…although in Alex’s defense, his is actually in the traditional 60-second commercial format, rather than a 30-minute infomercial.
DF From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Doug Fields Sent: Friday, July 3, 2020 6:06 PM To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [TV orNotTV] Hugh Downs, Longtime Host of '20/20' and the 'Today' Show, Dies at 99 Trebek’s been doing the same thing for several years (starting right around the time of his cancer diagnosis, if memory serves) selling $9.95/month no-medical-questions-asked life insurance policies during the overnight hours. I don’t recall ever seeing it outside the hours of 1:00am-5:00am. But I see it 5-6 times a night when I’m up pulling an overnighter for work. Doug Fields Tampa, FL From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com<mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com> <tvornottv@googlegroups.com<mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Steve Timko Sent: Friday, July 3, 2020 5:50 PM To: TV or Not TV <tvornottv@googlegroups.com<mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com>> Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Hugh Downs, Longtime Host of '20/20' and the 'Today' Show, Dies at 99 Hugh Downs was in many ways the perfect TV talking head. He was white, male, competent and inoffensive. I was largely indifferent to him until in his retirement he used his credibility with seniors to sell hokey health care products in an infomercial. . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/BN6PR14MB1619396462E93F797430335FC66A0%40BN6PR14MB1619.namprd14.prod.outlook.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/BN6PR14MB1619396462E93F797430335FC66A0%40BN6PR14MB1619.namprd14.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/BN6PR14MB16192656560B53EC54D12378C66A0%40BN6PR14MB1619.namprd14.prod.outlook.com.
