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ThoughtCriminal

(14,047 posts)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 01:03 AM Jun 2018

Wow, saw the TV ad for "Trumpy Bear" tonight

It's hard to describe what an over-the-top train wreck this thing is. It had to be written by a 9-year old.

Take a cheap teddy bear, glue sort of a trump wig on it and a red tie. Bang! Then run a commercial with lots of flags, bikers, ex-marines, firemen, cops, etc. telling the camera how much they love their "Trumpy-Bear".

Almost impossible to believe this thing exists, but there it was (two payments of just $19.95 + shipping and handling).



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sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
1. Making money off of suckers is an American tradition
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 01:05 AM
Jun 2018

And when you have a president that only suckers voted for, con men know that targeting that audience is easy money.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
2. I don't know if this is an urban legend or not...
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 01:19 AM
Jun 2018

...but according to the story, some bright boy got the idea to put an ad in a few newspapers and magazines: "Send your dollars to Box So-and-So, Los Angeles"...and that was it. Nothing about giving anything in return, just send your dollars. Supposedly, he made a fortune before the Post Office shut him down...and somewhere, P.T. Barnum, Mark Twain, and H.L. Mencken were guffawing it up in the Nether Regions...

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)
3. When I first saw it I thought it was a SNL skit. It's so ridiculous and over the top
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 01:19 AM
Jun 2018

that I suspect its creators are liberals who are mocking tumpsters to their faces and taking their money in the process.

I mean, that biker with his trumpy bear? I can't believe they don't realize how ridiculous and stupid they look

 

rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)
5. It is real. Grapefruit 45 existed. Look it up.
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 02:21 AM
Jun 2018

This stuff is unreal but is done over and over. It’s about anything to make money.

malthaussen

(17,204 posts)
9. I like to think a true cynic thought that one up.
Tue Jun 5, 2018, 09:57 AM
Jun 2018

It would be horrifying if he were serious.

It's also a commercial that demonstrates that some actors will do about anything for money.

-- Mal

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