Harry Caray's Widow Mad Over AT&T Commercial
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
I guess if someone decided to do an impersonation of one of my loved ones who passed away I might be a little ticked off as well. AT&T has been airing commercials in the Chicago area with Caray's likeness and Dutchie Caray is none to happy....
Dutchie Caray is furious with AT&T over television commercials featuring comic John Caponera pitching cable TV while impersonating the late Harry Caray.You have to see the video on this because I love the telephone wire part. In other news the impressionist was pretty spot on with his take on Caray....
"I just get shivers when I even think about it," she told WGN-Ch. 9 on Monday morning.
"I was gone the whole month of March and I didn't come back until a couple of days ago. ... It made me so sick and disgusted. ... What they did [was] so unprofessional, so jerky. ... I might make an AT&T commercial, wrap myself in telephone wire, ughl-ughl-ughl and act like an idiot dope."
Caray's widow peeved over ads (Chicago Tribune)
6 Comments:
So...Will Ferrell's constant impressions back when he was on SNL didn't have any affect on her, or what?
That impression is not spot on. It's a great version of Ferrell's, but that one wasn't close either.
mike- That was exactly what I was thinking.
Non-Chicago fans feel the same way hearing the broadcasts of Ron Santo, DJ, and of course, The Homer Hawk.
As a lifelong Chicagoan who saw Harry even during his days as a White Sox announcer, this guy's impression is an abortion. Nobody in Chicago likes it.
The only thing I like less is that mulleted UPS whiteboard guy. Someone kick him in the Jimmy too.
It's probably not just the impression, but the fact that a company is using it to sell their product. And, as mentioned, it's more of an impression of Will Ferrell doing a bad impression of Harry Caray, which would probably piss one off even more.
Apparently, Dutchie has no clue that people have been spoofing her dead husband for the past 20+ years. This isn't new, old lady.