Olive Garden pulls Letterman ads

[T Wolf]

by request...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090618/pl_politico/23889_1

Following a week of back and forth between CBS late night comic David Letterman and Sarah Palin over a crude joke he told about the Alaska Republican governor’s daughter, the Olive Garden restaurant says it is cancelling all of its scheduled ads on Letterman’s “Late Show” for the rest of the year.

In an email to a Letterman critic obtained by POLITICO, a spokeswoman for the Italian restaurant chain wrote that “there will be no more Olive Garden ads scheduled for ‘The Late Show’ with David Letterman in this year's broadcast schedule,” citing the talk show host’s “inappropriate comments.”

“We apologize that Mr. Letterman’s mistake, which was not consistent with our standards and values, left you with a bad impression of Olive Garden,” wrote Sherri Bruen, the company’s guest relations manager.


I have written the OG, expressing my disappointment in them. I did not trash their restaurant or food, but made it clear that they were losing a frequent (sort of) and long-time (for real) customer.

[montanto]

1. Olive Garden is DTM now.

[LynneSin]

2. And yet they are willing to serve Lobster and Crab to the masses

what a bunch of hypocrites!

[Debi]

3. This is why I think he apologized

Stupid fundies threatened his advertisers.

Never underestimate a group fueled on hate and intolerance!