We’re sick of current affairs so here’s another golden oldie article for the weekend…<\/p>\n
There is enormous power in television and visual media. All it takes is one appearance on tv or visual media, whether it’s a commercial, local news or even Youtube, and a normal everyday human being becomes a star; a person somehow better than everyone else just because he or she appeared in front of a camera at the right time and place. Yes – we humans are a strange bunch aren’t we.<\/p>\n
This article is from our March 13, 2005 issue.<\/p>\n
Dale Byers, a struggling Cactus Corners actor, is finding that he has become irresistible to women following his appearance in a commercial for Cowboy Tex Bingo\u2019s Used Auto Emporium.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I\u2019m not sure what\u2019s going on,\u201d said Byers, scratching his scraggly brown hair. \u201cI mean my acting coach, Tina Martin, says that I\u2019m definitely a character actor, not a leading man. People say I\u2019m a cross between Bob Saget and Conan O\u2019Brien. Needless to say, I don\u2019t get a lot of action. But since that commercial came on, I don\u2019t mind saying, I\u2019ve become quite the stud.\u201d<\/p>\n
The commercial features Cowboy Tex Bingo stating that he\u2019s got the best deals in Cactus Corners and asks customers for testimonials. Byers steps up and says, \u201cTex got me a great deal on 1992 Ford Probe. Now I can take my girl out to the finer restaurants in town.\u201d Byers then gives the camera an excited thumbs up.<\/p>\n
Kit Dayne, an actress in Byers acting class said, \u201cLike I never really noticed him before. He always did these dorky Bullwinkle impersonations in class. Like, who is Bullwinkle anyway? But like when he appeared in that commercial, it was like he was somebody. It\u2019s like I want to attach myself to his rising star. I\u2019ve been sitting next to him in class the last couple weeks wearing low neck sweaters and mini skirts. Like, I want to be the girl he takes out for dinner in his Probe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sue Briscoe, who works with Byers at TGI Yummys said, \u201cI can\u2019t explain it, but since I saw him on that commercial, it\u2019s like he\u2019s a legitimate human being now. The fact he stood in front of a camera and recited stupid canned words make him seem larger than life. He\u2019s actually met Cowboy Tex Bingo! He\u2019s so much better than me and I want him bad.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Cecil Griffin, a sociology professor at Cactus Corners Community College attempted to explain the phenomenon. \u201cYou see television represents power in the modern world and it\u2019s no secret that women are attracted to powerful men. So when a man appears on TV, even though he may be a repulsive geek, he is perceived to have power. And like Al Pacino in Scarface said, once you get the power you get the women.\u201d<\/p>\n
Byers added excitedly, \u201cI\u2019ve got a commercial coming up next month for a hemorrhoid cream. Just think of the babes I\u2019ll get after that airs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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