Great news for Advert haters - Kirstie Alley sacked from Pier 1

[Loonman]

I remember when she used to be hot. Kinda.

Now, I wouldn't do her with Magic Rat's dick.

http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2003/11/24/can_queers_like_pier_1.php

Can Queers Like Pier 1?

From the "No-Brainers" department, Pier 1 is finally sacking Kirstie Alley as its spokesperson for one of the hottest queers these days, Queer Eye for Straight Guy design fag, Thom Filicia. While the jury is still on whether this is a good career move (money aside) for Thom, this is a great move for Pier 1 - they will finally have a spokesperson who doesn't seem blitzed on something. AdAge also has this great quote from a retail analyst about Pier One's prospects earlier this fall: "We continue to remain concerned with the company's decision to use Kirstie Alley for the crucial holiday season promotion, as we believe customers might perceive the campaign as stale."

The website for Thom Filicia Inc. is not finished yet, but so far, it looks like it'll have the crisp, modern sensibility he's been injecting into the homes he designs. Plus it does have his phone number and email. And last week's Queer Eye was so good ("Queer Eye Blues" etc.); tomorrow, the QE5 battle a toupee with a man attached.

[RebelOne]

1. Aw, that's too bad. I always liked her.

And I thought the Pier 1 ads were very funny.

[LuminousX]

7. Were they intentionally funny though?

I still like that, I believe it was Saturday Night Live, skit about Pier 1 warning customers about Kirstie.

I always felt she and Joan Cusack should team up, because Joan likes to loiter in Cellular One stores. I'm sure that is really annoying to the employees there. She isn't buying anything how many cellphones does she need) she is just hanging out, waiting to butt in on sales pitches to add her two cents. She needs a new movie role or something.

[Lefta Dissenter]

2. Wooo Hooooooooo!!!!

It's about frickin' time!!!!!! I NEVER understood why anyone would pay her for that brainless, drunken act.

:bounce:

[cprise]

8. Hey, she's a "Clear"

...and realizing her full potential, ya know!

[xcentrik]

3. Thank God, Sister Moon!

Unless they replace her with someone worse.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

4. Wow I had no idea Kirstie Alley was worth feeling so strongly about.

Then again, I don't watch television... what exactly is there to hate about Kirstie Alley?

[indigo32]

10. "Then again, I don't watch television"

smart move. In reality... Kristi ain't that bad... but hey what do I know.

[Caution]

5. the more scientology "celebrities"

that lose endorsements and fall out of the limelight the better off the world will be. That cult has built itself on the backs of people like kirstie alley, john travolta and tom cruise.

[Hoosier Democrat]

6. Bout time she's gone

loved her on "Cheers", but in these adds the two phrases that came to mind were "Drunk" or "Wigged Out". And what was up with those Scarlett O'hara dresses???

[Champion Jack]

9. I think the dresses, as well as the way the shots were framed

was to try to hide her monstrously huge rhino haunch.

[Moderator]

11. Locking

Sexist. And it's not appropriate to call out other DUers like this either.

DU Moderator