Viva Viagra TV commercial

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Viva Viagra TV commercial

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I've seen this on TV a couple of times and these guys are great; got a great dobro picker too. Does anyone know this group?
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I dunno, but one of the guys is Jonathan Yudkin... don't know that I'd want anybody to know that if I was him, though... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Next time I see him, it's gonna be, "Why, if it ain't Mr. Limptastic!!" :lol: :lol:
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Michael Douchette wrote:I dunno, but one of the guys is Jonathan Yudkin... don't know that I'd want anybody to know that if I was him, though... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Next time I see him, it's gonna be, "Why, if it ain't Mr. Limptastic!!" :lol: :lol:
Just as long as you don't ask him "Whats Up?"
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I got a call from my acting agent last year to audition for the first Viva Viagra commercial - the one in the roadhouse.They wanted actors who could really play instruments. So I grabbed a guitar and went down to Sherman Oaks to the casting agency not knowing what to expect and when I got there,there were a dozen of us middle-aged guys standing around. They played the Viva Viagra tune on a boombox in the lobby and told us to learn it. We all looked at each other like - MAN THIS IS LAME. When I got to actually do the audition I was put in a room with 3 other guys - all of whom I knew and had played gigs with including Danny "Dirty Dan" McBride from Sha-Na-Na on piano. We each had to look into the camera and say a bunch of lines including: "Wanna play?" and "Order your Viagra online now!" Then we took a stab at the tune which quickly morphed into a medly of rock chestnuts including "Promised Land" and "Great Balls of Fire" making up what I thought were great and really funny Viagra lyrics on the spot. I thought we had it aced but they never called me or any of the four of us back and ended up using a bunch of somewhat younger guys for the commercial.I guess it was just too obvious I didn't need viagra. As humiliating as it would have been at this point in my acting career to be known as a spoksman for viagra,right about now I could really use the $150K or so those guys each made when that thing went national. Oh well..... Hey - I got yer Viagra right here!
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Just make sure to consult your doctor if the session lasts more than four hours...
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I'm always on call for hemorrhoid sufferer #3. I'll bring my Pakaseat with the donut cushion. And all I gotta do is act naturally.
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I wouldn't mind being the National Spokesman but they would've probably made me change my name or somethin.
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  • In Pharmacology, all drugs have two names, a trade name and generic name.

    For example, the trade name of Tylenol also has a generic name of Acetaminophen.

    Aleve is also called Naproxen.

    Amoxil is also called Amoxicillin and Advil is also called Ibuprofen.

    The FDA has been looking for a generic name for Viagra.

    After careful consideration by a team of government experts, it recently announced that it has settled on the generic name of Mycoxafloppin.

    Also considered were Mycoxafailin, Mydixadrupin, Mydixarizin, Dixafix, and of course, Ibepokin.

    Pfizer Corp announced today that Viagra will soon be available in liquid form, and will be marketed by Pepsi Cola as a power beverage suitable for use as a mixer. It will now be possible for a man to literally pour himself a stiff one.

    Obviously we can no longer call this a soft drink, and it gives new meaning to the names of 'cocktails', 'highballs' and just a good old-fashioned 'stiff drink'.

    Pepsi will market the new concoction by the name of: MOUNT &DO.

    Thought for the day: There is more money being spent on breast implants and Viagra today than on Alzheimer's research. This means that by 2040, there should be a large elderly population with perky boobs and huge erections and absolutely no recollection of what to do with them.
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Way too funny, John. :lol: :lol:
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Post by Tony Glassman »

There was a study done at Stanford University in 2006, where 745 lawyers were each given a single dose of Viagra per day for 2 weeks.

At the end of the study; 737 of them had grown 8 inches taller. The researchers concluded that this study suggests 99% of all attorneys are p____ks!
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Jon Light wrote:I'm always on call for hemorrhoid sufferer #3. I'll bring my Pakaseat with the donut cushion. And all I gotta do is act naturally.
gold! and it even rhymes!! cant help singing it to the tune of Bucks song. :lol:
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Post by Randy Phelps »

150k is pretty good dough.

People laugh about those drugs... but I know a bunch of guys (and gals) who have used it recreationally (I've heard estimates that 70% of the use is for folks who don't really have ED and are under 50) clearly this product is popular and has 'repeat' business.

I'd bet that everyone who posts on this thread has 5 friends who have used it.
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Any pharmacy on this island hands out generic Viagra
for around $3 a pop, pardon the p p pun.

No prescription,
not questions if you are over say 20 or so.

And there are TONS of recreational users here.
Recreating their under mis-spent youth in most cases.
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