1992 - Infomercial - Christian Children's Fund - Sally Struthers - Life for Sale...

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[RancheroBFT]

yes, south park did indeed bring me here

[MrWaddefak]

without ethiopians, she has no food! help save sally struthers!

[Nostalgico80]

A.B.: Aw geez, see that little goil there askin' for a help for those gooks after she lived for twelve years with a fat meathead.

[TheRealDairyman]

jono bounko chocolate yum-yum bar oncho?

[jimmymastiff]

I don't get why she was made fun of so much for these commercials.

[tashkentboy]

let the kids eat her.

[savannaloud]

0:21 I wonder how much those sunglasses cost her?

[GerbilsOnAGoped]

I'm not arguing that she was genuinely haunted by their suffering, but it's the way she attempts to guilt trip people that make far less money than she does into donating, and making people feel bad if they don't. That may not be her intent, although I believe it partially is, but she does. And remember, you have to take South Park for what it is, a satirical show that makes fun of things for the most part to be funny. You have to admit, seeing somebody like her doing that is a little ironic.

[Sumbud Dee]

But that's the thing - what proof do people have that she didn't donate every time after the administrative costs were paid? Obviously, she can't make as compelling of a case to plead on their behalf if she is behind a desk vs actually flying out and being there. It's a lot cheaper to plead their case from behind a desk, but viewers won't be as compelled to take action. I would think that a viewer could see that she was genuinely haunted by their suffering.

[GerbilsOnAGoped]

She doesn't really have to be fat, which she isn't that fat in this video, it's the fact that she has all the money that she does, and she has the audacity to make money while starring in a commercial that attempts (and sometimes successfully) guilt trips people into caring about children in a third world country. I would hope that Sally, at the very very least, did these commercials and donated what she made to these kids. But somehow I doubt it, she just did these commercials to make money.

[ColdWarKid66]

well it does look a bit ridiculous when some fat rich celebrity with her hundred dollar boots, Gucci sunglasses and designer suit stands amongst starving Africans complaining they need money and food...

[goodvibesallround]

Chocolate Yum-Yum......