CapeMOGuy

CapeMOGuy t1_j2fwnnz wrote

Reply to TIL Ernest P. Worrell (Ernest Saves Christmas et al.) & Vern were originally created by advertising company Carden & Cherry to promote various local and national brands. Due to the commercials popularity, an Ernest television show and ten movies were made, knowwhatimean? by OptionalPlayer

When I lived in the Los Angeles area I saw quite a few commercials he did for Cerritos Auto Square (a group of dealerships owned by different people who advertised together as a "destination" for car shoppers).

Here's a link to my favorite. Great line in it: "Don't worry about the salesmen. Anyone can whup a salesman..." https://youtu.be/P1UE4_B_6xY

Edit: lots of his commercials are on YouTube.

Edit 2: Jim was very good as Jed Clampett in the Beverly Hillbillies movie, too. The first half of the movie was hilarious.

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CapeMOGuy t1_iz5okyu wrote

Reply to comment by MoreMagic in FDA change ushers in cheaper, easier-to-get hearing aids by AsslessBaboon

Here's the definition I used.  

The Grammarist blog points out that that in the U.S., at least, "'factoid' is now almost exclusively used to mean 'a brief interesting fact.' https://www.npr.org/sections/memmos/2016/04/25/605788321/-factoid-doesn-t-mean-what-you-think-it-does

Seems there are definitely different definitions, sorry for the confusion.

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CapeMOGuy t1_isrmutj wrote

Reply to A 'game-changer' for millions of Americans: You can now buy hearing aids over the counter by zDraxi

Trump signed a bill allowing OTC hearing aids way back in 2017. It's insane and maddening that the federal govt (FDA) moves so slowly that it took until 2022 for this to finally happen. I also credit Biden for getting this across the finish line.

https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/government-verify/law-that-passed-in-2017-paved-the-way-for-over-the-counter-hearing-aids/536-ffb3b7a0-1374-46dd-8d46-132c1ef6919d#:~:text=Yes%2C%20a%20law%20that%20passed,aids%20available%20over%20the%20counter.

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