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  • #346
    Re: Annoying Commercials 2: Searching for the MUTE button

    Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
    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.
    Yes, I recently read something similar about the brunette on the Geico ads, don't know her "ad name" but she plays a call center person, or at least uses a headset as a prop.

    And this phenomenon isn't limited to commercial characters. I had to see Marisa Tomei many, many, times before I could see anyone but Mona Lisa Vito. For the commercial characters, it's probably ubiquity; for Tomei et al., it's probably one brilliant acting performance followed by some meh performances.

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    • #347
      Re: Annoying Commercials 2: Searching for the MUTE button

      Polaroid Swinger from 1971. Recognize the dark haired actress? Think Harvard hockey.

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      • #348
        Re: Annoying Commercials 2: Searching for the MUTE button

        Originally posted by SteveP View Post
        Do you feel the same about "DirecTV Hannah"?

        I absolutely despise the GoDaddy twerking spot
        I'm pretty sure I'd watch a 30-minute sitcom of Hannah Davis walking a horse down a beach. lol
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        • #349
          Re: Annoying Commercials 2: Searching for the MUTE button

          DirecTV has had some truly awful commercials in the last year. Hannah and Rob Lowe were the worst.
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          • #350
            Re: Annoying Commercials 2: Searching for the MUTE button

            Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
            DirecTV has had some truly awful commercials in the last year. Hannah and Rob Lowe were the worst.
            Rob Lowe was hilarious in those commercials. The Hannah ones are nice for eye candy, but other than that...
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            • #351
              Re: Annoying Commercials 2: Searching for the MUTE button

              "If the Italian flag does not already have a Loaded Italian Sandwich on it, someone phone the Pope. Arby's has an idea."

              1. The Pope doesn't rule Italy and hasn't had any significant stake in Italian land for almost 150 years.
              2. The Pope doesn't even live in Italy.

              How does this stuff make it through the ad agencies?
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              • #352
                Re: Annoying Commercials 2: Searching for the MUTE button

                I could watch Hannah and the Wendy's girl all day.

                The new KFC Colonel Sanders commercials are flat-out creepy.
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                • #353
                  Originally posted by Spartanforlife4 View Post
                  "If the Italian flag does not already have a Loaded Italian Sandwich on it, someone phone the Pope. Arby's has an idea."

                  1. The Pope doesn't rule Italy and hasn't had any significant stake in Italian land for almost 150 years.
                  2. The Pope doesn't even live in Italy.

                  How does this stuff make it through the ad agencies?
                  Never let the facts get in the way of a good story.
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                  • #354
                    Re: Annoying Commercials 2: Searching for the MUTE button

                    Originally posted by Spartanforlife4 View Post
                    "If the Italian flag does not already have a Loaded Italian Sandwich on it, someone phone the Pope. Arby's has an idea."

                    1. The Pope doesn't rule Italy and hasn't had any significant stake in Italian land for almost 150 years.
                    2. The Pope doesn't even live in Italy.

                    How does this stuff make it through the ad agencies?
                    Dumb Americans are dumb.

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                    • #355
                      Re: Annoying Commercials 2: Searching for the MUTE button

                      Originally posted by Spartanforlife4 View Post
                      "If the Italian flag does not already have a Loaded Italian Sandwich on it, someone phone the Pope. Arby's has an idea."

                      1. The Pope doesn't rule Italy and hasn't had any significant stake in Italian land for almost 150 years.
                      2. The Pope doesn't even live in Italy.

                      How does this stuff make it through the ad agencies?
                      What percentage of Americans do you think actually know that Vatican City is a nation separate from Italy? I'm willing to wager it's not really that high.
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                      • #356
                        Re: Annoying Commercials 2: Searching for the MUTE button

                        Norm Macdonald is the new colonel for KFC.
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                        • #357
                          Re: Annoying Commercials 2: Searching for the MUTE button

                          Originally posted by Spartanforlife4 View Post
                          Norm Macdonald is the new colonel for KFC.
                          I don't even know what they're doing now. Are they trying to be ironic, are they being serious, what the hell is going on?

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                          • #358
                            Re: Annoying Commercials 2: Searching for the MUTE button

                            Originally posted by French Rage View Post
                            I don't even know what they're doing now. Are they trying to be ironic, are they being serious, what the hell is going on?
                            Actually, yes, they are. I didn't get the whole story, but they're doing something like that.
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                            • #359
                              Re: Annoying Commercials 2: Searching for the MUTE button

                              Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
                              Actually, yes, they are. I didn't get the whole story, but they're doing something like that.
                              They basically want attention, good or bad. They flat out said it. If they are being discussed, then they are on the consumer's mind.

                              I think it's stupid, but *shrug* I'm not in marketing.
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                              • #360
                                Re: Annoying Commercials 2: Searching for the MUTE button

                                Originally posted by Spartanforlife4 View Post
                                Norm Macdonald is the new colonel for KFC.
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