In this video, Michael talks about the Parker Jotter, the pen you see in pretty much every movie. The Jotter makes appearances in hundreds of popular movies and TV shows.

Here’s a list of just SOME of those appearances:

MOVIES:
The Irishman
Shawshank Redemption
The Breakfast Club
GoldenEye
Old Boy
Red
Shutter Island
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Two Popes
Se7en
Just Mercy
Joker
Zodiac
Hot Fuzz

TV:
Ted Lasso
The Office
Mr Bean
Endeavor
Mindhunters
Versace
White Collar
Luther

Why is the Jotter in every movie?

The Parker Jotter is an affordable, reliable, and supremely clickable pen (just watch GoldenEye, you’ll see). It became super popular upon its release in 1954, outmatching every other ballpoint on the market up until then. Because of its instant success, Parker released updates to it pretty much annually. So, the Jotter stuck around, and it became a common artifact in daily life, especially in the burgeoning corporate workplace (evident in Mad Men).

A growing popular interest in industrial design also contributed to the Jotter’s success. When the Bauhaus design principles of form and function hit America through influence of designers like Marcel Breuer, Charles Eames, and Eliot Noyes, the Jotter perfectly embodied a great many of their highest design ideals. It was easily massproduced, it performed its function perfectly, and it looked beautiful without the overuse of materials. That’s all stuff the great designers love, and the Jotter has it all.

This video is about answering the question: why is the Jotter in every movie?

The Parker Jotter’s fastblossoming popularity made it an instant classic, and so it appears in a lot of period pieces, biopics, and pretty much any other type of film.

At Dayspring Pens, we’re also totally enamored with the pen (check out our list of staff favorite pens: https://www.giftpens.com/blogs/thejo.... Most of our staff uses one every day to fulfill daily writing tasks. So, we’re happy to feature this pen and share a little more about it to other pen enthusiasts.

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And let us know what you love about the Jotter in the comments below!

Here’s some other helpful links to information on the Jotter:

The History of the Jotter: https://parkerpens.net/jotter.html
Our List of the Best Parker Pens: https://www.giftpens.com/blogs/thejo...
The Parker Jotter’s Wiki Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jotter
Dayspring Pens website: https://www.giftpens.com/

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