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rockin-photos · **Taco Bell Ad Star Gidget The Chihuahua Dies At 15 -** 07-23-2009, 08:30 AM

http://www.shootonline.com/go/news-v...es-At-15-.html

kenw · 07-23-2009, 08:50 AM

been a rough year to be famous.....

brad · 07-23-2009, 09:36 AM

Yes, indeed, ken. LOL

I remember the Godzilla tie in around that same time.. when the dog had a box trap set up and signs that said something like "Free Tacos" ... and "he" kept saying "Heeeere leeezard, leeezard, leeezard." and "Uhoh, I think we're going to need a bigger box." LOL

I seem to remember Taco Bell pulling the commercials because there were charges of racism.

toverman · 07-23-2009, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by brad

I seem to remember Taco Bell pulling the commercials because there were charges of racism.

That could be, but the campaign ran a long time. Those ads had (short, little) legs!

kenw · 07-23-2009, 10:48 AM

there were accusations of racism but they rightly ignored them. Funny how the Nasonex bee nor the Casa Ole pinata were accused.....the reality is that in America, any foreign accent sells. Ask Ricardo Montalban. Even fake ones like in Outback.

btw, Gidget also starred in Legally Blonde.

mmuhlenkamp · 07-23-2009, 10:58 AM

Ah, the Taco Bell Chihauha was awesome.

I also think it's funny that they stopped playing Speedy Gonzalez cartoons in the US (I'm not sure if that's still true), but then they would show them on Telmundo or some other spanish TV station.

dmora · 07-23-2009, 11:30 AM

My life is now complete with this knowledge. I have achieved enlightenment and am at one with the universe.

kenw · 07-23-2009, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by dmora

My life is now complete with this knowledge. I have achieved enlightenment and am at one with the universe.

if so, you seriously needed a new life anyway....

Cajungaltx · 07-23-2009, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by kenw

been a rough year to be famous.....

Yup... and they are all being memorialized quite nicely...

I received an email a couple days ago - that was titled "Soldier Mourns MJ's Death'... I thought it was appropriate for the last month or so of 'high profile folks' dying... and the attention paid to it. I couldn't find out who it was from... and honestly... even if it's 'not' from a soldier... the issue is true I believe.

Letter:

Okay, I need to rant.

I was just watching the news, and I caught part of a report on Michael Jackson. As we all know, Jackson died the other day. He was an entertainer who performed for decades. He made millions, he spent millions, and he did a lot of things that make him a villian to many people. I understand that his death would affect a lot of people, and I respect those people who mourn his death, but that isn't the point of my rant.

Why is it that when ONE man dies, the whole of America loses their minds with grief. When a man dies whose only contribution to the country was to ENTERTAIN people, the Amercian people find the need to flock to a memorial in Hollywood , and even Congress sees the need to hold a "moment of silence" for his passing?

Am I missing something here? ONE man dies, and all of a sudden he's a
freaking martyr because he entertained us for a few decades? What
about all those SOLDIERS who have died to give us freedom? All those
Soldiers who, knowing that they would be asked to fight in a war, still raised their hands and swore to defend the Constitution and the United States of America. Where is their moment of silence? Where are the people flocking to their graves or memorials and mourning over them because they made the ultimate sacrifice? Why is it when a Soldier dies, there are more people saying "good riddence," and "thank God for IEDs?" When did this country become so calloused to the sacrifice of GOOD MEN and WOMEN, that they can arbitrarily blow off their deaths, and instead, throw themselves into mourning for a "Pop Icon?"

I think that if they are going to hold a moment of silence IN CONGRESS for Michael Jackson, they need to hold a moment of silence for every service member killed in Iraq and Afghanistan . They need to PUBLICLY recognize every life that has been lost so that the American people can live their callous little lives in the luxury and freedom that WE, those that are living and those that have gone on, have provided for
them. But, wait, that would take too much time, because there have been so many willing to make that sacrifice. After all, we will never make millions of dollars. We will never star in movies, or write hit songs that the world will listen too. We only shed our blood, sweat and tears so that people can enjoy what they have..

Sorry if I have offended, but I needed to say it. Remember these five words the next time you think of someone who is serving in the military;

"So that others may live..."

Isaac