# McGreavy ads still on TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcgreavy-ads-still-on-tv/260506 "2004-08-19T03:54:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcgreavy-ads-still-on-tv/260506/1 "2004-08-19T03:54:11Z")
There’s a whole series of NJ state ads featuring the governor – a tradition that dates back to Tom Kean, if not earlier. These are still running, despite the events of the last week or so – including the one with his wife and daughter, encouraging us all to vacation in NJ. Is it just me, or is that a little odd? ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcgreavy-ads-still-on-tv/260506/2 "2004-08-19T04:22:56Z")
I imagine the ads were slated/paid to run a long time in advance. Okay, I admit it, I really only posted to this thread to hijack and talk about one of the headlines in this week’s issue of [_The Onion_](http://www.theonion.com): “Homosexual Tearfully Admits to Being Governor of New Jersey”. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcgreavy-ads-still-on-tv/260506/3 "2004-08-19T04:46:44Z")
Just a slight nitpick: It’s McGr **ee** vy. The guy who inherited the Florio mess has some props, but after this, I’m re-evaluating my choice of state. Tripler I’ve got NJ, OH, AZ, ND, MT and a couple others to choose from. ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcgreavy-ads-still-on-tv/260506/4 "2004-08-19T05:14:19Z")
On Fox Philadelphia, the night the story broke, after 15 minutes or so of all-McGreevy-all-the-time, they went to commercial break. IIRC, the very first ad was the New Jersey tourism ad with Gov. McGreevy and family on the beach, and the tag line at the end was “Come on out to New Jersey.” Or was it “Come on out in New Jersey.” I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcgreavy-ads-still-on-tv/260506/5 "2004-08-19T06:02:25Z")
Perhaps this is a sign that I need new glasses, or should read more carefully, but I misread the title as “\ ***McGreasy** ads still on TV \*” and wondered if it was going to be something about the effects of the “Supersize Me” film. It didn’t help that at the time the subsequent thread title was “_Random Food-related Confessions_”. I must admit that as a Canajun, I hadn’t heard anything about the good Governor’s situation, nor would I have recognized the name. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcgreavy-ads-still-on-tv/260506/6 "2004-08-19T12:23:28Z")
The first time I saw one after last Thursday, I laughed my arse off. Somone should have pulled them. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcgreavy-ads-still-on-tv/260506/7 "2004-08-19T13:31:20Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > I imagine the ads were slated/paid to run a long time in advance. Paid for, fine – I’m sure they could switch content without a problem – like to the one about how the folks at the (agency formerly known as the) DMV are now our friends. McGreevy (sorry, **Tripler** , didn’t mean to upset you with my typo) on the beach with his wife and daughter … :dubious: BTW, a friend told me that rumors were flying a few years ago about where he actually was and what he was actually doing when he broke his leg “walking on the beach in Cape May.” ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcgreavy-ads-still-on-tv/260506/8 "2004-08-19T15:01:01Z")
> [@](#): > > BTW, a friend told me that rumors were flying a few years ago about where he actually was and what he was actually doing when he broke his leg “walking on the beach in Cape May.” Not so much were he was but who he was with. Thats why I was not surprised in the least. Neither was his wife. In fact I was more surprised that some people _didn’t_ know. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcgreavy-ads-still-on-tv/260506/9 "2004-08-21T04:18:05Z")
I just heard on the news – they’re going to stop running the ads. “They might be sending the wrong message.” Ya think? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcgreavy-ads-still-on-tv/260506/10 "2004-08-21T15:08:09Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > Just a slight nitpick: > > It’s McGr **ee** vy. > > The **guy** who inherited the Florio mess has some props, but after this, I’m re-evaluating my choice of state. > > Tripler > I’ve got NJ, OH, AZ, ND, MT and a couple others to choose from. The elected official after Flim Flam Florio was a woman. Or possibly a really odd looking man, but I’m pretty sure it was a woman. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcgreavy-ads-still-on-tv/260506/11 "2004-08-21T15:12:43Z")
> [@Wonko The Sane](#): > > The elected official after Flim Flam Florio was a woman. > Or possibly a really odd looking man, but I’m pretty sure it was a woman. Christine Todd Whitman, who resigned to become Dubya’s EPA gal. That worked out really well. :rolleyes: Her name is being mentioned, as is Tom Kean’s, as someone who might run for governor if there is an election in November, which it doesn’t look like there will be.