# When celebrities' reputations jump the shark **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads\ **Created:** [March 30, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887 "2026-03-30T13:17:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/42 "2026-03-30T16:39:53Z")
How about Mayim Bialik’s ads for Neuriva? My opinion of her certainly went down (she also has some bad opinions, but those are less public) Brian ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/43 "2026-03-30T16:40:29Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I scratch my head over the ads for online games, with the likes of Courtney Cox and Lisa Kudrow. Do those games really make enough money for their creators to be worth hiring big-name celebrities to endorse them? I guess they must. Yeah, I’ve wondered that too. I’m pretty sure you’re referring not to gambling games but those ‘freemium’ games, like Royal Kingdom (which I think is the one Courtney Cox and Lisa Kudrow did a commercial for). I’ve downloaded plenty of those ‘freemium’ games, including Royal Kingdom, play them while watching TV, and I’ve never paid a penny for extra stuff. I don’t know why anyone would-- it seems to me that if you paid $5 here and there for extras, where’s the challenge? What’s the point? It’s like cheating on Solitaire. Some of them do eventually get so difficult that they’re practically unplayable without help, but I’ve gotten very far in those games without paying for extra stuff. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/44 "2026-03-30T16:47:36Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I’m pretty sure you’re referring not to gambling games but those ‘freemium’ games, like Royal Kingdom (which I think is the one Courtney Cox and Lisa Kudrow did a commercial for). That’s my assumption, too. Royal Kingdom and its sister game, Royal Match, have had ads with those two, plus Jimmy Fallon, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco, LeBron James, Sofia Vergara, etc. I’ve also seen ads for the Monopoly Go mobile game with Jason Momoa, Chris Pratt, and Keke Palmer. It looks like those game companies must make money hand over fist, because they allegedly pay the celebrities seven figures for those appearances. AIUI, the games are technically “free,” but make their money through micro-transaction purchases of power-ups and bonuses, and they are apparently barely playable without making those purchases. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/45 "2026-03-30T16:48:30Z")
It didn’t cause his reputation too much damage but Wilford Brimley is (or was) mainly known on the internets for his diabetes products commercials. > **[Diabeetus | Know Your Meme](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/diabeetus)** > > Diabeetus is an exploitable soundbite based on a television advertisement for the medical supplies company Liberty Medical. Featuring the American actor Wi ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/46 "2026-03-30T16:59:33Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > AIUI, the games are technically “free,” but make their money through micro-transaction purchases of power-ups and bonuses, and they are apparently barely playable without making those purchases. Like I said though, they’re not barely playable without the extras, at least not for a long time. I’ve downloaded dozens of ‘freemium’ games over the years, and never paid a penny for extra power-ups and that sort of stuff. And I don’t think I’m all _that_ great of a player. Royal Kingdom, for example, did get to a point where I could not get past a certain level so I just gave it up and deleted it. But that wasn’t until I had done hundreds of levels (each level only lasts a couple minutes). I guess a lot of people do pay, but they will not ever get dime one from me. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/47 "2026-03-30T17:10:42Z")
Discussion of these games are probably better in another thread. > **How to Reply as a linked Topic** > > Click Reply, in the upper left corner of the reply window is the reply type button, _looks like a curving arrow point to the right_. > > Choose **Reply as linked topic** and it starts a new thread. As an example, you can choose GD, IMHO or The Pit for it. > > That is actually the best method. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/48 "2026-03-30T17:25:50Z")
The “Mark And Brian” radio show used to play the same outtakes. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/49 "2026-03-30T17:30:02Z")
Yeah, but who will touch him after the “William Shat” debacle? ---
**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:** [March 30, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/50 "2026-03-30T18:51:57Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The “Mark And Brian” radio show used to play the same outtakes. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QkYoBUlSE0I/maxresdefault.jpg "Orson Welles Frozen Peas Rant ~ Pinky and the Brain dub.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkYoBUlSE0I) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/51 "2026-03-30T19:03:50Z")
Philip Michael Thomas (“You might remember me from _ **Miami Vice** _”) also plugged a psychic hotline a while back. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/52 "2026-03-30T19:07:15Z")
After his Oscar-worthy performance in “The Wizard Of Speed And Time” this must have totally crashed his career. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/53 "2026-03-30T19:08:37Z")
Yes, it certainly must have. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/54 "2026-03-30T19:26:43Z")
I think it’s funny that Ice-T has one of the most famous anti-police songs (Cop Killer) and has one of the longest careers playing a policeman (Law and Order SVU). ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/55 "2026-03-30T19:28:20Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Yeah, but who will touch him after the “William Shat” debacle? A stupid commercial does not a debacle make, or is there more to it than that? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/56 "2026-03-30T19:29:50Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > I think it’s funny that Ice-T has one of the most famous anti-police songs (Cop Killer) and has one of the longest careers playing a policeman (Law and Order SVU) And he’s been appearing, for a while now, in ads for a company which sells extended warranties for cars. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/B5AzuhyDoeQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Wrench Drop | feat. Ice-T | CarShield Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5AzuhyDoeQ) ---
**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:** [March 30, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/57 "2026-03-30T19:30:38Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > After his Oscar-worthy performance in “The Wizard Of Speed And Time” this must have totally crashed his career. This is bizarre. Yesterday the original short “The Wizard of Space and Time” popped up in my algorithm seemingly out of nowhere. Now I know why. For those not in the know, it was originally a video short made by a special effects guy. It went viral in a pre-internet way. It was later made into a really bad movie. A pre-Miami Vice PMT had a small role in the movie. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XReeuhBeiIA/maxresdefault.jpg "Wizard of Speed and Time (Original short - 4K scan)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XReeuhBeiIA) ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/58 "2026-03-30T19:57:32Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > After his Oscar-worthy performance in “The Wizard Of Speed And Time” this must have totally crashed his career. Speaking of Philip Michael Thomas and Oscars-he is the one who coined the term “EGOT” (for someone who has won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award.) He mentioned it in an interview in 1984 and claimed he would achieve it **five** years. At this date he has NOT even been nominated for ANY of those awards. ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/59 "2026-03-30T20:02:13Z")
Not mentioned yet, because I think none of them are _too_ egregious, but Walton Goggins has been in everything lately including, I’ve noticed, a _ton_ of commercials for _all kinds_ of stuff. I don’t think it’s happened yet, but one of these days he’s going to pop up on my TV talking about his intestinal lining or something and that’s it. You know his hot streak is over. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/60 "2026-03-30T20:22:15Z")
> [@troub](#): > > Walton Goggins has been in everything lately including, I’ve noticed, a _ton_ of commercials for _all kinds_ of stuff Yeah i was wondering if he owes tax money or alimony or something, the number he’s been in. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/61 "2026-03-30T21:27:35Z")
The entertainment business has been in so much turmoil lately that I can’t tell you who’s making money from what any more. Maybe actors are making twice as much money from commercials than they are from movies and TV, for 1/10th the work. If that’s the case, who can blame them? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887.md?page=4)