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Old 10-31-01 | 04:45 PM
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Need help with old TV ad

About a year ago there was a commercial for an on-line trading company that used to always make me laugh and I'm trying to find it.

It had a guy sitting on his couch watching an ad for a pharmaceutical company he owned stock in. Then it began listing off the possible side effects "headaches, nausea, the condition known as hot-dog fingers, children born with the head of a golden retriever, elderly pregnancy, etc." Then he frantically tries to unload the stock on-line.

I can't remember who it was advertizing, but I'm trying to find the commercial to send to my brother who just lost a lot of money in his pharmaceutical stocks.

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Old 11-01-01 | 09:31 AM
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Sounds like e*trade.

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Old 11-01-01 | 11:32 AM
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I searched all of the E*Trade commercials and couldn't find it. All I found was the ER one with money coming out the wazoo and a few others.

Thanks for the idea... I'm still lookin'.
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http://www.adcritic.com/search/?query=e-trade
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