Sajak: Who cares about celebrity endorsements?
November 28th, 2007Pat Sajak has a great column about the meaning (or lack thereof) of celebrity endorsements:
It’s one thing to buy an ab machine because Chuck Norris recommends it (he’s in good shape, isn’t he?) or a grill because George Foreman’s name is on it (he’s a great guy, so it must be a great grill!), but the idea of choosing the Leader of the Free World based on the advice of someone who lives in the cloistered world of stardom seems a bit loony to me.
I read that article as well, and I agree. Although, you have to admit, the Chuck/Huck ad is really cool.
I did not read the article yet but when I heard that Barbara Streisand endorsed Hillary Clinton I couldn’t understand why that was a news item.
I thought the same thing, Zoner. I’ll quote Pat Sajak about the matter:
“Recently, celebrity endorsements have been making news, with Oprah Winfrey saying she would campaign for Barack Obama and Barbra Streisand making the not-so-stunning announcement that she was supporting Hillary Clinton.”