The man with no shame
How else can you explain his willingness to do ads for a new Canadian energy drink called Cheetah Power Surge. The ad goes something like this:
Frank: Ben, when you run, do you Cheetah?
Ben: Absolutely. I Cheetah all the time!
This is almost as sad as Gary Coleman doing cash call commercials or Erik Estrada trying to sell me real estate in northern California.
Media people are all over this ad campaign for being so poorly thought out. Athletes are great endorsers because people want to be champions. People don’t want to be cheaters. What’s next? Raffy Palmeiro doing commercials for a DC hotel? “Absolutely, when in Washington, I lie all the time!”
Links:
[Toronto Star]: Ben Johnson, Cheetah. Get it?
[D’Angelo Brands]: Talkshow commercial (Quicktime)
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Do you cheetah? — Funniest commercial that I have seen in my life!!!