Commercial Star
A character is randomly picked to be in a commercial, and it's a disaster.
Car 54, Where Are You?
Appearances
- Car 54, Where Are You?: Season 2, episode 11, "A Star is Born in The Bronx" (1962). Sylvia Schnauser is asked to star in a commercial for cookies, but her increasing demands ruin the opportunity for her.
- Good Times: Season 1, episode 11, "The TV Commercial" (1974). Florida is cast in a commercial for "Vita-Brite" health tonic, and the whole family is excited, but when they discover Vita-Brite is full of alcohol, Florida turns down the job.
- The Golden Girls: Season 4, episode 20, "High Anxiety" (1989). Sophia and Dorothy are cast in a commercial for a new pizzeria, but they turn out to be awful actors, and the pizza is just as awful.
- NewsRadio: Season 4, episode 14, "Security Door" (1998). Bill is asked to appear in a commercial for jeans, and he asks Lisa to be his agent so they don't convince him to do anything that makes him look foolish, but Lisa gets fed up with him and quits. Later, Bill calls Lisa for help, and she shows up to the set to find him painted blue and dressed as a genie.
- Dharma & Greg: Season 3, episode 11, "Lawyers, Beer and Money" (1999). When Dharma briefly appears in Greg's private practice commercial, a beer company calls her out of the blue and asks her to appear in their commercial, which is a big success. Meanwhile, Greg isn't getting any clients form his.