Mastercard commercial
Tom Golden
|> Last night I was watching the ABC Sunday Night Movie when I saw a commercial
|> for Mastercard and I swore the voice-over was done by none other than Rob
|> Morrow (a*k*a Dr. Joel Fleishman (sp?)). Maybe since he didn't get his pay
|> raise for NX he has to do commercials. Did anyone else see or should I say
|> hear that commericial, if so was it really him?
|>
|> Melissa - my first post-bear with me
|>
Yes, I believe it was Rob Morrow, Have you also seen the car
commercials (GM or Oldsmobile???) done by Maggie(Janine Turner)?
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hwnunes
>Last night I was watching the ABC Sunday Night Movie when I saw a
commercial
>for Mastercard and I swore the voice-over was done by none other than Rob
>Morrow (a*k*a Dr. Joel Fleishman (sp?)). Maybe since he didn't get his
pay
>raise for NX he has to do commercials. Did anyone else see or should I
say
>hear that commericial, if so was it really him?
It should be him. He did sign that deal to be the spokeman for
Mastercard, although I thought the deal involved more than just voice
overs.
hwn.
jimbo@csusb
for Mastercard and I swore the voice-over was done by none other than Rob
Morrow (a*k*a Dr. Joel Fleishman (sp?)). Maybe since he didn't get his pay
raise for NX he has to do commercials. Did anyone else see or should I say
hear that commericial, if so was it really him?
Melissa - my first post-bear with me
Peter J Nelson
I heard it too - it *had* to be him. However, the name on the Mastercard
they show at the end of the commercial has a completely different name on
it - not Rob Morrow *or* Joel Fleishman, or something resembling either.
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cathi odtohan
toyota? (some foreign car company ....)
hwnunes
cathi....@cc.umich.edu writes:
>isn!t john corbett (chris in the morning, etc) also doing voice overs for
>toyota? (some foreign car company ....)
This is the tally for NX cast members doing _NATIONAL_ commercials:
John Corbett does voice overs for Isuzu.
Janine Turner is the spokesperson for GM's Lumina line (and other
veihicles).
Rob Morrow does voice overs for Mastercard.
Other cast members do commercials that air in specific areas, but these
are the only cast members doing national ad campaigns.
In Seattle, NX cast members do commercials for various local businesses.
Here in San Francisco, an ad was run for a steak house with Barry Corbin
doing the voice overs. But only select parts of the country hear these
ads, unlike National ad campaigns like the ones above.
hwn.
-who just loves the 'stimulating' conversation here on a.t.n-e
Kimiye Tipton
>Last night I was watching the ABC Sunday Night Movie when I saw a commercial
>for Mastercard and I swore the voice-over was done by none other than Rob
>Morrow (a*k*a Dr. Joel Fleishman (sp?)). Maybe since he didn't get his pay
Okay, I've heard Rob on two MC commercials-- one set in a grocery
store and one in a restaurant where a woman has a grandfather clock
delivered. He talks very fast at first and doesn't sound like himself
until he slows down to deliver the punchline. The hand holding the
card at the end is _not_ Rob's (trust me on this :-). I'm quite
disappointed that we won't see him-- guess I'll have to find a tape
of that old Dentyne commercial (although I'm absolutely dying to
see the Chiquita Banana bit!).
Kimiye ki...@kokomo.att.com
"You just put the final nail in Joel's coffin!"
--Mike, proving he deserves whatever he eventually gets....
Jacki Bricker
>isn!t john corbett (chris in the morning, etc) also doing voice overs for
>toyota? (some foreign car company ....)
Yeah, the Isuzu minivans....
-Jacki Bricker
Robbie Westmoreland
Re: list of cast members in commercials -
Here in Houston, there's a series of radio ads with Ruthann doing voice-overs
for Kettle Restaurants. If it's not her, they got someone who sounds exactly
like her.
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Robbie Westmoreland
rob...@inviso.com
"There won't be a tomorrow. Why should there be? There wasn't one today!"
