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You haven't truly arrived in your sport before you start getting endorsement deals. Michael Jordan has Nike, Tiger Woods has Gatorade and Peyton Manning has just about everything. The athletes below though had ten of the funniest pairing you can find.
Karl Malone (Rogaine) - Rogaine was still a relatively new product, and getting the balding Malone as a spokesman seemed like a good idea. If only they did a follow up on those ads with him in the barber shop. Nowadays, his barber isn't needed with the cleanly shaved head look. Did the Mailman give up on the product, or did it just not work?
Joe Namath (beautymist panty hose) - Not much to say about this one. Perhaps the strangest of them all. The commercial starts out showing only Namath's legs, before revealing that it is indeed a man, and indeed Broadway Joe. Namath was always known as a character with one eye always on the limelight, but this decision was just odd and disturbing.
OJ Simpson (Hertz) - This is just too easy to make fun of. What is OJ running from? It's funny and tragic that he would be running in the future with not quite the same smile he has in this commercial. Did he rent a white Bronco? Again, it is not hard to see the irony in this, so to spare you cheesy lines, I'll stop.
Fred McGriff (Tom Emanski Videos) - This ad campaign I guess makes the most sense (baseball player endorsing a baseball instructional video) but it's too cheesy and classic to be left off. The hat, the finger point and sweatbands make this perhaps the lasting memory most casual baseball fans will have on the Crime Dog. It's kind of a shame though, since he was a solid first baseman.
Tiger Woods (Buick) - I remember an older Buick ad that had someone saying "B-I-C-K, B-I-C-K, that's not how you spell Buick. The only thing missing is U." Well, I doubt Tiger is that average "U" in line for a new Buick. Does anyone actually believe this multi-millionaire drives one of these things?
Muhammed Ali (d-Con) - The Greatest of All-Time was still a risky spokesman at the time d-Con took a chance on him. He was too outspoken and considered a risk to most. You get what you can get though, and that meant killing pests. I must say this advertising campaign worked, because to this day Ali pops into the heads of people with a pest problem that lived in that era.
Lebron James (Cub Cadet) - Much like the Tiger Woods/Buick ads, Lebron pitching for a lawn mower seems a little odd. Can you see a 6'8", 250 lb. basketball player out there cutting his grass? I think it would be hard for him to even fit on that thing. Maybe State Farm has him covered for any lawn mower mishaps.
Rafael Palmerio (Viagra) - Another case of "if we only knew what we do now," Palmerio pretty much went from a underrated hitter who consistantly put up solid numbers, to a performance enhancer (in more ways than one). Before he lied in front of congress about using steroids, he cashed in on Viagra money. The drug was a global phenomena in the late 1990s, so I imagine he made a pretty penny. I have to applaud him for putting some pride aside and taking on the task. I wonder if he'd lie to congress about taking Viagra like he did with the steroid issue.
Joe Dimaggio (Mr. Coffee) - Bob Ueker gave himself the nickname "Mr. Baseball." Ernie Banks is known as "Mr. Cub." Dimaggio? Well, besides later in his life being known as the "Greatest Living Baseball Player," he was the face of Mr. Coffee. The machine he endorsed was revolutionary at the time, and the retired baseball great had a lot of influence over what morning beverage people would drink. To me though, the whole thing came off like a Mr. Roger's Neighborhood episode.
Dan Marino (Isotoner Gloves) - A Miami Dolphin his entire NFL career, he has become an adopted son of Vice City. You know, the same Miami where you don't wear gloves to stay warm. He's from the Steel City, but besides those who actually live in Pittsburgh, everyone else identifies him as a Florida man. Maybe they could make him some driving gloves to prevent him from burning his hands on the steering wheel on a 110 degree day in July.
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You haven't truly arrived in your sport before you start getting endorsement deals. Michael Jordan has Nike, Tiger Woods has Gatorade and Peyton Manning has just about everything. The athletes below though had ten of the funniest pairing you can find.
Karl Malone (Rogaine) - Rogaine was still a relatively new product, and getting the balding Malone as a spokesman seemed like a good idea. If only they did a follow up on those ads with him in the barber shop. Nowadays, his barber isn't needed with the cleanly shaved head look. Did the Mailman give up on the product, or did it just not work?
Joe Namath (beautymist panty hose) - Not much to say about this one. Perhaps the strangest of them all. The commercial starts out showing only Namath's legs, before revealing that it is indeed a man, and indeed Broadway Joe. Namath was always known as a character with one eye always on the limelight, but this decision was just odd and disturbing.
OJ Simpson (Hertz) - This is just too easy to make fun of. What is OJ running from? It's funny and tragic that he would be running in the future with not quite the same smile he has in this commercial. Did he rent a white Bronco? Again, it is not hard to see the irony in this, so to spare you cheesy lines, I'll stop.
Fred McGriff (Tom Emanski Videos) - This ad campaign I guess makes the most sense (baseball player endorsing a baseball instructional video) but it's too cheesy and classic to be left off. The hat, the finger point and sweatbands make this perhaps the lasting memory most casual baseball fans will have on the Crime Dog. It's kind of a shame though, since he was a solid first baseman.
Tiger Woods (Buick) - I remember an older Buick ad that had someone saying "B-I-C-K, B-I-C-K, that's not how you spell Buick. The only thing missing is U." Well, I doubt Tiger is that average "U" in line for a new Buick. Does anyone actually believe this multi-millionaire drives one of these things?
Muhammed Ali (d-Con) - The Greatest of All-Time was still a risky spokesman at the time d-Con took a chance on him. He was too outspoken and considered a risk to most. You get what you can get though, and that meant killing pests. I must say this advertising campaign worked, because to this day Ali pops into the heads of people with a pest problem that lived in that era.
Lebron James (Cub Cadet) - Much like the Tiger Woods/Buick ads, Lebron pitching for a lawn mower seems a little odd. Can you see a 6'8", 250 lb. basketball player out there cutting his grass? I think it would be hard for him to even fit on that thing. Maybe State Farm has him covered for any lawn mower mishaps.
Rafael Palmerio (Viagra) - Another case of "if we only knew what we do now," Palmerio pretty much went from a underrated hitter who consistantly put up solid numbers, to a performance enhancer (in more ways than one). Before he lied in front of congress about using steroids, he cashed in on Viagra money. The drug was a global phenomena in the late 1990s, so I imagine he made a pretty penny. I have to applaud him for putting some pride aside and taking on the task. I wonder if he'd lie to congress about taking Viagra like he did with the steroid issue.
Joe Dimaggio (Mr. Coffee) - Bob Ueker gave himself the nickname "Mr. Baseball." Ernie Banks is known as "Mr. Cub." Dimaggio? Well, besides later in his life being known as the "Greatest Living Baseball Player," he was the face of Mr. Coffee. The machine he endorsed was revolutionary at the time, and the retired baseball great had a lot of influence over what morning beverage people would drink. To me though, the whole thing came off like a Mr. Roger's Neighborhood episode.
Dan Marino (Isotoner Gloves) - A Miami Dolphin his entire NFL career, he has become an adopted son of Vice City. You know, the same Miami where you don't wear gloves to stay warm. He's from the Steel City, but besides those who actually live in Pittsburgh, everyone else identifies him as a Florida man. Maybe they could make him some driving gloves to prevent him from burning his hands on the steering wheel on a 110 degree day in July.
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