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Re: Jimmy Dean commercials----eeeeeeeew!

I think it's not good either, wonder if he had a son, and it's his voice they are using?  If not, it freaked me out when I heard it too.

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Re: Jimmy Dean commercials----eeeeeeeew!

 

 

It is one thing to listen to music of a deceased person. Or to watch a movie with a deceased person. But to use a deceased person's voice and make it sound as if he/she is talking to me, yes, that is creepy.

 

As for the Kentucky Fried Chicken commercials. I avoid watching them if possible. For a company that he started and bears his name I find the commercials disrespectful to the man.

 

 

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Re: Jimmy Dean commercials----eeeeeeeew!

I rarely watch commercials. I have seen the beginning of this one but have no feelings about it one way or another. I just don't care about commercials. Especially getting upset about them. That is just how I feel, my opinion only.

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Re: Jimmy Dean commercials----eeeeeeeew!

Well as your board name is " Gone but not Forgotten."

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Re: Jimmy Dean commercials----eeeeeeeew!

Happy to find you post.  I began to think I was the only person who thought it was odd that someone dead for so long would be advertising his breakfast products.  

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Re: Jimmy Dean commercials----eeeeeeeew!

He was great in Rebel Without a Cause. Had no idea he ever got into sausages.

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Re: Jimmy Dean commercials----eeeeeeeew!


@Porcelain wrote:

He was great in Rebel Without a Cause. Had no idea he ever got into sausages.


 

 

that is james dean versus jimmy dean. two different people.

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Re: Jimmy Dean commercials----eeeeeeeew!

by the way, this is not anything new......

 

marilyn monroe for dior

 

marlene dietrich for dior

 

grace kelly for dior

 

audrey hepburn for galaxy chocolate

 

bruce lee for johnny walker

 

fred astaire for dirt devil

 

humphrey bogart for diet coke

 

louis armstrong for diet coke

 

gene kelly diet coke

 

john wayne for coors

 

there are so many more......PLUS the singers who make music videos with those who are dead and actors who have been added into movies using CGI.

 

 

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Re: Jimmy Dean commercials----eeeeeeeew!


@Sheila P-Burg wrote:

 

 

It is one thing to listen to music of a deceased person. Or to watch a movie with a deceased person. But to use a deceased person's voice and make it sound as if he/she is talking to me, yes, that is creepy.

 

As for the Kentucky Fried Chicken commercials. I avoid watching them if possible. For a company that he started and bears his name I find the commercials disrespectful to the man.

 

 


Agree.  These commercials are creepy because they make it sound like he is still alive!  They've been airing in my area forever it seems.  I'm surprised some of you have either neither seen them or just recently have seen them.  

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Re: Jimmy Dean commercials----eeeeeeeew!


@Terrywu wrote:

Happy to find you post.  I began to think I was the only person who thought it was odd that someone dead for so long would be advertising his breakfast products.  


My sentiments exactly!  lol!  I thought I was the only one, too, who find these commercials ridiculous.  That company needs a new marketing team.