. It would be like, in the modern era, taking your family out to Matt Damon’s Steakhouse or Kim Kardashian’s Creosote Palace. We just don’t see it next (with the possible exception of Wahlburgers).
I stumbled upon this earlier today and got sort of a kick out of it:
And just in case you don’t believe me…………shield your eyes, Frank: