Show In Defense of TV Commercials by ED EJ Im I'm a sucker for a lost cause I used to cheer for the on Galac- Galac tica Im I'm the founder and sole member of the Darth Vader Fan Club Anybody interested I even supported the Indians Indians Indians Indi Indi- ans in the old John Wayne Vayne movies Whenever something is hopeless I fall for it Why do you think I married my wife Cindy If Colonel Sanders cooked like she does he would have been court years ago Thusly when I heard several individuals loudly condemning condemning condemning con con- TV commercials the theother theother theother other day I just couldn't help myself I started looking in into to the question of TV commercials good and bad Your average TV com- com merical costs over 5 a to cast shoot and air Did you know that Did you also know that some of your favorite or least favorite actors and ac- ac got their start on TV commercials John for example example example exam exam- got his start on an ad for forthe forthe forthe the US U.S. Army and Cindy Williams Shirley on Laverne and got her start showing off sunglasses Mariette Mariette Mariette Mari- Mari ette Hartley aside from a time one-time shot on Star Trek many moons ago was unknown unknown unknown un un- known until she started fighting fighting fighting fight fight- ing with Jim Garner over cameras Since then she's been on 1 1 MASH L 1 A S 8 H The Rockford Files etc I cant can't wait for the day when Florence Henderson gets drunk and fries her chicken in Tang while serving Wesson Oil to her guests Sudden thought Does Lorne Lome Green serve Alpo aboard the It boggles the mind |