tvguy wrote:

Hey Edward, I have a great idea for new ads.....send Michael Cera up to Algonquin or have him drive in a car along Hwy 60 and try to talk to Kaz Okimoto's mom on a Rogers phone.  In the words of John Schneider, in one of the ads "not happening kid".

So true... there are no Rogers cell sites in Algonquin Park, just Bell. Plus there used to be a massive dead zone (a lack of any mobile service from any carrier) in the Addington Highlands north of Bon Echo Park and along Highway 28 between Bancroft and Denbigh, but according to Steven Nikkel's "Canadian Cellular Towers Map", it looks like a bunch of new Rogers sites have been built in that area, and I've seen some of the new towers, including two or three west of Renfrew on Highways 132 and 41. Downside is my wife & I are with Koodo, which largely relies on the Bell network outside of major centres that have native Telus cell sites, and Bell has been rather slow to fill in said dead zone along Highways 41 and 28.

https://www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/cancellsites.html

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These commercials are overplayed during the games.  At least they are an improvement to the "dancing family" from last year.  And they are a series of ads rather than just one or two.  I think most of the players likely enjoy doing commercials.  The personable members on the team are "hams" and in most cases probably have fun doing the ads.

paterson1 wrote:

These commercials are overplayed during the games.  At least they are an improvement to the "dancing family" from last year.  And they are a series of ads rather than just one or two.  I think most of the players likely enjoy doing commercials.  The personable members on the team are "hams" and in most cases probably have fun doing the ads.

 
You’re so right paterson1, they are overplayed and are indeed an improvement over the “dancing family” ads from last year. Those spots just did not work! I also agree with you that the players probably enjoy doing commercials, for their team owners and others, look at how many product spots Blue Jays players have been in, quite a handful over the years.

gwgm wrote:

Capricasix wrote:

I wonder how the Jays players (and manager) feel about having to perform in stupid commercials for the company that owns them.

Reminds me of Slapshot where the owner made the players take part in a fashion show.

Also... poor Davis Schneider. He's down in Buffalo, again, while the ads featuring him are still running.
 

Maybe not for long.  After last night's fiasco, don't look for Jesus Sanchez to be blessing us with his presence much, going forward.
 

g121 wrote:

The Michael Cera adverts are a gazillion times better than the cringe worthy Mary Brown's Chicken "Romano" commercials that ran a few years ago !!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CiKwJ0RA6S2/ 
Would be a hoot if they added Fogell/McLovin to the Cera adverts: )) ..
 

 
Wow! I forgot about the Romano commercial, pretty cringeworthy! Thanks for posting g121, I hope to unsee it soon!