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dmarks@tsegw.tse.com (Don Marks) writes:

>a04369@giant.rsoft.bc.ca (Mike Quigley#2) writes:

>>I'm sure I can find something to complain about Bravo, though ...
>>like the commercial breaks in Twin Peaks with an obnoxious single
>>commercial for Sprint featuring the obnoxious Candice Bergen.

>No kidding.  Doesn't Bergen advertise for AT&T in the states?  Does
>Sprint think Canadians don't see those commercials?  Do they expect her
>to have any credibility?  Does any advertiser expect any spokesman to
>have any credibility?  Excuse me, I'm ranting ...

I read in the paper that Bergen had a major image credibility problem
in Quebec, where people do not know who she is!

But who would you rather have doing these commercials? Gordon Pinsent? ";-6

>>(Obligatory smokescreen: Isn't Bravo or Showcase supposed to be
>>totally commercial free?)

>Bravo is mostly commercial free.  I don't think they've been interrupting
>their movies with commercials, but I haven't watched one all the way
>through yet to know for sure.  But since _Twin Peaks_ was made for TV,
>they show commercials, but less than you'd get on normal TV.

Twin Peaks is available on both video tape and laser disk, and neither
of those two formats have commercials in the spots where the ads are
supposed to be inserted... ";-/