Oh, Mandy

Okay, so there's Mandy Patinkin on the tv doing an ad for some cholesterol-lowering drug called Crestor and the question arises: Is Mandy Patinkin a spokesperson for this product or has his career tanked so badly that he's simply acting this part and it's the only gig he can get? I mean, it's not like the guy is even remotely a household name and it's not like he's even remotely recognizable to the general public. A scant few might recognize him as this. Even less as this. And even less as this. So what gives? And don't give me the argument that he played a doctor on tv which lends credence to him selling a drug. That'd be like getting Henry Winkler to sell Harleys. I just don't buy it.

I've seen this before. I can recall a few other ads just like this that have walked the thin line between spokesperson and reject actor. My mind cannot completely visualize the other actors or ads but I can't seem to quell an image of Brian Dennehy once pumping some product which resulted in a sleepless night for myself pondering this very same question.

I know that our own KM has some sick, twisted thing for Patinkin so she's gonna argue for spokesperson here. I, on the other hand, am opting for the reject angle. I mean, this ain't Lindsay Wagner with Ford, this ain't David Spade with Capital One, this ain't Brooke Shields with Calvin Klein, this ain't James Earl Jones with Verizon. This is Mandy friggin Pa-who? with Crestor-wha?