Annoying Commercials 2: Searching for the MUTE button

[Jaws]

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I want to punch the new Colonel Sanders right in his phony Goatee. Annoying and lame, lame,lame.

[JF_Gophers]

I want to punch the new Colonel Sanders right in his phony Goatee. Annoying and lame, lame,lame.

I thought it was Hammond (forget first name) from SNL.

[The Sicatoka]

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I thought it was Hammond (forget first name) from SNL.

It is Darrell Hammond.
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourcei...s%20commercial

[The Sicatoka]

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I'm quickly finding "Toyota Jan" and "AT&T Lily" as annoying as "Progressive Insurance Flo".

[haulin oats]

I'm quickly finding "Toyota Jan" and "AT&T Lily" as annoying as "Progressive Insurance Flo".

Lily is beautiful though, so she gets a longer leash.

[French Rage]

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I want to punch the new Colonel Sanders right in his phony Goatee. Annoying and lame, lame,lame.

It's like they're unsure if they want it to be a real impersonation or a satirical impersonation.

[Jaws]

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Either way, it doesn't work for me. Don't understand why they thought it was necessary to resurrect the Colonel at all.

It's like they're unsure if they want it to be a real impersonation or a satirical impersonation.

[LynahFan]

It's like they're unsure if they want it to be a real impersonation or a satirical impersonation.

Totally agree - it's terrible. I always imagined the Colonel with a genteel, sophisticated Southern accent, not...well, whatever it is that Hammond is doing.

[St. Clown]

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It's like they're unsure if they want it to be a real impersonation or a satirical impersonation.

I wouldn't doubt that there's a canned version of a genuine Colonel Sanders (What are you, chicken?) commercial with a genuine Kentucky accent, but they made a last-minute change once the murders in South Carolina and subsequent Confederate Battle flag protests began. There's an anti-South sentiment running rampant in the country, and the company may go back to distancing itself from its Kentucky roots.

[FlagDUDE08]

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Totally agree - it's terrible. I always imagined the Colonel with a genteel, sophisticated Southern accent, not...well, whatever it is that Hammond is doing.

Imagine no more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk4Eq8IcQMk

[French Rage]

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I wouldn't doubt that there's a canned version of a genuine Colonel Sanders (What are you, chicken?) commercial with a genuine Kentucky accent, but they made a last-minute change once the murders in South Carolina and subsequent Confederate Battle flag protests began. There's an anti-South sentiment running rampant in the country, and the company may go back to distancing itself from its Kentucky roots.

They've been doing them since May, so, no.

[SteveP]

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I'm quickly finding "Toyota Jan" and "AT&T Lily" as annoying as "Progressive Insurance Flo".

Do you feel the same about "DirecTV Hannah"?

I absolutely despise the GoDaddy twerking spot

[St. Clown]

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They've been doing them since May, so, no.

Wow, really? I guess that shows how much broadcast TV I've been watching these past two months.

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Lily is beautiful though, so she gets a longer leash.

And she has at least a little breadth of acting talent. Her character isn't just a cheerful receptionist at a car dealership. You've got to wonder though if she, Jan, Flo, and redhead Wendy haven't been too successful. Even if they tried to play some other part, I'd probably see Lily, Jan, Flo, or Wendy.

[St. Clown]

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And she has at least a little breadth of acting talent. Her character isn't just a cheerful receptionist at a car dealership. You've got to wonder though if she, Jan, Flo, and redhead Wendy haven't been too successful. Even if they tried to play some other part, I'd probably see Lily, Jan, Flo, or Wendy.

I read something a while ago, talking about these "famous" commercial actors/characters and what they do outside of those spots. Most of them are stage actors, usually with comedey troupes. A couple of them have had small guest parts on various TV shows. "Lily" is on a YahooTV original series called Other Space, directed by Paul Feig. It uses a few of those commercial actors and tosses them into a show, probably for dirt cheap, based upon what I saw. The annoying hipster guy form the Verizon commercials where the two coworkers are driving across the country, and Lily from AT&T. I don't recognize any of the other actors on the show except for Dave Franco, who made a single episode guest appearance.