Friday, September 30, 2011

New commercial turns historic St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery into a bank branch

Thanks to an EV Grieve reader for pointing out this new Capital One commercial featuring Jerry Stiller ... which eventually desecrates one of the the East Village's finest treasures...



Watch the whole thing for yourself here.



Don't get any ideas, Capital One!

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

*shudder* That was terrifying.

Over my dead body, Capital One. That church is sacred.

Ken from Ken's Kitchen said...

Makes sense. Nothing is sacred in the banking biz. Money, money, money, monnnnn-ney....MONEY!

Uncle Waltie said...

I'm surprised that Jerry Stiller would participate in something like this. He's a very strong supporter of progressive causes usually.
http://www.observer.com/2010/politics/jerry-stiller-and-anne-meara-robo-wfp

Anonymous said...

Oh for god's sake Walt, "Participate in something like" what...? a TV commercial?

Anonymous said...

I'm not even religious and I'm deeply offended and disappointed by this shameless naked disrespect. God have mercy on the filthy black souls of whoever is responsible for this commercial.

Anonymous said...

Yes, participating. He is lending his name and image to Capital One. Just because he's getting paid for it doesn't mean he's not participating. And don't tell us to lighten up. Open your eyes, banks are PREYING on the American public. Having said that, I must say; Jerry Stiller is extremely lovable, no matter who he's shilling for!

glamma said...

absolutely disgusting

Lux Living said...

What's in my wallet? A gun bitch! Leave that church alone!!!

handelsaurus said...

Cast out those money changers!

Uncle Waltie said...

Some people get it, some don't.
For the rest, what Anonymous 3:07 PM
said.

Anonymous said...

Yeah.
He is lending his name, and St. Marks Church rented their facade.
Credit (blame) where credit is due.

Anonymous said...

If that isn't a statement on our society, I don't know what is?

bow down little plebes, and pray to your new master.

Tom said...

The great thing about it is that St. Mark's Church got paid for this. And notice that the building is not visually desecrated as the commercial never shows the church steeple. So to the unknowing eye, the building looks like an old bank building.

Regarding Jerry Stiller, the political irony is that he and Ann Meara did fantastic radio commercials for Amalgamated Bank (the labor bank). I'm not going to begrudge him for doing a commercial for a regular bank. But I wonder if part of his reasoning was that St. Mark's Church was going to be paid as well.