Too Much Manning
January 18, 2008 by Jodie Lynn Boduch
Filed under Football, Sports Rumors
Faithful reader Prospero (we think—we haven’t heard from him in a while) made an astute observation recently: Peyton Manning is in way too many commercials.
We mentioned this in passing the other day because the Manning ad overdose in the playoffs makes us suspect we see more of him than some of his teammates do. (Especially his receivers last Saturday! *hits rimshot*).
Why in tar-nation does the Indianapolis Colts QB get so many gigs? He’s not the only NFL player with charisma. Why, some people—we’re not incriminating ourselves or anything—don’t think the camera loves #18 all that much anyway.
It’s not our imagination. (Though we’ve been told we have a good one). There’s the Sprint one, the MasterCard one, and the Gatorade one, to name a few. But we have to give Manning credit for learning the art of parody, showcased in this United Way commercial spoof (2m, 2s) from Saturday Night Live:
That’s fun, but you know what would tickle us a flirtatious yet surprisingly functional shade of pink? If someone took the Manning “Mooning” story and made it into a Preparation-H commercial.
Prospero speaks — you forgot to mention ESPN, DirectTV and Dr. Pepper. This from a man who is niether the most accomplished at his position nor very telegenic. Overexposed indeed.
At least when athletes sell out, you know it because they have to sell to a home crowd. Internationally, movie stars are way worse.
When I moved to Europe, I couldn’t believe the movie stars on TV commercials and on bill boards. Pierce Brosnan selling Fererro Roche chocolates, Brad Pitt hawking watches, George Clooney and his Martini sales. It not only takes the sexy out of cinema, it takes the sexy out of chocolate, jewelry and booze.
It’s so depressing, I have to go do some sports to get my endophins up.
Good stuff, Miss Jodie. I like the Peyton Manning commercial. It reminded me of my own childhood memories.
PS-I try to vote for you in the contest but the machine won’t let me…
Prospero–We just wanted to see if you were still reading. Let’s see, that makes SIX commercials . . .
Kate–Interesting . . . and definitely weird. That would ruin a lot of celeb mystique, and now we all have to figure out how to get the sexy back into that stuff. Hope we can help with that sports fix.
“Obaj Kram”–By an astounding coincidence, did you know that your name spells “Mark Jabo,” Week 7 winner of Project Blog, backwards? And not to insult you or anything, but we saw Kram and immediately thought khram in the Borat sense . . .
I agree with too much Manning face. If Baby Manning joins Big Brother on commercials I hope most people boycott whatever they pitch. I know I will for sure. Paris Hilton would do a better job with her pants down and probably attract more customers for whatever products the Mannings promote.
Hmm . . . Paris Hilton “with her pants down”? Something tells me she’d oblige. Maybe the Mannings will be out of a commercial job . . .