BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones

Subject: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: bobad
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 12:09 PM

"Move over monkeys and beavers, there's a new cellphone shill in town: William Shatner."

"William Shatner has much more personality than beavers."

"Those companies have strong brand recognition through the beavers and monkeys used in their respective ads, so keeping Mr. Shatner in a continuing role would be a good move for Rogers."

"They need to move a little bit more towards having a more distinctive covering personality so it begins to make people feel better about Rogers," he said. "William Shatner is not a bad move. At least it's not another bloody animal."

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=72a5da99-bab8-4808-af87-834f61581fca&k=22174

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: Little Hawk
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 01:35 PM

Oh...brilliant move! Just brilliant. The Shatman is the perfect guy to outshine those damn beavers and monkeys and put Rogers at the top of the cellphone heap. Way to go, guys.

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: Bee
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 02:09 PM

Try to say that thread title five times really fast.

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: Rapparee
Date: 27 Mar 07 - 03:20 PM

Try "Shatner Cell Shill".

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: Desdemona
Date: 28 Mar 07 - 12:31 PM

My (Canadian) step-daughters are always tormenting one another by planting ads featuring those freaky beavers in each other's backpacks, etc...imagined how much they'd prefer stumbling upon pictures of The Shatner!!

~D

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: Little Hawk
Date: 28 Mar 07 - 12:52 PM

Indeed. The man is still a gigantic sex symbol after all these years. Much sexier than a bunch of silly beavers and monkeys.

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: frogprince
Date: 28 Mar 07 - 02:08 PM

I'd rather see a beaver than Shatner any day...

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: frogprince
Date: 28 Mar 07 - 02:09 PM

Oh, you mean a...
      Never mind...

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: Desdemona
Date: 28 Mar 07 - 05:02 PM

"Gigantic" is a HUGE understatement!

~D

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: Little Hawk
Date: 28 Mar 07 - 05:21 PM

It's easy to understate Shatner.

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: autolycus
Date: 28 Mar 07 - 05:24 PM

"Shatner Shills Cell Phones". Buy the Sea? Shaw?



    What this thing about Mr.S.(no relation) anyway. I know I'm late to the party.





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Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: Little Hawk
Date: 28 Mar 07 - 05:26 PM

He's a sort of Mudcat icon. To explain why at this juncture would take more energy than I can spare right now.

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: autolycus
Date: 29 Mar 07 - 04:18 PM

Post-modern irony,then?




    I.

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: Little Hawk
Date: 29 Mar 07 - 04:23 PM

Yeah, I guess...

I blame it mostly on Spaw. It wouldn't have happened if not for Spaw, and that is also true of Herpes, Global Warming, the Heartbreak of Psoriasis, and Killer Bees.

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: GUEST,Desdemona
Date: 29 Mar 07 - 05:10 PM

There's nothing ironic or post-modern about The Shatner; to my eye he looks increasingly (albeit traditionally) chipmunkish!

"Christ, you don't know the meaning of heartbreak"...

~D

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: GUEST,Chip n Dale
Date: 29 Mar 07 - 06:36 PM

"he looks increasingly (albeit traditionally) chipmunkish!"

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: Desdemona
Date: 30 Mar 07 - 09:10 AM

Oh no, not at all! Who doesnt love a cute, chubby little chipmunk--and can one that can act AND sing, at that?!   

The man is a veritable demi-god.

~D

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: Paul from Hull
Date: 30 Mar 07 - 03:39 PM

I thought it was a tongue-twister too, when I saw the thread title....

Well, its a step-up from selling high-fibre breakfast cereal, as he did in the UK.

How the mighty have fallen, eh?

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: Little Hawk
Date: 30 Mar 07 - 03:49 PM

The day Shatner falls...it will be felt all over the world.

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: ranger1
Date: 30 Mar 07 - 05:25 PM

Would that be a thud, a splat, or an earth-shatnering ka-boom?

Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: autolycus
Date: 31 Mar 07 - 06:52 AM

I didn't mean Shatner is ironic or post-modern,Desdemona. (Never spoken to anyone called Desdemona before. Is there a correct form of bowing and addressing?)

But is making him a icon an ex. of p-m.i.





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Subject: RE: BS: Shatner Shills Cell Phones
From: autolycus
Date: 01 Apr 07 - 06:30 AM

Is the silence post-modern irony too?



   I.



No Ivor,boredom with your question.



Oh,Shat.