I stumbled across this character in the book Bright-Sided by Barabara Ehrenreich: "Buford P. Fuddwhacker is described as "a down-home motivational speaker who brings the fervor and energy of a fired-up country preacher to the platform. When you unleash Buford on your audience, get ready for music, laughter, kazoos, karaoke, and outrageous audience participation." This has got to be a warning to never, under any circumstances, unleash Buford on your audience. A visit to his website confirms the wisdom of this advice.
Rarely a good sign, his website has a section explaing "What's so funny about Buford." I assume this question is asked frequently by people who have been the victim of a Buford unleashing.
Another line that sounds more like a warning than recommendation is this: "Everyone quickly discovers Buford's a wild eccentric with wacky inventions, and crazy stories about kinfolk and farm animals."
*Shudder* I'm almost positive I don't want to hear crazy stories about his kinfolk and farm animals.
And here is another heart-stopping line: "He catches people off-guard." Can you think of a more horrifying possibility than having Buford P. Fuddwacker jump out of you're bushes why your trying to unlock the door. Just think of what he did to those poor farm animals.
No, Buford should not be unleashed. I'm not sure he should even be uncaged.
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