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"You'll Run The Bill Up!" Date: 11-14-2006 By: umtrr-author	Watching Deal Or No Deal last night (speaking of "Slob Art"), I saw the Cingular Wireless "You'll Run The Bill Up!" ad for the first time. For those who haven't seen it, there are stills on the flicklives.com site (just go "Home" in the top right menu here). It is a takeoff on A Christmas Story with "Ralphie" wanting a cell phone instead of a Red Ryder BB Gun. But he's told, "You'll Run The Bill Up!" Even "Santa" gets in the act. The ad is a faithful, and I would say, affectionate, re-creation of several scenes from the movie. I suppose it could be called a "sellout"-- and if so, who's doing the selling and who's making the money?-- but it brought me a smile. Cingular's cell phone service already had its chance with me-- I "fired" them-- but I like the ad! George in Ellison Park, NY http://www.irwinsjournal.com	2

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11-15-2006 ( Reply#: 598 )	diskojoe	I think that the topic of cell phone use would have been perfect for Shep to base a show on. As it is, one of the amazing things about listening to Shep is the timelessness of many of his topics. For example, his show of 11/07/1972 about elections really put the recent election in perspective for me, despite the fact that he was talking about McGovern.
11-15-2006 ( Reply#: 600 )	murdock	[8D]Cool to see spin offs of Sheps work in advertising and reconized by viewers. Wonder what they could do with "It's a major award"? [^]