Bill Engvall Will Come Into Your House And Steal Your Remote

Jason Kottke was watching The Family Guy on TBS the other night when he witnessed what has to be the worst advertising strategy ever employed by a network. During the actual show, redneck comedian Bill Engvall popped up in what looked like a normal annoying lower-third ad, but then took out a remote and paused The Family Guy while he shilled his new show:

"How cool is that? I can stop and start any show I want." It's like he's asking to be beaten with that remote. I'm trying to imagine the type of person who would not be thrown into a fit of rage by this insult to the viewing audience, and all I can come up with is: "A very lonely person who thinks Bill Engvall is really talking directly to them." We can't allow this -- please boycott Bill Engvall's show. Just kidding, nobody is going to watch it, but don't, like, accidentally watch it. This cannot become a thing.

Posted by Lindsay at 12:39 PM in Ad Wizards, Backlashes, Bad Idea Jeans
Tags: Bill Engvall | Rage | The Family Guy

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that's the worst thing i've ever heard.
i want to punch a baby

Posted by: MuffinsQ at 06/05/08 2:52 PM | Reply
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I think what we are looking at is the next fight against us DVR junkies who skip commercials.

Posted by: Bill at 06/05/08 11:22 PM | Reply
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I would love to go to a bill engvall stand up show and interrupt him on stage and advertise the family guy schedule.

Posted by: ryan at 06/11/08 12:37 AM | Reply
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