Starbucks and MamaPop Want You To Have an Espresso Maker ***Contest Closed***r
***Contest Closed*** Sometimes you want a new, better puppy with added tail-wagging power. Sometimes you want a robotic hand and your own Dance Dance Revolution machine. And sometimes you just want a kick-ass cup of espresso. Well, Starbucks and MamaPop want to give you a gorgeous espresso maker to celebrate the launch of Starbucks Vanilla Frappuccino Light (50% fewer calories and 60% less sugar)! Because one out of three ain't bad. Contest details after the jump!
First, you will ask me: Palinode, is this espresso maker awesome? And I say: awesome? This biznatch is orange:
In order to win this decidedly excellent Ascaso Espresso Maker with a value of $550, all you need to do is answer my fiendishly not-very-difficult trivia question:
Q: What film director has his very own signature brand of coffee?
BONUS Q!: What is your favorite film by said director and why?
Leave your answer in the comments, ONE ENTRY PER PERSON. The contest is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada and will run until noon on Tuesday, April 6th, after which time one lucky commenter gets the Ascaso Espresso Maker, sent to you direct by catapult. Or something. I don't know every last detail.
Also, because we like you and we want your choice of sweet flavoured coffee beverage to be healthier than falling down an elevator shaft, feel free to grab a coupon for $1 off your next Starbucks Vanilla Frappuccino Light below.
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David Lynch
Posted by: Stephanie | March 30, 2010 at 01:05 PM
Paul Newman - Newman's Own coffee!
Posted by: Carey | March 30, 2010 at 01:05 PM
David Lynch. DUNE, baby. But probably because I love that damn book so much.
Posted by: Heather | March 30, 2010 at 01:07 PM
David Lynch! Dune! Want coffee!
Posted by: Laurel | March 30, 2010 at 01:07 PM
David Lynch. David Lynch. David Lynch.
Mulholland Drive: I'm still thinking about it. But how many works of art are intellectual puzzles that make you laugh at random moments? It's sort of worked into my life in some way. I'll be telling someone a dream I had and then I'll remember the scene where the guy in the diner tells the other guy the dream. And the scary guy pops up from behind the dumpster. Only he's not so scary. And I'll find myself laughing about this for several days.
OK, maybe that's not a good reason. I should have said: The cowboy. I love it for the cowboy.
Come to think of it there is a brilliant espresso scene IN Mulholland Drive. That I relate to, because I am kind of picky, although I hide it.
Girls kissing. But maybe I shouldn't go into that.
Dammit, I hate these contests. All the groveling. I told myself I would always resist.
Posted by: ozma | March 30, 2010 at 01:14 PM
david lynch. elephant man
Posted by: jennifer | March 30, 2010 at 01:16 PM
David Lynch. Don't have a favorite, can I still win? :)
Posted by: angela | March 30, 2010 at 01:18 PM
David Lynch
Blue Velvet.
And I. So. Want!
Posted by: Amy (Not Amalah) | March 30, 2010 at 01:20 PM
david lynch, blue velvet for big screen, Twin Peaks if television counts.
Posted by: susan | March 30, 2010 at 01:25 PM
1) David Lynch
2) 2) Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me because it is visually interesting, the characters are fascinating and iconic, and it takes place in my backyard (I live in the NW).
Posted by: Kate | March 30, 2010 at 01:28 PM
David Lynch! Mulholland Dr! Thanks!
Posted by: mstiegirl | March 30, 2010 at 01:30 PM
I guess David Lynch, but I prefer Paul Newman.
Favorite movie - Wild At Heart, but definitely Twin Peaks, if television counts.
Posted by: Somedayphd | March 30, 2010 at 01:32 PM
Google sez David Lynch. I'm not sure I've ever seen any of his movies but can I pick Twin Peaks? I watched that! (Plus wasn't eventually a movie?)
Posted by: Krista | March 30, 2010 at 01:32 PM
david lynch... mullholland drive is a pretty good choice albeit very odd like most of his works. :)
Posted by: bkdbean | March 30, 2010 at 01:33 PM
I guess I forgot the why...
Two lines
1. Did I ever tell ya that this here jacket represents a symbol of my individuality, and my belief in personal freedom?
2. You got me hotter than Georgia asphalt.
Posted by: Somedayphd | March 30, 2010 at 01:34 PM
David Lynch.
