Comments on: Dead Celebrities Brought Back To Sell Stuff

By: Brian S.

Brian S. — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:14:00 +0000

Ryan, that was the first thing that popped into my head. Johnny Knoxville? Makes me want to go back and watch every old commerical to see how many “pre-fame” celebrities I can pick out.

By: Sarah in CA (formerly just Sarah)

Sarah in CA (formerly just Sarah) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:13:00 +0000

I thought about that also, Cynthia, but if they haven’t used him by now, I don’t think they will. Perhaps they are honoring him because he never really liked doing the commercials in the first place.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:11:00 +0000

I’m surprised that nobody mentioned Gene Kelly and the VW Golf commercial. It was really really cool. Check it out on Youtube.

By: Annelise

Annelise — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:40:00 +0000

Doc Martens resurrected Kurt Cobain, Sid Vicious, Joe Strummer, and Joey Ramone on some print ads not too long ago. I think they pulled the ads after Courtney Love threatened to sue. Although if I’m not mistaken, wasn’t Kurt’s whole thing with Chuck Taylors?

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000

I shuddered the first time I saw the little cartoon Colonel Sanders in a KFC ad. I cringe thinking of the day that Dave Thomas will be resurrected to flog Wendy’s from beyond the grave.

By: dine

dine — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:51:00 +0000

there was a gap ad with audrey hepburn a few years ago. i actually liked it. she was dancing to “back in black”

By: VM

VM — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:37:00 +0000

Wasn’t there a commercial where someone turned into Marilyn Monroe under the influence of Chanel #5?

By the way, in Studio City, CA there’s a bar called Re$iduals; someone in the Writer’s Guild told me that if you bring in a residual check of less than a dollar, they’ll give you a free drink.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:58:00 +0000

Reading through some of the old blogs… you have covered celeb pitchpeople that were canned, that came back from the dead… how about celeb pitchpeople that were a success for their product/company? (Not their OWN product like George Foreman).

Also… while watching House tonight, I wondered how they do those surgeries that look real.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:04:00 +0000

Someone already mentioned that Fred Astaire was dancing with a coat rack but I thought I suggest a quiz about musicals MGM or otherwise. The article that was suggested about residuals sounded really interesting also.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:46:00 +0000

I was just talking to a friend about this and he showed me The Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror #19 where Homer is paid to kill celebrities so the ad companies can use their image without having to pay them but I would think that any surviving relatives would require payment…. any comments on this?