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Greg Barris for Twitter: “Don’t Believe Every Tweet”
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Greg Barris for Twitter: “Don’t Believe Every Tweet”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 20, 2018August 20, 2018

Twitter, like other social media platforms, has a huge legitimacy problem. Nobody is minding the store, so to speak, to separate the lies from the …

Tom Segura almost became known as Jared from Subway’s “bad” brother
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Tom Segura almost became known as Jared from Subway’s “bad” brother

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 28, 2018

Sometimes, it turns out for the best that your big break never broke. Tom Segura told the story on Tuesday’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert …

Moses Storm in whopper of a Burger King commerical: OK, Google?
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Moses Storm in whopper of a Burger King commerical: OK, Google?

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 13, 2017

Comedian and actor Moses Storm has appeared onscreen in movies, TV shows and multiple commercials, but nothing perhaps has made as immediate and as powerful …

Chipotle’s TV ad campaign “As Real As It Gets” features comedians John Mulaney, Jillian Bell and Sam Richardson (plus uncredited Rory Scovel and Jeffrey Tambor)
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Chipotle’s TV ad campaign “As Real As It Gets” features comedians John Mulaney, Jillian Bell and Sam Richardson (plus uncredited Rory Scovel and Jeffrey Tambor)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 13, 2017

The new TV ad campaign for Chipotle’s fast-casual restaurant chain features the voice of Jeffrey Tambor asking comedians John Mulaney, Jillian Bell and Sam Richardson …

Kristen Schaal T-Mobile Super Bowl commercials
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Kristen Schaal T-Mobile Super Bowl commercials

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 6, 2017February 6, 2017

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] A new series of ads for T-Mobile launched during the Super Bowl imagining Kristen Schaal as a …

Jon Lovitz subliminal Super Bowl advertisement for avocados from Mexico
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Jon Lovitz subliminal Super Bowl advertisement for avocados from Mexico

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 6, 2017February 6, 2017

Mexico has been in the news a lot recently; Jon Lovitz, less so. But leave it to the Avocados From Mexico ad campaign to utilize …

Billy Zane goes Georgia Gold(finger) for KFC in Super Bowl ad battle with Rob Riggle
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Billy Zane goes Georgia Gold(finger) for KFC in Super Bowl ad battle with Rob Riggle

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 2, 2017February 2, 2017

After cycling through colonels quicker than you get used to them, Kentucky Fried Chicken seemed to settle on Rob Riggle as its TV hypeman dressed …

Aaron Glaser for TD Ameritrade
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Aaron Glaser for TD Ameritrade

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 10, 2017

Where are they now? Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck is the official spokesperson for TD Ameritrade, but in this commercial that celebrated the end of …

truTV rebrands, new tagline for 2017: “Funny Because It’s tru”
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truTV rebrands, new tagline for 2017: “Funny Because It’s tru”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 1, 2016

Plenty of cable channels/networks have rebranded and renamed themselves since first launching in the 1980s or 1990s, and now truTV has fully embraced its newer …

Demetri Martin for New York Life
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Demetri Martin for New York Life

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 27, 2016

What’s an odder sight on your TV screen: Demetri Martin selling you on life insurance, or the stand-up comedian and actor doing so while clipping …

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