The kind of policy may have changed from time to time, but per his IMDB page,
Trebek has done commercials for a particular insurance company since the 1990s.
Print as well (common in the Sunday supplements, at least when they were thick
enough to run ads).
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871618/otherworks
I only remembered that this has been a thing for a while once I read the name
of the company.
David
On Friday, July 3, 2020, 9:40:59 PM EDT, Doug Fields <d...@flids.net>
wrote:
Has he really? Interesting. I guess I never crossed paths with one of them
before the last 4-5 years. I never had to work graveyard shifts back in the
good old days. 😊
Doug Fields
Tampa, FL
From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com <tvornottv@googlegroups.com>On Behalf Of Mark
Jeffries
Sent: Friday, July 3, 2020 7:45 PM
To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Hugh Downs, Longtime Host of '20/20' and the 'Today'
Show, Dies at 99
And he's been doing those almost as long as he's been doing "Jeopardy!"
Mark Jeffries
Saints Spotlight Editor
spotligh...@gmail.com
On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 5:09 PM Doug Fields <d...@flids.net> wrote:
…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 <tvornottv@googlegroups.com>On Behalf Of Steve
Timko
Sent: Friday, July 3, 2020 5:50 PM
To: TV or Not TV <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.
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