Even though I'm out of the house from 9-to-5, I still have a DVR full of judge shows, Maury Povich, and the like. And inevitably, if you watch these shows enough, you'll see there's a whole cottage industry of checks cashed services, personal injury lawyers, and career colleges that prey on those down and out. One such commercial would be those dreadful "Everest College" ads, which feature the most annoying Negro this side of For The Love Of Ray J.
Perhaps you've seen em', maybe you ain't. Get familiar.
Basically, the dude is saying "hey, you lazy mother*******, you ain't doin' sh*t else with your life. You might as well get your mama to co-sign for this overpriced student loan that won't land you a job, and that results in a diploma barely worth the paper it's printed on. Face it, you're a loser sitting in your parents' basement looking at pRon, eating Froot Loops in your drawls at 2pm, with a one way ticket headed to nowhere. You can't be any more of a loser than you already are, so call already, you herb!"
Or something like that.
Seriously, who got the great idea of harassing people into dropping $30k on an essentially useless "degree"?!? I hope anyone sitting at home thinking about calling that number Googles the term "everest college ripoff" first. And no, I do not believe this dizzy Beyonce wannabe actually got a job with her Everest college degree. Sorry, no can do.
Cause a mind is a terrible thing to waste, but blowing 30 stacks on a piece of paper is prolly even worse. Community college is much cheaper, and gives you a much better chance of finding a real gig than a diploma mill like this.
Go. Sit. Down.
Question: Does The Everest College Dude annoy you? What are some of your other favorite predatory daytime commercials?
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I remember way back earlier in the decade when G4/TechTV was focused on technology they used to show this commercial about these two guys playing around with a video game, talking about tightening up the graphics or some sort of nonsense.
Oh wait, I found it here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbIWN8bufWI
Admittedly, my knowledge on game design is extremely limited, but my initial impression is that there's more to it than what the commercial is showing. And at least the Everest College Dude has better acting skills than these jokers.
I never really trust any of those online colleges, although through my experiences, I do much better with traditional lectures.
Everest College is a complete rip off but so is ITT, ECPI, and lot of those tech schools. Just do a search or read the reviews on Ripoffreport.com or the consumerist will confirm that. I almost got caught in the headlights of one of these overprice degree mills when i got out of the Army. Fortunately for me i evaded the high pressure sales pitch and enrolled myself in a community college. I paid 1/3 or the price they were trying to charge.
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I like when he says "Think about your future". The problem with this concept is the timing of the commercials. REally late at night and during the day. Basically when people are working or sleep.
My favorite commercial that comes on in the ATL is "KEN Nugent, One call that's ALL. If you've been hurt in an accident please call." Then they get some low life to say something like, "Ken Nugent turned my wreck into a check!"
Sigh that friggin chick in the last Youtube annoys the living ish out of me. Her voice and bullcrap she's selling was automatic mute on my Tru-TV during the days. I work out of my home and usually have Tru-TV on in the background so I am drilled with this nonsense daily. A person as anti-supposed-higher education as I am really, really hates these commercials. Not because they are fooling suckers (someone has to do it) but because they choose black people, who look ignorant themselves, to do it. Pretty awful, but a great post, glad to see I'm not the only one hip to this.
See the 1-800-ASK-GARY commercials for comparison.
That last guy is hilarious. I've watched that parody of Everest several times.
HaHaHa! Your blog is funny as hell. Thank you for the best laugh of the day.
My favorite commercials are the ambulance chasing lawyers. They always put up some barely literate person stating he got half a billion dollars for his accident.
What cracked me up was in Dallas and in San Diego, it was the same guy. Amazing.
man how i hate those commercials. that is all. if dude went to everett, then i don't want to be anywhere near that school. lol
YOUR BLOG IS FUNNY..BUT I THINK WHAT IS MORE FUNNY IS THAT I KNOW THAT DUDE IN THE COMMERCIAL...I KNOW HIM TROUGH HIS MOM ... WHO IS VERY PROUD BY THE WAY THAT HER BABY IS ON TV...I AM SURE THAT SHE'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT HE HAS A FACE TO REMEMBER...LMAO!
In the ATL we don't get the Everest dude as much as the other graduate the light skinned woman named Tyerra who's telling women that they should go to Everest because the dudes in their lives are expecting them to take care of the bills and the kids. (WTF - How is that a sales pitch????)
@cjames30082: I always laugh like hell at those Ken Nugent commercials ever since I saw him and his son courtside at a Hawks Playoff game last yer.
Oh so this was what Mike Epps was talking about..hahaha..Nice
The one in this are you might know AB, the Kalfus and Nackman "let's settle this one" people. CRAZY! And the funny thing about thos Everett commercials is that I saw the SAME THING in Florida the EXACT SAME COMMERCIAL with a different person. And homegirl in the Everett "this is like a SECOND MOM she taught me EVERYTHING!" my hubby wants to smack her LOL
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I agree on Westwood College. Most damning is that they're TESTING a game, not designing one and therefore have nothing to do with "tightening graphics" or "finishing Level 3" (which are completely different job descriptions anyway).
I worked as a game tester for a year and...yeah, designers don't test and testers don't need much more than a pulse.
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