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The Most Obnoxious TV Pitchman

BrigThomson said:
Russell W. said:
I believe it's (G)overnment (E)mployees' (I)nsurance (CO)mpany.

What do I win? Record album? Concert tickets? Lifetime supply of Rice-A-Roni?

--Russell
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You are correct. You'll just have to settle for my good wishes. Sorry. I'm in radio. I can't afford anything more.
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Same here. I know the feeling. ;D (okay, how about a bumper sticker or a coffee mug with an old logo from a previous format?)

dhett said:
You win a "Thicke of the Night" DVD boxed set, you lucky dog!
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* squeals *

It'll be right at home beside my Collectors' Edition Bridget Loves Bernie box set!!!

All this begs the question of why such trivia just clings to my brain cells like barnacles.....

--Russell
 
I saw an ad on CNBC this week featuring Billy Mays with a pitch for health insurance. The product he's most proud to endorse, or something like that.

Last summer, one of the car dealers in Indianapolis used "The Deal Man" ... he'd skydive into the dealership, crash into a car, and then give the pitch. Yikes.
 
In the San Antonio area for several years in the 1990's and into the early 2000's, there was a fat guy who sold furniture on TV who was screaming at the top of his lungs "At Furniture Factory Warehouse, we're here to save you MONEYYYYYYYYY!!!"

On a national level:

I definitely agree with everyone about Billy Mays. He just screams at the top of his lungs for products that would probably last little to no time like the "New Miracle Putty" which claims to stop leaks and glues things back to perfect shape.

Kevin Trudeau is another one who is a charaltan deluxe when it comes to his so-called miracle cures

I'll add those people who go on TV and hawk foreclosed houses that you can buy for little to nothing only to find out later that there is a ton of work to do on those houses and they hold those seminars at hotels to grab your attention.
 
1069_KIFR said:
Locally we have "The General Auto Insurance" It is part animated. Seriously, if you see your spouse or a co-worker talking on their cell phone, are you going to yell, "WHO are you TALKING too?" Annoying.
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That annoyance isn't local...we get it here in Ohio, too.
 
Well, the ads must work to some degree. Now that we're talking about them, I can't get the stupid "Call 1-800-GENERAL NOWWWWW!" song/shout/annoyance out of my head!

And see, I even got the number right.

They only lose because I don't intend ever calling them for insurance.

:D
 
Maybe it's just me but I think that Gilbert Gottfried as the voice of the stupid AFLAC duck is annoying as heck! AFLAC...AFLAC...Shut the AFLAC up.
 
Surfer said:
Maybe it's just me but I think that Gilbert Gottfried as the voice of the stupid AFLAC duck is annoying as heck! AFLAC...AFLAC...Shut the AFLAC up.
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Gilbert Gottfried as the voice of anything, including Gilbert Gottfried, is annoying as heck. ;D
 
Surfer said:
Maybe it's just me but I think that Gilbert Gottfried as the voice of the stupid AFLAC duck is annoying as heck! AFLAC...AFLAC...Shut the AFLAC up.
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The AFLAC spot with Yogi Berra is priceless. Love the duck's expressions as he is trying to figure out the Yogi-isms ;D
 
KeithE4 said:
Surfer said:
Maybe it's just me but I think that Gilbert Gottfried as the voice of the stupid AFLAC duck is annoying as heck! AFLAC...AFLAC...Shut the AFLAC up.
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Gilbert Gottfried as the voice of anything, including Gilbert Gottfried, is annoying as heck. ;D
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I've heard that AFLAC runs an entirely different ad campaign in Japan, because the Gilbert Godfried duck drives Japanese viewers up the wall. Not sure why...but I can certainly empathize. I actually find Gilbert quite amusing as himself, but only in small doses.
 
My kids watch "Cyberchase" on PBS, and Gilbert Gottfried does a parrot's voice (well, his voice, for a parrot).
It's almost like watching an AFLAC duck interact in society.

I think Billy Mays HAS to have already trumped anything Jim Cramer could do, Smittian.
I mean, I wasn't sold on the OrangeGlo for the bathroom, until I saw he was pushing OrangeGlo for hardwood floors. And when I saw they had OrangeGlo for health insurance, that cinched it for me, I knew who my new insurance company AND hardwood floor cleaner was gonna be! ;D
 
1069_KIFR said:
Yes Billy Mays is in a category all to himself.
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I agree with the failsafe - this thread is hilarious and true, and the above statement says it all!

1069_KIFR said:
How about Wilford Grimley? His roughness gets tiring.
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I believe you mean Wilford Brimley?

Of "Our House" TV-show fame, who's been doing Liberty Medical and Quaker Oats spots in recent memory?

Agreed - he's getting tiring, but at least he's MUCH MORE soothing to watch than Billy Mays!!

But DON'T get me going on the lonnnnnnnnnnnnnng-gone Automotive Engineering radio/TV jingles from
the '60s/'70s, at least in the San Francisco Bay Area where I heard it (it got annoying, even for a kid as
I was, after a short spell):

"is-your carrrrrrrrrrrrr sick-'N-TY-erd?
"want-your carrrrrrrrrrrr to-run-LIKE-NEW?
"Awwwwwwww-toe-moe-tive
"En-ginnn-NEAR-ing
"please-zes THOU-sands.....
"why-not-YOU?"

Oop - I got going on it...too late...
--jay
 
How about the jingle for "Slick 50"?

Slick 50, Slick 50
It's the Engine Treatment
With Polytetrafluoroethylene
and fifty other chemicals for combustion

Don't know if I remember the words 100% or not.
 
You were able to spell "polytetrafluoroethlyene". That's good enough for me.
 
Mark said:
Billy Mays is an icon for gay males.
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Agreed. He looks like a chunky version of that Christopher Lowell fella.
 
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