Joe Theismann, a formerly famous football player
(Quarterback for the Washington Redskins), shills for Super Beta Prostate in
this commercial, saying he feels so good after taking it, he’s “ready to tackle
anything”. But he was a quarterback, so he didn’t really tackle anyone so much
as he got tackled, right? (In point of fact, a particularly hard tackle ended
his football career when he was badly injured.) So maybe they should have used
more quarterback-related terminology for his dialogue? Like, for example, he
could have said he can “pass” urine all day and control it well, or that once
it starts, it will “run all the way”. Maybe that would have been more
appropriate for his position, and then they could have gotten some famous
defensive player, like Dick Butkus, to say he can “tackle anything”. (But
Butkus could tackle anything anyway, I think.)
Here’s the prostate pill promotion:
