Why Buy a Hooker When You Can Buy a Talk-to-Me Pin?
A commercial for something called the Talk to MeTM pin was broadcast on local TV during last night’s NCAA coverage. It’s a product aimed at folks who’ve hit rock bottom at romance.
Maybe I’m late to this party, but I’d never seen this ad before. I’d never seen an ad this amazing before, either. Apparently, you buy the Talk to MeTM pin, put it on a lapel or over your heart, and folks flock to you as if shot by Cupid or paid by Spitzer.
Of course I went right to their website, as the company’s spokesmodel, former WTTG anchorman and current WTOP newsreader, Nathan Roberts, directed me to.
I don’t get out much. But is there really a “secret society of 100 million hip, in the know (single, divorced, widowed) eligibles” out there wearing the Talk to MeTM pin?
Color me SkepticalTM.
And if there’s not this secret society of 100 million pin pricks out there, Nathan Roberts, how will I ever be able to trust you again? Will I forever be looking at my watch when you say “Traffic & Weather on the 8s!” to make sure the big hand isn’t on the 7 or, heaven help us, the 9?
But, I gotta say, Nate, just reading about your product has really made it very likely that next time I see somebody wearing a Talk-to-MeTM pin, I’ll approach them.
Not looking for romance—I just wanna find out if they really spent $59.95 on this thing.
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March 21st, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Dave, the guy who started the pin company is the same guy who used to be the really cheesy Matchmaker at the Yacht Club in Bethesda….
March 21st, 2008 at 2:55 pm
I assume the 100 million figure is the total number of unattached American adults, who *should* obviously all have the TTM pin but who might in a few cases not have bought one yet.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Adams Morgan:
you mean Tommy Matchmaker Curtis is behind the Talk to Me pin? this is horrible news! City Paper had a cover story on him 15 years ago, and he was saying he’d couple up everybody even back then!
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=8883
so if there’s still 100 million unsatisfied singles out there, that means Tommy lost the war — and now he’s trying to turn a profit out of having lost the war!for shame!
but, in any case, have you seen the commercials? why would Nathan Roberts sign up for this cheese? i mean, at least Eastern Motors gives its pitchmen a Hummer…that’s all i’ll say…thanks for the info!
March 21st, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Si…it’s Tommy Matchmaker. The Reliable Source has done a piece or two on him and the pin (sorry City Paper).
March 21st, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Adams Morgan:
oh, geez. beaten again by Reliable Source! they’re good! i can’t say i’m happy to learn i didn’t break the story about the Talk to Me pin craze. but, the Sourceresses were in diapers when city paper ran its cover story on the Matchmaker! so, hate on me, but not this institution!
and thanks for the info…