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It's pretty easy to complain about those damn "Frank TV" ads that pop up seemingly every commercial break during TBS' postseason baseball coverage and pretty much everyone has. Even Frank Caliendo. (On a side note: I find the DirecTV ads featuring Craig T. Nelson and Heather O'Rourke even more troubling. Do I really need to be sold on this by the ghost of a little girl who died of an obstructed bowel movement? No thank you.) Back to Frank. Apparently one spirited TBS executive angling for employee of the month status insists that the network isn't overdoing it with the "Frank TV" promotions. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5064133&view=rss&microfeed=true Of course just about everyone loves Frank TV: Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Jews ... our admiration for the voice stylings of Frank Caliendo is the only thing on which we can all agree.* Two notable exceptions, however, are John Madden and Charles Barkley, who do not take kindly to Caliendo using their likenesses in those Dish Network TV ads. Michael Buffer: "Let's get ready to lit-i-gaaaaaaate!"! More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=369542&view=rss&microfeed=true You cannot keep FrankTV down. [MediaWeek] More »
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The anticipation is over, everyone; last night, the sainted moment finally came. "Frank TV" debuted! (For four episodes!) So ... how was it? Don't ask us; we didn't watch it. What, you think we're crazy? More »
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If you were to add up all the time spent promoting "Frank TV" on TBS during the baseball playoffs, we'd guess it totaled about four years. (Give or take.) And how many hours of the show will end up being aired? Thanks to the writers' strike, about four. More »
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We know: You thought the end of the postseason on TBS meant that the promotional blitz for "Frank TV" had ended. You figured, jeez, we can just hope we remember whenever that show was supposed to start. (Sometime in November. We think.) But nope! They're just getting warmed up! More »
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It's a sad day, folks: This is the end of our Frank TV advertisements. The NLCS ended too quickly; we felt like we were just getting to know young Frank Caliendo. More »
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