Confession: Dune is the only one I like.
Posted by: Maria | March 30, 2010 at 01:35 PM
David Lynch, baby. I'm such a Twin Peaks junkie.
Posted by: Carol (@kaseandannasmom) | March 30, 2010 at 01:36 PM
David Lynch. Probably Mulholland Drive.
Posted by: Becca | March 30, 2010 at 01:37 PM
Coffee need coffee. Um answer is ... David Lynch. YAwn.
Posted by: Julia | March 30, 2010 at 01:37 PM
Favorite film? Dune! loved those blue eyes.
Posted by: Julia | March 30, 2010 at 01:38 PM
David Lynch
Elephant Man, simply because I love Anthony Hopkins!
Posted by: Sarah | March 30, 2010 at 01:38 PM
David Lynch. I wonder if they sell it here in Utah? Probably not.
Posted by: Anjie B. | March 30, 2010 at 01:39 PM
all signs point to david lynch. (i bet his coffee is unnerving.)
dune is my favorite.
also partial to blue velvet, and naturally twin peaks. lost highway freaked my shit right out.
Posted by: kilowatthour | March 30, 2010 at 01:39 PM
Have to go with David Lynch and the first movie of his I ever saw (at much too young an age) - Blue Velvet.
Posted by: heidi | March 30, 2010 at 01:40 PM
David Lynch
Blue Velvet because it's so deliciously weird.
Also, I gasped out loud when I saw that espresso machine. *grabby hands*
Posted by: Jen H. | March 30, 2010 at 01:40 PM
David Lynch. My favorite is Mulholland Drive.
Posted by: ashton | March 30, 2010 at 01:40 PM
David Lynch and Dune is awesome!
Posted by: Heidi T | March 30, 2010 at 01:41 PM
Like everyone else said, David Lynch.
I'm gonna can Eraserhead, because that movie was creepy as all hell.
Posted by: Pat Knight | March 30, 2010 at 01:41 PM
David Lynch, Blue Velvet
Posted by: Shoe Gal | March 30, 2010 at 01:41 PM
David Lynch. I'm afraid to try his coffee. I loved Twin Peaks, and watched it to the bitter end...and the movie Fire: Walk With Me left me scarred for life. So I'd call that a favourite :).
Posted by: Lynn | March 30, 2010 at 01:42 PM
David Lynch
Mudholland Drive!
Posted by: Deenuts Dana | March 30, 2010 at 01:43 PM
David Lynch -- The Straight Story
Posted by: Linda :) | March 30, 2010 at 01:44 PM
David Lynch, and my fav movie of his would be Dune. I could never read through all of the book series but I could sit with a lot of coffee and ignore my ex and watch that movie over and over again because he hated it. He was a matrix man, and man, Dune was slamming your head on the wall for him and it was great.
I need to get me some of that coffee to go with that nice espresso machine that I could win. T
Posted by: Teri C | March 30, 2010 at 01:44 PM
David Lynch has his own line of coffee. My fav. would be Wild at Heart ... can't beat a combo of Nick Cage and Laura Dern.
Posted by: Margot | March 30, 2010 at 01:44 PM
David Lynch and my husband would kill me if I didn't say Dune.
Posted by: divrchk | March 30, 2010 at 01:46 PM
David Lynch....The Elephant Man
Posted by: Linda R | March 30, 2010 at 01:46 PM
David Lynch ... Mulholland Drive
Posted by: Linda R | March 30, 2010 at 01:47 PM
1. David Lynch
2. Elephant Man
Why? Last lines:
Merrick's Mother: Never. Oh, never. Nothing will die. The stream flows, the wind blows, the cloud fleets, the heart beats. Nothing will die.
Posted by: onlywords2playw | March 30, 2010 at 01:47 PM
David Lynch- and Lost Highway... because I went on a first date with my ex to see that... THAT was an interesting first date.
Posted by: Janna | March 30, 2010 at 01:48 PM
David Lynch. Blue Velvet! I want to watch it again right now.
Posted by: AnEmily | March 30, 2010 at 01:49 PM
David Lynch!
Posted by: Meghan | March 30, 2010 at 01:49 PM
David Lynch and Elephant Man, because I am not an animal.
