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Tuesday
03Nov2009

Commercial Success

DateTuesday, November 3, 2009 at 11:00 AuthorZoy Clem in , , , | CommentPost a Comment

Shadoe Stevens, the television personality and former DJ on my favorite radio station, KROQ, celebrates his 63rd birthday today. Like Jim Varney, who got his start in television commercials, Stevens was also an advertising personality, gaining immediate local attention as Fred Rated, the manic fast-talking spokesman for the old Federated Electronics chain in Los Angeles.

This montage of some of his commercial spots gives one an idea why:

 

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