Bigmo
72 posts
Nov 03, 2011
7:43 AM
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My vote for best local TV pitchman would be Steve Tatone. He came across on TV just the way he was in person: warm and friendly.
When he started Holiday Aid to feed the hungry, everyone in the local media wanted to be a part of it, partially because of his leadership. I got to sing (as part of the choir) on two or three of the fundraising albums that he produced.
So many local business owners locally have no business being on TV. It's an ego thing and they have no idea how bad they look or come across. I literally cringe at some of the commercials that feature a local person. Radio included.
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joeferrara
25 posts
Nov 03, 2011
1:03 PM
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Anything's better than that guy Steve VanGorder from Jeff Schmitt Auto Group screaming at you on TV all the time "Get In Here!!!".
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AllenN71
334 posts
Nov 03, 2011
3:02 PM
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Whoever it was who said "I DON'T CARE ABOUT MAKING MONEY I JUST LOVE TO SELL CARPETS!"
Yeah sure, and I love to drive; but I run the meter every time!
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delcodude
208 posts
Nov 07, 2011
6:34 AM
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Thanks Ol'Roy. As a boy watching all the shows on Sunday afternoons, that was a commercial that was kind of enblazened in my memory. Yours too, I bet..
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Mark1984
21 posts
Nov 24, 2012
5:09 PM
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Didn't Steve Tatone have a sister, Denise I think, who had a dealership and made commercials too?
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Calhoun
84 posts
Nov 24, 2012
9:32 PM
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Don't overlook "Doc Rusk" who ran a heating and AC business out of Cincinnati. His commericals were very common on all the Cincy TV stations back in the day. The guy was the most unlikely pitchman you could imagine, he looked like an old bulldog and had a voice that sounded like he gargled peebles. Actually saw Doc once in Cincy when I was a student at UC, he looked even less appealing in person than he did on TV.
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theWiz
34 posts
Dec 12, 2012
10:36 AM
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Way back when, the actor who was 'Mr Goodwrench' was my neighbor Ralph Dennler. He was actually a buyer downtown for either Rikes or Beermans (not sure which) and did part-time acting with Kenley Players.
It was very ironic that he was 'Mr Goodwrench', because that poor man didn't know the difference between a brake drum and a muffler bearing!!!
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newsnot
324 posts
Dec 12, 2012
11:05 AM
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How about the Kwik Brothers who did commercials for King Kwik Minimarkets. actually it was one person with some trick photography.This was my Favorite.
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jazzmomma
6 posts
Dec 18, 2012
9:44 AM
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I don't think I can soon forget the BHA commercials and the "jingle." It has always stayed with me. I can still sing it! Wow. Whoever wrote it was right on top of how to make it stick!
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Cross
4 posts
Dec 26, 2012
2:41 PM
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Remember the horse from "Get a Voss Chevrolet." They gave out key chains with the Voss horse a couple of years ago.
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driver62
443 posts
Dec 27, 2012
5:43 AM
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Cross - Voss still uses that commercial every now and then only without the Chevrolet at the end as they sell more than one brand of car now.
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Billd1952
11 posts
Dec 27, 2012
6:26 PM
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I always like Perry Gerson, of Miami Hardware "If we don't have it, they don't make it", line.
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Cross
7 posts
Dec 27, 2012
8:15 PM
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Bild1952- I went to school with Perry's daughter. It was the best hardware store north of Downtown. And as it said in the line- they had parts and hardware you could get nowhere else.
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Doug68
179 posts
Mar 06, 2014
8:18 PM
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From what I understand, the "get in here" guy from the Jeff Schmitt TV commercials is no longer employed there.
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Springfielder
25 posts
Mar 07, 2014
4:32 PM
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Now that you mention it Doug68, I haven't noticed the guy on the commercials lately. There are a couple new guys on the commercials.
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Doug68
184 posts
Mar 08, 2014
9:49 AM
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I always got a kick out of the local commercial when a cute kid said, "My dad can save your dad money."
Steve and Denise Tatone had an older brother (Bob Tatone Buick) who kept a much lower profile. I played little league (13-15) against Bob who could throw BB's as a RH pitcher.
Last Edited by Doug68 on Aug 06, 2014 10:24 AM
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