Hi, I'm Pat Summerall

I'm washing dishes at my kitchen sink and a radio commercial comes on:

"Hi, I'm Pat Summerall..."

Actually there's a lead-in sentence that usually sets up a problem. In Summerall's case I forget what the problem was. But let's say it goes something like this:

"Ever eat so much you feel like your stomach's going to explode? ... Hi, I'm Pat Summerall..."

Then Summerall pitches the solution; I also forget what that was. (In any commercial worth thinking about, I always forget the point of the commercial).

My question is this: What kind of person qualifies to do this kind of commercial? What kind of person can say, soothingly, "Hi, I'm So-and-So ...." and it would be a fitting pitch for the product? For example, I certainly can't because ...

"Hi, I'm David Wang ..." just won't work. Nobody knows me. Or:

"Hi, I'm George W. Bush..." ABSOLUTELY NOT! Because, well, the former president is just too divisive of a personality to pitch a remedy to keep your stomach from exploding. Or:

"Hi, I'm Tiger Woods..." Well, no.

So who is Pat Summerall? I vaguely remember him to be some kind of sports figure. So I do a Google search and, I see, he also did some work with Billy Graham...

I think actors and actresses do these "Hi, I'm So-and-So..." commercials. But they tend to be minor actors and actresses. For example, this probably wouldn't happen:

"Ever eat so much your stomach feels like exploding? ... Hi, I'm Harrison Ford."

I don't think so. He's just too big of a name.

So: Ed McMahon, yes. Johnny himself, no.

Maybe this will work: "Hi, I'm William Shatner..." Isn't he pitching all sorts of stuff? Cheap airline tickes, etc? The Captain of the Starship Enterprise pitching cheap airfare...

One thing is clear: to be a good pitchman, you'll need to have done something in your past that people remember you by, or at least vaguely rings a bell as a benign something your name is attached to:

A sportsmen (with no dalliances). Captain of an imaginary spaceship. Sidekick to a famous comedian. That sort of thing.

Something famous but benign.

Something that contributed to the general culture, but in an supplemental -- not an essential -- sort of way. Something ...

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