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== [[Advertising]] == |
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* The [[Trope Namer]]s were a pair 1980s-vintage commercial for Vicks Formula 44 cough syrup in which an actor -- one had Chris Robinson, who at the time played a Dr. Rick Webber on the [[Soap Opera]] ''[[General Hospital]]''; the other had Peter Bergman, then of ''[[All My Children]]'' -- solemnly began his pitch by announcing, "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV". Thereby qualifying them to advise you on over-the-counter medications. |
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* In a commercial for a credit card company, where they advertise that if you have 25,000 points you can get airline tickets, Alec Baldwin end up sitting in the ''co-pilot'' seat of an airliner, telling the pilot, "Don't worry, I've played a pilot before." |
* In a commercial for a credit card company, where they advertise that if you have 25,000 points you can get airline tickets, Alec Baldwin end up sitting in the ''co-pilot'' seat of an airliner, telling the pilot, "Don't worry, I've played a pilot before." |
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