# I hope they got paid a lot of money to do this! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 15, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-they-got-paid-a-lot-of-money-to-do-this/786616 "2017-05-15T00:28:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-they-got-paid-a-lot-of-money-to-do-this/786616/1 "2017-05-15T00:28:55Z")
Just saw [this commercial](https://commercial-song.net/2017/05/att-surprise-fees-commercial-anjelica-huston-and-mark-wahlberg/) on TV, and I hope they paid Anjelica Houston a shit-load of money to do this. It’s the cable TV commercial with Mark Wahlberg, and AH is personifying a “hidden fee” by hiding behind a curtain with a giant $-sign sandwich board strapped to her, over an evening gown. _ **Really???** _ Are you having trouble paying the rent, Angelica? Anyone else got one? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-they-got-paid-a-lot-of-money-to-do-this/786616/2 "2017-05-15T00:37:05Z")
At least I didn’t find that one as horrifying as the “[every room a TV room](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/w78V/at-and-t-unlimited-plus-rooms-feat-mark-wahlberg-song-by-the-kills)” commercial from the same ad campaign, which portrays a creepy dystopia in which everyone spends their entire life with their eyes passively glued to a TV screen, only it presents this as a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-they-got-paid-a-lot-of-money-to-do-this/786616/3 "2017-05-15T12:54:38Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Just saw [this commercial](https://commercial-song.net/2017/05/att-surprise-fees-commercial-anjelica-huston-and-mark-wahlberg/) on TV, and I hope they paid Anjelica Houston a shit-load of money to do this. > > It’s the cable TV commercial with Mark Wahlberg, and AH is personifying a “hidden fee” by hiding behind a curtain with a giant $-sign sandwich board strapped to her, over an evening gown. _ **Really???** _ Are you having trouble paying the rent, Angelica? > > Anyone else got one? How many actors had to die before Marky Mark could become a major star? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-they-got-paid-a-lot-of-money-to-do-this/786616/4 "2017-05-15T13:18:35Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > At least I didn’t find that one as horrifying as the “[every room a TV room](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/w78V/at-and-t-unlimited-plus-rooms-feat-mark-wahlberg-song-by-the-kills)” commercial from the same ad campaign, which portrays a creepy dystopia in which everyone spends their entire life with their eyes passively glued to a TV screen, only it presents this as a good thing. Jeez. _Fahrenheit 451_ anybody? At least there, vids didn’t follow you into the street.