{"id":1091,"date":"2011-10-18T08:27:45","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T12:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2011-10-18T08:27:45","modified_gmt":"2011-10-18T12:27:45","slug":"money-can-ad-up-doing-commercials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2011\/10\/money-can-ad-up-doing-commercials.html","title":{"rendered":"Money Can ‘Ad’ Up Doing Commercials"},"content":{"rendered":"

First of all, I’ll just come clean on something … I am VERY jealous of Chris Berman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The ESPN<\/em> “personality” broadcasts the top sports for top dollars and then makes EVEN more money appearing in ads.<\/p>\n

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Chris Berman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He can even get away with doing ads for a weight loss product, Slim-Fast<\/em> if I recall the name properly, and the calorie-laden restaurant chain Applebees<\/em> … AT THE SAME TIME!<\/p>\n

It’s funny seeing the same people pop up in different commercials, for instance the odd guy who bit into a stranger’s oatmeal at McDonald’s<\/em> is the same man who waxes poetic about Stanley Steemer’s<\/em> carpet cleaning service.<\/p>\n

The same woman, too, who was part of a car company’s push to look like a typical American family (remember the supposedly stressed out mommy taking a nap in the mini-van)? is showing up in a fiber cereal commercial.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite TV ad characters is the guy who concentrates on eating his Dunkin Donuts<\/em> Big and Toasty sandwich rather than listen to his boss. That’s an egg-ceptional commercial …. sorry, couldn’t resist.<\/p>\n

The same man appears in a new car ad with Phil Jackson<\/strong>, where a chef at a restaurant doesn’t recognize the each Lakers\/NBA coach.<\/p>\n

Good actor? The guy is less stiff than the ex-Knicks star, though I am admittedly jealous of “Jax” too for all those championships.<\/p>\n

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