SAD!!!: The Canadian Tire Guy is dead!!!

Taylor

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Mar 10, 2006, 4:58:38 PM3/10/06

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Mr. Canadian Tire Guy and Mrs. Canadian Tire Guy have died!!!

http://news.google.com/news?ie=UTF-8&q=Ted%20Simonett&sa=N&tab=gn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Simonette

Charlene

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Mar 10, 2006, 5:29:14 PM3/10/06

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They're changing the freaking commercials.

Teenagers these days....

Marlene Blanshay

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Mar 10, 2006, 5:51:32 PM3/10/06

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thank god... i'd had enough of them. I never did see the '22 minutes'
parody, but i wish i had, it was probably hilarious. I have to admit I
did like that ad they did with the kid reading the catalogue with the
bike. It actually brought tears to my eyes.... and some of their ads
weren't too bad. But that couple was really annoying after a while.

John Smith

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Mar 10, 2006, 6:11:27 PM3/10/06

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A nation once again!

John

Brad Ferguson

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Mar 10, 2006, 6:27:07 PM3/10/06

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In article <1142029754....@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>,
Charlene <charlene...@gmail.com> wrote:

> They're changing the freaking commercials.
>
> Teenagers these days....

Never heard of 'em before, but the Toronto Globe & Mail (via the link
provided) says that Canadian Tire has the actors under contract until
30 June and has forbidden them from talking about this. Canadian Tire
won't discuss it, either, saying that it's focused on the new ad
campaign.

This is, in a nutshell, the Bizarro World's approach to public
relations.

I went to their site, since I wanted to see what they were about, and
they asked for my postal code. I gave them a Zip code (not mine) and
they seemed to have no problem with that.

Taylor

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Mar 10, 2006, 6:13:14 PM3/10/06

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Charlene wrote:

> They're changing the freaking commercials.
>
> Teenagers these days....
>

:-p They're characters have disappeared. Happy, Mr. Fussy???

f5

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Mar 10, 2006, 6:37:34 PM3/10/06

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"Marlene Blanshay" <blan...@videotron.ca> wrote in message
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My sister went to high school with the Canadian Tire Guy way back when
and she says he was *exactly* the same as his character.

Rich

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Mar 10, 2006, 8:36:39 PM3/10/06

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On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:58:38 -0500, Taylor <taylor...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Mr. Canadian Tire Guy and Mrs. Canadian Tire Guy have died!!!
>
>http://news.google.com/news?ie=UTF-8&q=Ted%20Simonett&sa=N&tab=gn
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Simonette

Good. Those bland surburban WASP charicatures should burn in hell for
shilling that made in China CRAP they sell there.
-Rich

Brian Watson

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Mar 11, 2006, 3:04:30 AM3/11/06

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"Rich" <no...@none.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:58:38 -0500, Taylor <taylor...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Mr. Canadian Tire Guy and Mrs. Canadian Tire Guy have died!!!
>

> Good. Those bland surburban WASP charicatures should burn in hell for
> shilling that made in China CRAP they sell there.

I think that's called "International trade"

:-)

--
Brian
"Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman."

Patrick Joseph McNamara

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Mar 11, 2006, 9:30:18 AM3/11/06

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"Marlene Blanshay" <blan...@videotron.ca> wrote in message
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"Don't start with me!"

MWB

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Mar 11, 2006, 9:43:25 PM3/11/06

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"Patrick Joseph McNamara" <writer...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I grew in IRVING country and for the life of me, I don't remember this guy.

Mark