sourdick ([info]sourdick) wrote,
@ 2007-12-06 20:58:00
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Entry tags:complaining, james, letters, uptight

Mason, would you like a popper?
Just about every night after supper we watch the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. This program has for the better part of a year now been sponsored by Lipitor, the cholesterol lowering drug, so you see their advert quite frequently.

The guy in the ad is Doctor Jarvik. This guy has always creeped me out, but I could never place my finger on why. Tonight we figured it out. While its hard to tell from the pictures provided, when in full motion Doctor Jarvik looked eerily like Mason Verger, the disfigured 'villain' who tore off his own face, played by Gary Oldman in the 2001 film Hannibal.

Dear Pfizer,

Every night during the NBC Nightly News (with Brian Williams) there are commercials for Lipitor. I'm not sure if you know this, but your sponsor, Doctor Jarvik bears an uncanny resemblance to a fictional disfigured child molester named Mason Verger. You can read more about Mason Verger on the following Wikipedia link: ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_Verger ). Thankfully I do not have high cholesterol, so (unfortunately for you) I do not buy or need your product, however I am sure many people who DO need it could be potentially scared off (even subconsciously?) by this striking physical resemblance. I hope you do not think I am being silly, because my spouse and I have discussed this with several of our friends and they have all agreed.

James
Montreal, Canada



Hopefully they take this under serious consideration. I am not kidding around here.

* UPDATE #1* Dec 7 - 5:20AM
RE: Email WEB form
From: pfizer@pfizer.com
Sent: December 7, 2007 2:41:48 AM
To: James

Your inquiry has been received. We are currently investigating your request and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Clearly they are taking this seriously by replying at quarter to three in the morning. They probably paged everyone in the Marketing team for a brutal all-nighter. Yup.

* UPDATE #2* Dec 7 - 12:15PM
RE: Email WEB form
From: pfizer@pfizer.com
Sent: December 7, 2007 4:37:14 PM
To: James

Dear James, Thank you for your interest in Pfizer, a healthcare company committed to making your health our priority. We value the relationship that we have with consumers, and are pleased that you have contacted us for assistance.

Your comments are important to us and we have forwarded them to the appropriate department.

Sincerely,
Pfizer Corporate

Now we're getting somewhere!!!!

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[info]derflughafen
2007-12-07 03:52 am UTC (link)
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH D:

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[info]derflughafen
2007-12-07 03:57 am UTC (link)
Btw, my sister is on the floor. Crying. ROFL for reals

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[info]doombeast
2007-12-07 05:04 am UTC (link)
I think bizarre penchant for writing correspondence to corporations would make total sense if you spent your entire life alone with a TV. But you dont, so it doesnt make sense. UR CREEPY.

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[info]sourdick
2007-12-07 10:06 am UTC (link)
It takes probably less than 3 or 4 minutes to type a letter, a google "pfizer contact."

WHATS THE BIG DEAL?! :/

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[info]major7
2007-12-07 03:08 pm UTC (link)
I do it all the time (type the letters, that is)

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[info]sourdick
2007-12-07 05:08 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, but you're old


Oh God, please don't beat me up :(

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[info]chucknoblet
2007-12-07 05:10 am UTC (link)
I lol'd.

I sometimes make a Mason Verger voice to my bf and he loves it, which is scary.

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[info]sourdick
2007-12-07 10:07 am UTC (link)
Did he have a... friendly uncle.... per chance? I think maybe he should seek help.

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[info]chucknoblet
2007-12-07 04:30 pm UTC (link)
I'm not sure...I will suggest it.

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[info]alisa_tana
2007-12-07 07:17 am UTC (link)
Hahaa. I haven't seen Hannibal, so I never saw that connection. But Jarvik reminds me of one of the characters from Star Trek... I don't remember where, but an equally creepy guy.

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[info]sourdick
2007-12-07 10:09 am UTC (link)
You are thinking of Odo from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Not that I ever watched that NERD show

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[info]alisa_tana
2007-12-07 06:20 pm UTC (link)
No... I was thinking more that creepy Betazoid from Voyager.


Odo's not creepy. He's just odd.

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[info]sourdick
2007-12-07 06:49 pm UTC (link)
Holy crap, there sure are a lot of weird fucking people in Star Trek. Aren't there any hotties in the future? :(

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[info]poobah103
2007-12-07 07:43 am UTC (link)
I still have a hard time believing that Gary Oldman is underneath all that. My private theory is that Mason Verger was designed in Jim Henson's workshop.

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[info]sourdick
2007-12-07 10:11 am UTC (link)
I wish I had a face disfigurement mask that I could wear around and people would be horrified, then I'd whip it off and say FOOLED YOU, IM YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL JUST LIKE ALL OF YOU. What do you think?

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[info]poobah103
2007-12-07 05:38 pm UTC (link)
I'd be careful with that. All the beautiful people might then tear off *their* masks and savagely devour you, having revealed that they are, in fact, carnivorous mole-people.

Then again, the only thing I know about beautiful people is that they *really* hate it when you lurk in the bushes outside one of their kickass parties.

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[info]ericthoughts
2007-12-07 07:47 am UTC (link)
Yeah I see a resemblance for sure. It's the hair and the eye.

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[info]sourdick
2007-12-07 10:12 am UTC (link)
Oh shit youre right, they do kinda look similar. I honestly thought it was just the child molester connection.

:(

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[info]suppai
2007-12-07 09:21 am UTC (link)
LOL Dr. Jarvik is gonna lose his job because of U.. haha

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[info]sourdick
2007-12-07 10:13 am UTC (link)
This is probably my ultimate goal. I hope they issue a press release and my name is in it.

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[info]major7
2007-12-07 03:07 pm UTC (link)
It puts the lotion on the skin....

oops, wrong movie.

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[info]kappsgurl
2007-12-07 04:42 pm UTC (link)
pfizer@pfizer.com

Oh yeah, I know that pfizer guy. He's not gonna help you.

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[info]sourdick
2007-12-07 05:09 pm UTC (link)
Well theres a phone number on the site too, I'll wait a few days and call them to follow up.

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[info]kappsgurl
2007-12-07 05:19 pm UTC (link)
As much as you hate talking to strangers, you sure go out of your way to talk to them a lot.

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[info]doombeast
2007-12-07 05:45 pm UTC (link)
SWISH, FOR THREE

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[info]sourdick
2007-12-07 06:48 pm UTC (link)
Goddammit.. ........ .. I have been OWNED. :(

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[info]sourdick
2007-12-07 06:48 pm UTC (link)
GAAAAAAAAAHHHH

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[info]derflughafen
2007-12-07 07:08 pm UTC (link)
Hahahahaha I cant believe they responded!

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[info]sourdick
2007-12-07 07:17 pm UTC (link)
Updated again! This is so exciting!

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[info]alexds1
2007-12-07 10:09 pm UTC (link)
Every time I look at this post (I keep coming back) I crack up... I hope Pfizer knows this is some of the best advice they've ever received. Also I will never be able to watch this commercial again with a straight face.

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[info]piesandcakes
2007-12-08 12:03 am UTC (link)
Having just watched American and Canadian TV while on holiday, I just don't understand why there are so many adverts on television for different drugs? We don't have these in Britain. Must be because the healthcare is free people don't really care about what the product is called or who makes as long as the doctor prescribes the right stuff. Although if a pharmacist ever hands me a box with pfizer on it, then I'll be sure to never take them for fear of looking like that.

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