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Sunday, February 1, 2009

Sports Signs of the Times

Posted by Anthony Hecht on Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 6:29 PM

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In the last Super Bowl commercial break, there was an ad featuring Hyundai's new program that lets you return a leased vehicle with no penalty if you lose your job within 12 months, followed closely by an ad for Cash4Gold.com—featuring Ed McMahon and M.C. Hammer—a website that helpfully offers to take all of your durable wealth off your hands.

Just sayin'.

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Just listenin'

Posted by mo on February 1, 2009 at 7:10 PM

just commentin'

Posted by Nuttin much on February 1, 2009 at 7:32 PM

Hey, Bob Dylan peddling Pepsi...I love it! The folkies/far lefties/stupid hippies are probably still angry he went electric, how will they handle Pepsi?

Posted by Homegirl on February 1, 2009 at 7:34 PM

The Cash4Gold commercials (minus celebrities) run during the weekdays all the time. I would worry about some crooked postal worker stealing the envelopes.

Posted by elswinger on February 1, 2009 at 7:38 PM

You should be more worried about Cash4Gold itself scamming you:

http://cockeyed.com/citizen/goldkit/chea…

They recently offered the author a few thousand to remove the article because it ranks high on google.

Posted by Amnt on February 1, 2009 at 8:29 PM

It's not time to worry until you start seeing ads on teevee for cash for your body parts.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty on February 1, 2009 at 8:44 PM

Is it just me, or do you find it weird to see Ed McMahon peddling crap like this when his house just got foreclosed on?

Posted by Reverse Polarity on February 1, 2009 at 10:14 PM

@7 Just because a hooker lives in a box on the street doesn't mean s/he can't be selling hirs own box.

Posted by slut4sale on February 1, 2009 at 10:45 PM

So yeah, I saw this ad and thought, Christ, that's telling.

I had a similar response when I saw an ad for Velveeta about three weeks ago - first one I'd seen since I was a kid.

The whippersnappers out there probably don't even know what Velveeta is!

Posted by smoke em if you got em on February 1, 2009 at 10:49 PM

That cash4gold.com ad was hilarious. There was a bunch of great ads this year. Nice work, corporate America!

Posted by patr0ck on February 2, 2009 at 1:24 AM

How much you think I can get for that Ohio Players record?

Posted by ed mcmahon drum machine on February 2, 2009 at 4:48 AM

Yeah, the irony. Harrison, cinderella heart warming story, makes an unbelievable 100 yard interception return. Later in the game, he PUNCHES another player more than once childishly. For the most part, Pro Sports breeds fucked up people.

Posted by Darwin on February 2, 2009 at 6:05 AM

The ads SUCKED. There was hardly anything new. That Hyundai commercial has been playing non stop for a freakin' month.

Posted by c to the andice on February 2, 2009 at 9:18 AM