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Desc:Commercial that ruined a teenager's life so bad, he was a This American Life subject.
Category:Advertisements
Tags:Teens, commercial, furniture, white people, just like a mini mall
Submitted:boner
Date:07/29/08
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baleen

Anyone from Seattle know the Money Tree caterpillar guy? I met that guy. He is an actor that has a hard time walking down the street.
NoCode
Oh, that poor man.

I hate those commercials.

gambol
Withholding stars until we get a further explanation of the description.
Chip
Yeah. It just looks like your standard crappy ad to me.

zatojones
go to the TAL site and search for it, it's a good listen (especially the segment about the English woman who was in one of the subway cars bombed in London on July 7 and becomes a target of crazy "truthers") , but the commercial's story in a nutshell is:

A boy starts at a new school and, not being terribly cool, craves anonymity in order to avoid being given a hard time. He does this "invisible man" act at first but also and paradoxically pursues his interest in theater, an activity all about people paying attention to you, at the same time. To encourage his son's interest his father, the owner of a furniture store, suggests he act in a commercial for him. At first this seems like a great opportunity but upon first viewing the results of his TV acting and writing debut (yes he actually wrote the lines himself) he immediately knows he's about to get shit flipped to him until he's able to leave his small town, and that is exactly what happens.

Enjoy
Anyone know the episode #? I can't find it.

zatojones
338: The Spokesman

http://thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=338

Desidiosus
This is why small towns suck. There's nothing ridiculous or embarrassing in this ad. If he was in a city no one would have cared.
Cube
Let's all move to big cities!

chumbucket
"oh yeah we have furniture for YOU GIRLS too" +2
creepy guy at the end who chose the boy to speak rather than himself +2
braces +1

Caminante Nocturno
:(
NoCode
I loved this episode of TAL. This is the icing on the cake.
Xenocide
Being a TAL subject is the ultimate sign of personal ruin.
Rodents of Unusual Size
I am five starring this but it would have been better to submit the TAL piece.
RomancingTrain
I have never listened to TAL, is it always as sad as those first 3 stories? And do they always have a soft story to end it?
dead_cat
Oh god, their eyebrows are exactly the same!
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