Also, Wild at Heart because come on, crappy acting from Nic Cage plus the Wizard of Oz AND Elvis? In one movie? That's the movie equivalent of eating chocolate-covered bacon on a stick... with Nic Cage.
Posted by: Whit | March 30, 2010 at 01:49 PM
Should I cover my bases & guess David Lynch AND Paul Newman??
Anyhoo - Blue Velvet b/c it gave my hubs a lifelong appreciation for the woman who doesn't look like... Jennifer Aniston.
Posted by: Kirsten | March 30, 2010 at 01:50 PM
David Lynch! Favorite film would have to be, hmmm...Mulholland Drive, of course.
Posted by: Jennie | March 30, 2010 at 01:51 PM
David Lynch. I could lie but I think the truth is, I've never seen any of his movies.
Posted by: Amy | March 30, 2010 at 01:52 PM
David Lynch. I don't actually know that... just following the other comments cause I really want that machine.
Posted by: Rebecca | March 30, 2010 at 01:53 PM
I dig Mulholland Drive by David Lynch for the Kim Basinger performance
Posted by: habanerogal | March 30, 2010 at 01:54 PM
David Lynch "By will alone I set my mind in motion." LOVE Dune!
Posted by: Marilyn @ A Lot of Loves | March 30, 2010 at 01:54 PM
David Lynch. Can I count Twin Peaks? If not, I pick Mulholland Drive.
Posted by: KBO | March 30, 2010 at 01:55 PM
David Lynch
Well Twin Peaks the series would have to be the most favouritest thing ev.ah he's done (not the movie - the movie sucked cacapoopoo) but film wise it would have to be Wild at Heart because it repulsed me and drew me in at the same time. And because I can never ever look at Willem Dafoe and not see his character in that film - its like Lynch etched that character on me with acid!
Posted by: Emily | March 30, 2010 at 01:57 PM
David Lynch - I too am one of those people who only cared for Dune. It's the only one that didn't leave me hopelessly WTF when it was over.
Posted by: KarenJ | March 30, 2010 at 01:59 PM
David Lynch, and "Blue Velvet" because I remain creeped out to this day.
Posted by: Angie | March 30, 2010 at 01:59 PM
This is kismet, this is fate,
I love my beans, I love David Lynch, world-renowned director and bean roaster. My favorite movie of his is Elephant Man. "I am not an elephant! I am not an animal! I am a human being!" Coincidentally, I wrote a story called Elephant Girls that was rooted in that feeling of outsidedness. See? Kismet.
Besides, Klout tells me I'm a Starbucks fanatic. They offered to send me tiny, free samples. I eschew plain coffee for fresh lattes, though -- triple Venti, with skim milk, please.
Posted by: Jane Devin | March 30, 2010 at 01:59 PM
I know it's David Lynch. But, I totally wish it was Quentin Tarantino. And it would be called Grindhouse. (I know. That was lame.)
My favorite David Lynch film is obviously Blue Velvet because it's so god damn sick.
Posted by: Keli | March 30, 2010 at 02:00 PM
David Lynch, both answers.
Also, my 7 month old requests that momma get the espresso maker. She's kind of a bi#ch in the mornings.
Posted by: toquegirl | March 30, 2010 at 02:01 PM
David Lynch!
And also you guys ROCK because you included the Canadians in this. We NEVER get to win stuff on the Internet so you're all awesome, the end.
Posted by: sherry | March 30, 2010 at 02:02 PM
David Lynch. Don't have a favorite film of his.
Posted by: Carmen | March 30, 2010 at 02:04 PM
That would be David Lynch. My fave? Dune!
As the Paul Atredies once said:
I must drink esspreso. Esspreso is the mind-killer. Esspreso is the little-death that brings total obliteration to grogginess. I will drink my Esspreso. I will permit it to pass over my gullet and through me (poot!). And when my Esspreso is gone I will turn and face Esspreso's path, and only I will remain.
Slightly more awake.
Posted by: DeadRobot | March 30, 2010 at 02:08 PM
David Lynch...and Dune will always be my favorite of his movies.
Posted by: Mary P (Barnmaven) | March 30, 2010 at 02:08 PM
David Lynch....
Going to have to go with Blue Velvet! My 8-year old self would be proud.
