Celebrities will often do local spots for their hometowns, or appear in local commercials because they have some connection to the market. For example, I've seen both Ed Asner and Robert Vaughn appear in television ads here in the Twin Cities for a local news station and a law firm, respectively, with Asner doing a nice facsimile of his Lou Grant character from the Mary Tyler Moore Show. Jersey girl, daytime co-host and incessantly effervescent Kelly Ripa appears in ads for a hospital in her home state, as well. Are there celebs popping up on TV in your neck of the woods, too? Perhaps Cameron Diaz telling you about brake specials? Please, share with the class.
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8-17-2005 @ 2:26PM
jfb3 said...
The commercials that Robert Vaughn does for the law firm air all over the country wherever they have a branch. (Like here in Texas.)
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8-17-2005 @ 3:20PM
Chris said...
Here in Cincy Wayne Brady does several song and dance commercials for 5th/3rd Bank.
And yesterday I saw Jeremy Piven in a Cincinnati Bell Comercial.
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8-17-2005 @ 5:38PM
Dale Cruse said...
Here in Massachusetts we mostly have Red Sox players advertising various things. Pitcher Tim Wakefield hawks mattresses and Curt Schilling shills (ho ho, I am so funny) Dunkin Donuts.
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8-17-2005 @ 8:15PM
Sugar said...
I liked the commercials for KSTP news...Lou Grant was a great character and it had a sense of irony.
btw - Adam, do you suppose our long winters contribute to our tv addictions, someone should ask around...which part of the country watches the most tv?
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