And it's easy to blame Lorne Michaels of course, but who are these asshole already-rich-and-famous celebrities that keep swooping in and hogging all the limelight/practice/opportunity from the relative “unknowns” grinding it out every week?
"But Xmastime", you say in the voice of Craig “Ironhead” Heyward from those soap commercials (RIP), “didn’t you say the same thing about actors & commercials 17 years ago?”
Sigh. Yes I did, faithful reader
Nobody gives less of a shit about actors than me. But at least you had the semi-heartwarming stories of youngsters moving out to LA, desperately hustling to make their dream come true and feeling lucky when they'd break in with a commercial. Of course, all the ones who've already made it become horrified whenever the old clips of them peddling for Burger Chef etc pop up. But it used to be that's how you'd catch a break if you were lucky, and it was understood that that's who commercials would get, struggling unknowns.Now? Now every fucking commercial, you hear famous, big-time actors. DeNiro? Need to sell cars? Oh, ye$$$$$$. Fuckwads. It's like if NBA players decided heeyyyy, why don't we go down and start playing the high school games too? But oh, every time you see one of these big stars being interviewed, they're waxing poetic, trying to melt our hearts re: their incredible struggle in the beginning, eating pancake batter, hustling. Now they're more than happy to trample over both struggling unknowns and people who have been making a very good living doing commercials. No sense of team spirit, cause if you're sittin on $245M, why not grab another $100k? Which would make absolutely no difference in your life or career, but could absolutely change some kid's life at the bottom. But fuck him, you need more.And does John Goodman's fat ass really need to be pimping for Dunkin Donuts? Does that really seem safe for anybody?
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