Wednesday, January 28, 2009

"You Are My Sunshine"

Makes Irwin Mainway's Bag O'Glass look like a class act!:
ORLANDO — After coming under intense criticism, a Jacksonville-based promotions company that says it specializes in creating gifts from current news stories has suspended plans to sell a singing Caylee Anthony doll, inspired by slain toddler Caylee Marie Anthony.

...Showbiz Promotions listed "The Inspirational Caylee Sunshine Doll" on its Web site, cayleedoll.com, for about $30.

The doll has blond hair, stands 18 inches tall and wears a white T-shirt and blue jeans and plays the song "You Are My Sunshine" when you push its belly, a song that Caylee was seen singing on a home video released shortly after she was declared missing.

...Salcedo, of Showbiz Promotions, had said earlier he was not selling a doll that looks exactly like Caylee because it would be too morbid. Instead, he said at the time, his company wants to honor and respect Caylee's life by bringing awareness to her case.

"We want it to be a tribute," he said.

Showbiz Promotions is already the center of an active civil investigation by the state Attorney General's Office. The allegation: Consumers ordered and paid for merchandise from two Web sites, but never received anything.

One of those sites sells a "Vick Dog Chew Toy" for $7.77.

...Salcedo said he planned to donate a portion of the proceeds of the doll to charity -- though he did not know which organization. Salcedo said he was waiting to hear back from several groups, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. He was considering donating $3 for every doll sold.

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