That celebrities are marketable is well established, your post offers
nothing new in that regard. And that some US celebs like to cherry
pick where they whore themselves so their adoring public doesn't view
them differently is nothing new either.

As this is a Mexican food group and Bayless is without question
regarded as a leader among traditional Mexican cuisine chefs his
appearance for Burger King makes this a different discussion than say,
Leonardo DeCaprio appearing in a Japanese Ralph Lauren commercial.

Don't you agree?



In article , Jim Lane
wrote:

Steve Wertz wrote:

On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 13:29:07 GMT, BW
wrote:


Any other group member as shocked by me to see Ric Bayless shilling
Burger King chicken sandwiches in their latest advertising campaign?\


How about Emerril and his new toothpaste commercials? Colgate(?) has
a new line of flavored toothpastes, and Emerril goes "bam" when he
tastes it, and then comments to himself in the mirror - "This is
kicking it up a notch!".

gag

I haven't seen the Bayliss commercial yet.

-sw

Celebrities are marketable. Get over it. Were you overseas anywhere, you
would see far more of this than you can imagine. At least Bayless and
Emeril are not trying to hide themselves by appearing only overseas.


jim