David M. Brienza
Corbett also does commercials for the phone company here in
Pennsylvania -- a kind of "tell your legislators to vote for the
future" theme. Voice and face versions.
On the local news theme, we also have seen him in "behind the
scenes" interviews. He's from Wheeling, W.Va., just a hop, skip
and a jump from Pittsburgh so there's the usual "local boy makes
good" news story there.
Louise Penberthy
Hyundai commercials. Of course he isn't regular cast, though.
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Sharon E. Kahn
that has already been done to death, but I'm very curious to know
how Native Americans feel about this show? To me, a half-Jewish,
melting-pot American, it seems like kind of a breakthrough to have a
popular prime-time show that includes Native Americans as regular
characters without turning them into stereotypes. The Indian culture
seems to be handled much the way Joel's Jewishness is handled--with
genuine respect, but at the same time with a twist of humor and more
than a dash of surrealism.
I was particularly taken with the episode that revolved around the
Cicely Thanksgiving tradition. The garish Day-of-the-Dead type
celebration was certainly in keeping with Cicely's flamboyant artistic
sensibilities. But what I really liked was the progression from the
ritual tomato throwing (to acknowledge the Indians' perfectly natural
resentment of this particular holiday) to the huge feast at the end of
the day (a kind of ritual forgiveness for the sins of the past and a new
beginning for the coming year).
Obviously, this sort of thing is hardly a literal representation
of Indian customs anywhere. I would hope that this exaggeration and
blending of real Native customs is not offensive to anyone. Considering
the ambivalence of some of the Alaskans in this group ("This stupid
show!") I wonder.
Are there any Native Americans in the newsgroup that would care to
comment? Has anyone seen anything in print or elsewhere about
Native American reactions to the show?
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Sharon Kahn sha...@network.com Minneapolis, MN
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Tad Cook
Yes, it was him. The New York Times had an article recently about this,
and they said that the ads were supposed to use Rob's voice in the
character of Fleishman. I think they were supposed to start airing
on February 28.
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Tad Cook
>I have heard what I _swear_ is Richard J. Cummings, Jr., doing
>Hyundai commercials. Of course he isn't regular cast, though.
>
Is that the guy who plays Chris' brother? I have heard this too.
I think you are right.
The voice of Holling is on local bank commercials now in Seattle.
Mary Lu Wason
|> I haven't been reading this group very long, so I hope this isn't a topic
|> that has already been done to death, but I'm very curious to know
|> how Native Americans feel about this show? To me, a half-Jewish,
|> melting-pot American, it seems like kind of a breakthrough to have a
|> popular prime-time show that includes Native Americans as regular
|> characters without turning them into stereotypes.
|>
|> comment? Has anyone seen anything in print or elsewhere about
|> Native American reactions to the show?
|>
Sharon,
There was a discussion about reactions to Northern Exposure
a few months ago on alt.native, a newsgroup currently in
the process of being replaced by soc.culture.native.
Reactions were mixed, but in general, IMO, were positive
from those who actually watch t.v.
But don't be fooled, that NX is not turning the Native
Americans into stereotypes. In the discussion it was reported
that after the first season, NX producers decided to change
the look of the Native Americans on the show to be more
like what the lower 48 viewers would expect Native Americans
to look like.
Whenever I see a first season episode now, I look for differences
in the Native characters. Seems to me, there's longer hair and
more headbands now.
-Mary Lu
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Darin Johnson
> that after the first season, NX producers decided to change
> the look of the Native Americans on the show to be more
> like what the lower 48 viewers would expect Native Americans
> to look like.
Hmm, native americans in Alaska look different than those in
the lower 48? Duh, that's true, but the statement sounds like
they want to stereotype like the lower 48 variety instead of
the Alaska variety (or that Alaskan viewers don't need stereotypes?)
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Darin Johnson
djoh...@ucsd.edu
- Grad school - just say no.