Posted by: Tara | March 30, 2010 at 02:09 PM
Dude is a freak, but David Lynch and Blue Velvet
Posted by: Dare | March 30, 2010 at 02:09 PM
David Lynch.
I don't actually have a favorite film by him yet, but my late Drama Lit teacher (RIP Kriley) used Blue Velvet for one of our projects, and always had good gossip about Lynch since he'd been at University of Montana at some point.
Posted by: anna | March 30, 2010 at 02:09 PM
David Lynch Dune
Posted by: Breanna | March 30, 2010 at 02:10 PM
David Lynch is the answer. But I dont really care for his films. I very much disliked Mulholland Drive. As much as I would like to lie and just pick a film as my favorite - I just can't lie to my mamapop peeps.....
Posted by: Leigh | March 30, 2010 at 02:11 PM
David Lynch. Favorite film - Wild at heart - why... Because it stared Nick Cage! Thanks!
Posted by: Rose R | March 30, 2010 at 02:12 PM
I'm a sucker for a contest! The answer, if those above me are correct, is David Lynch. Thanks!
Posted by: Alex | March 30, 2010 at 02:14 PM
David Lynch does and my favorite movie of his is Wild at Heart!
Posted by: Amber Gibson | March 30, 2010 at 02:15 PM
David Lynch. Mulholland Drive.
I really need the coffee!
Posted by: Melanie | March 30, 2010 at 02:15 PM
David Lynch of course! Hard to pick, but I have to say. . . .WILD AT HEART!!!! That orange espresso maker would SOOOOOO match my new rug! I needz it!
Posted by: Danielle Koch | March 30, 2010 at 02:15 PM
David Lynch of course! Hard to pick, but I have to say. . . .WILD AT HEART!!!! That orange espresso maker would SOOOOOO match my new rug! I needz it!
Posted by: Danielle Koch | March 30, 2010 at 02:15 PM
david lynch (and meh-i liked twin peaks....)
Posted by: kelly | March 30, 2010 at 02:19 PM
Apparently the answer is David Lynch, but I don't even know if I have seen any of his movies, so I doubt I have a favourite. Does that take me out of the running?
Posted by: Tamara | March 30, 2010 at 02:19 PM
David Lynch, Dune
Posted by: Jocelyn | March 30, 2010 at 02:21 PM
David Lynch. Dune is probably my favorite. Gotta love scary little Alicia Witt, strange, fat, floating, Kenneth McMillan, and of course Sting.
Posted by: Sean | March 30, 2010 at 02:24 PM
David Lynch. Mulholland Drive was the only film of his that I've seen that I've remotely understood, so it's my favorite!
Posted by: Anna Ironside | March 30, 2010 at 02:25 PM
David Lynch - Eraserhead, mostly for the cover. Who doesn't love the Tim Robbins-looking-dude with that crazy ass hair?
Posted by: Katie | March 30, 2010 at 02:25 PM
Also - The Elephant Man. That is my real answer.
Posted by: Katie | March 30, 2010 at 02:25 PM
The David Lynch answer is Wild at Heart, because of a fabulous snakeskin jacket. The Paul Newman answer is Cool Hand Luke, because nobody can eat 50 hard boiled eggs. But I have a soft spot for The Sting, because he wears overalls in it, and I LOVED with pink puffy hearts Twin Peaks.
Posted by: diamondcait | March 30, 2010 at 02:26 PM
David Lynch... but I had to google that. Does it still count if I don't have a favorite David Lynch movie?
Posted by: Turk | March 30, 2010 at 02:26 PM
David Lynch
Posted by: Kristen | March 30, 2010 at 02:28 PM
David Lynch. Favorite movie - Dune! mostly because I'm a nerd and partly because it has Sting
Posted by: Abby | March 30, 2010 at 02:30 PM
uh... David Lynch.
uh... Twin Peaks!! and Dune.
because there's nothing else like them.
Posted by: sarah-e | March 30, 2010 at 02:31 PM
David Lynch.
And I guess it would be Mullholland Drive, but only because of the "Llorando" scene.
Posted by: Cb | March 30, 2010 at 02:32 PM
David Lynch! Fave thing he's done is Twin Peaks.
Posted by: Stef | March 30, 2010 at 02:36 PM
David Lynch - Dune!
Posted by: Samantha M. | March 30, 2010 at 02:37 PM