Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
> "Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
>> About the new commercials, I know this is an imposter.
>>
>> What do they gain by passing off this fake?
>>
>> Do they really think we don't know the original Orville died???
>>
>> Friggin' kreatives!!!
>>
>> Andy
>
> I find it creepy. Either Time or US News and World Reports did a write up
> on this for their business section. Seems the popcorn had a loss in sales
> since ol' Orville went to the great popper in the sky so the powers that be
> took old film footage of him and computer enhanced it, placing him in
> current situations as if he were still alive and younger. Shades of Star
> Trek and the Holodeck.....
> -ginny

Well that's a shame, 'cause he looks neither alive nor younger. Fact is,
he looks as though he escaped from Madame Tussaud.

It was one thing to have Fred Astaire dance with a vacuum cleaner. That
was at least still graceful and fluid. This Redenbacher thing is pathetic.

<"Reden... BEES!!!" Har har>