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Location: West Los Angeles and Rancho Palos Verdes
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"Hi, I'm William Devane, and I want you to purchase precious metals. Nevermind that precious metals are way over valued as a result of unnatural market manipulations predicated by an unserviceable debt floated my treasury bills purchased by our economic competitors, I want you to buy gold. Take it from a fat cat like me who owns lots of land and a Cessna 182 (which is way better that a 172 and a universe apart from a 152, you losers), you little people need to buy gold. In a total financial meltdown you won't be able to eat gold, drink gold, or use gold to defend yourself and property from raiding parties, but hey, it sure is shiny, and you should take my advice because, after all, I've been in television shows and movies, and I have way better hair than that Hollywood actor from Shawshank Redemption in that other commercial."
"Hi, I'm William Devane, and I want you to purchase precious metals. Nevermind that precious metals are way over valued as a result of unnatural market manipulations predicated by an unserviceable debt floated my treasury bills purchased by our economic competitors, I want you to buy gold. Take it from a fat cat like me who owns lots of land and a Cessna 182 (which is way better that a 172 and a universe apart from a 152, you losers), you little people need to buy gold. In a total financial meltdown you won't be able to eat gold, drink gold, or use gold to defend yourself and property from raiding parties, but hey, it sure is shiny, and you should take my advice because, after all, I've been in television shows and movies, and I have way better hair than that Hollywood actor from Shawshank Redemption in that other commercial."
LOL!
It says on his Wikipedia page he "Has a bacon number of 1." Not sure what that means. Do we all have bacon numbers?
I put him in the same category as the celebrities trying to sell reverse mortgages, like Henry Winkler. How many people actually buy into these things because of celebrity endorsements?
I put him in the same category as the celebrities trying to sell reverse mortgages, like Henry Winkler. How many people actually buy into these things because of celebrity endorsements?
Or Fred Thompson. They remind me of carnival hucksters. There may be some good things about reverse mortgages but, I have heard and read about so many people getting burned.
Location: West Los Angeles and Rancho Palos Verdes
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There are quite a number of celebrity spokespeople pitching goods or services -- I just think the William Devane commercials are especially pretentious, particularly the ones that feature his ranch or his Cessna (especially the latter).
Everybody has a price........looks like these already famous and wealthy scammers, oops, I mean pitchmen, value money over reputation and respect. I say this because I don't believe any of them believe in the product they are hyping, they are trying to make a buck and rekindle their name recognition. Just my opinion, this is how it comes across to me. I find it sad.
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