Commercialization Critics Gifts

"October? Already?"

'The champ will make twenty million from this fight, mainly from selling advertising space on his shorts...'

'Harold is the brains behind the Smudge-o-Rama mailer.'

". . . yes, sir, folks . . . and furthermore, folks . . . for real quality, folks . . . yes, sir, folks . . ."

Roads with a view.

"Ah yes, I know this bit...it's from the advert!"

I know it seems a bit misplaced, but it does pay all the wedding expenses !'

Actually, Mama was her third word. Buy Now were her first two.

"Guess what. School is presented without commercial interruption."

That private little woodland walk you used to love now with a: Visitors' Experience Centre!

"...but do not take Clynkovix if you are already taking any other drug with a ridiculous name."

Privatized Jails

"Can you give me your opinion on the 'Paid for' magazines debate?" "Sure...but it will cost you"

'Oh, the guru is up on the next peak -- I'm his agent.'

"Halloween stuff already? It's August!"

"It must be near New Year's Day...There are Easter eggs in the shop windows!"

'Thank goodness for these commercials on the nightly news or we'd never be aware that we need all these prescription medications.'

'Office of P.G.Barley and Clones'

College Bowl Games - Sponsors

"I proclaim this sun-drenched tropical country a new tourist mecca, in the names of Consolidated Airways and the Peck & Smathers Advertising and Public Relations Company."

Commercial space travel is expensive.

'I'm not sure if it's the programs or the commercials, but one is supposed to be a lot worse than the other.'

'They call them gifts, but they make you pay for them.'

"Play it like, sure, the world sees you as just a hamburger, but you know there's so much more to you than that."

'The following program was made possible by a totally unscrupulous sponsor....'

"My only hope is that future generations honor this day of independence with a huge one-day sale."

Mall Ahead - Be prepared to shop.

"The genetic engineers gave him that birthmark as part of a sponsership deal."

"Actually, take us to your gift shop first."

"If we new this was going to happen we could have arranged some great TV sponsorship deals."

Addicted to Oil

'I spend the winter in Sarasota now, since I sold my entire list to telemarketers.'

Mt. Everest gifts.

If they didn't show commercials, people would not know what to buy.

'Okay, I'll do one more dog food commercial, but I don't want to get typecast.'