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mmcirvinWhy did those old ads for A1 Steak Sauce have a spokesman who looked exactly like Dick Cavett? Did they do focus-group research back then and discover that Dick Cavett was the hero of the steak-eating generation?
Update: Forgot to add the disclaimer that, in fact, the observation that he looked exactly like Dick Cavett was publicly broadcast by Eddie Murphy at the time. But this does not mean that I am ripping off Eddie Murphy, as it was (a) in the context of an entirely different joke and (b) immediately obvious to everyone anyway, as the appearance of Dick Cavett was for some reason generally known; I forget why.
Update: Forgot to add the disclaimer that, in fact, the observation that he looked exactly like Dick Cavett was publicly broadcast by Eddie Murphy at the time. But this does not mean that I am ripping off Eddie Murphy, as it was (a) in the context of an entirely different joke and (b) immediately obvious to everyone anyway, as the appearance of Dick Cavett was for some reason generally known; I forget why.