# Ad pitchmen who undercut their own message

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-pitchmen-who-undercut-their-own-message/583186>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 25, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-pitchmen-who-undercut-their-own-message/583186 "2011-05-25T18:22:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-pitchmen-who-undercut-their-own-message/583186/21 "2011-05-27T01:53:30Z")

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> [@Turek](#):
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> Or this: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eruabiSHHRA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eruabiSHHRA)
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> Vom.It.

Please, please, please tell me he is a proctologist!

😃

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**Author:** ![Yogurt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f0a364/32.png) [@Yogurt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yogurt)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-pitchmen-who-undercut-their-own-message/583186/22 "2011-05-27T14:53:43Z")

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Jesus Christ Bail Bonds. Not a joke, not a parody, not an unrealistic representation of Baltimore.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht9EMjjr5oM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht9EMjjr5oM)

The gentleman in the gold suit is local attorney William Buie, III, who has his own marvelous spot.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDdN\_3OtulU&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDdN_3OtulU&feature=related)

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-pitchmen-who-undercut-their-own-message/583186/23 "2011-05-27T15:23:24Z")

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> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#):
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> Please, please, please tell me he is a proctologist!
> 
> 😃

No. He is a psychologist specializing in helping incest victims recover their memories.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-pitchmen-who-undercut-their-own-message/583186/24 "2011-05-27T18:12:29Z")

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> [@Yogurt](#):
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> Jesus Christ Bail Bonds. Not a joke, not a parody, not an unrealistic representation of Baltimore.
> 
> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht9EMjjr5oM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht9EMjjr5oM)
> 
> The gentleman in the gold suit is local attorney William Buie, III, who has his own marvelous spot.
> 
> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDdN\_3OtulU&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDdN_3OtulU&feature=related)

I am so proud to be a Maryland attorney at this instant.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-pitchmen-who-undercut-their-own-message/583186/25 "2011-05-27T18:34:09Z")

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> [@Yogurt](#):
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> Jesus Christ Bail Bonds. Not a joke, not a parody, not an unrealistic representation of Baltimore.
> 
> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht9EMjjr5oM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht9EMjjr5oM)

I prefer [this version.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib4APdNU5_I&NR=1)

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-pitchmen-who-undercut-their-own-message/583186/26 "2011-05-27T18:38:37Z")

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I have to say, those Jesus Christ Bail Bonds are…unforgettable. Mind you, I think that that bond company would be the very LAST one I’d call, but the ad did make an impression on me.

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**Author:** ![Dietrich\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@Dietrich\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dietrich_K)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-pitchmen-who-undercut-their-own-message/583186/27 "2011-05-27T19:14:10Z")

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If those JC Bail Bonds spots are, indeed, indicative of what it’s like to live in Baltimore, then I must take this opportunity to thank Christ that I don’t actually live anywhere near the place.

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