I love the way they refer to an “enrollment period”, as if these ads aren’t running all year.
And when the Jimmy Walker ads start, it’s time to change the channel.
I’d like to see their eyes pecked out by that fucking Limu Emu.
I often have the TV on for background noise, to help me ignore my tinnitus. I mute the TV or change the channel with Jimmy Walker’s version comes on. I can’t stand the way he says mon-eeeee! If it comes on more than a few times in a short period of time, I give up on that channel for the afternoon.
And who the heck has ever called to check their zip code? Someone might call to check for benefits in their zip code, but to actually check their zip code? Never! (Ok, that’s a bit of a nit…)
It’s the reverse mortgage jerks the get to me more than the Medicare slimeballs.
There must be a special school that teaches these shills how to pronounce “now” in the most annoying nasal way.
The best I can do to type it is…
“CALL NAHW.”
Yes, the annual “open enrollment period” (when everyone who’s Medicare-eligible can buy/change supplemental coverage) is October 15 - December 7 each year.
But, to be entirely fair, when one is turning 65, you have an “initial enrollment period” for signing up for Medicare (and supplemental coverage), tied to your birthday.
In addition, you also get a “special enrollment period” if your coverage situation changes – for example, you move (and no longer are living in the service area of your old Medicare supplemental policy), you lose your old non-Medicare coverage (e.g., you retire from a job where you were getting health insurance), etc.
But, I’m sure that those ads don’t make that clear, either.
I just dread the day when I will see B-list celebrities my age in these “older person” ads. Like “I Ashton Kutcher, would not endorse this reverse mortgage if I thought it would put a fellow senior out of their home…” or “With poligrip now in slip resistant power…I can still flash that “American Idol” winning smile!”
MSNBC seems to specialize in ads trying to drum up money for animal charities. I have to mute, because I already support several good causes and can’t afford to support any more and these ads are just built to make you feel depressed and guilty.
I’d sit through ten of them in a row if I didn’t have to watch the Jimmie Walker ones again.
Sad to see Tom Sellek shilling reverse mortgages, presumably because he doesn’t need the dough. He’d carefully make a movie during Magnum’s off-season on the possibility that it would be a hit, so he could transfer his career to the big screen like James Garner and Clint had. Also, he bought properties that were managed by his trusted brother so as not to be fleeced like as many other stars.
When I see Tom’s smiling ol’ face I think of my SO’s high school friend who suffered a massive head injury walking across Kamehameha Highway and became a sex addict as a result. Tom was one of her trophy blows (as was mayor Frank Fasi - under his desk at city hall)
At least Sam Waterston stopped after one robot insurance ad.
Well, this thread just took an interesting turn…
Sam Waterson is back on the new L&O that started last fall. Maybe he got bored. He’s 81.
For context
If TV drug ads are banned CNN will go bankrupt in a week.
I’d like to see a bit where they have someone making an important announcement, and have Joe up in the corner , waving his hands like ASL.