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Charles Barkley Didn't Realize He Was On TV And Called His Weight Watchers Endorsement 'Scam'
Business Insider ^ | 01/06/2012 | Tony Manfred

Posted on 01/06/2012 7:50:16 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Charles Barkley thought the cameras were off during commercial break of TNT's broadcast of the Hawks-Heat game last night.

But NBA.tv was streaming live when Barkley went on one of his funny mini-rants and called his Weight Watchers endorsement a "scam."

"I thought this was the greatest scam going—getting paid for watching sports—this Weight Watchers thing is a bigger scam," he said.

To be fair, he never said that Weight Watchers itself was a scam (he talked about how he lost two pounds a week for three months). He's saying it's a scam that all he has to do is lose weight to get paid gobs and gobs of money.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: charlesbarkley; weightwatchers
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1 posted on 01/06/2012 7:50:22 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
That loud mouth buffoon has been scamming everyone for 20 years.
2 posted on 01/06/2012 7:53:39 AM PST by Russ (Repeal the 17th amendment)
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s jus turrible!


3 posted on 01/06/2012 7:54:25 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Oops.


4 posted on 01/06/2012 7:57:21 AM PST by Suz in AZ
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To: SeekAndFind

I wonder how many calories his foot has?


5 posted on 01/06/2012 7:57:43 AM PST by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Wasn't he also misquoted in his autobiography?
6 posted on 01/06/2012 8:01:51 AM PST by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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To: SeekAndFind
Not the first time he has been caught running his mouth and saying something he thought would be off the record.

I remember some years back he was caught saying "that's why I hate white people."

7 posted on 01/06/2012 8:02:02 AM PST by red-dawg
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Frank Caliendo does a great impersonation of Chucky.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEJG06qEwLA&feature=related


8 posted on 01/06/2012 8:02:58 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, Chaz can probably kiss this “scam” adios.

In his own words, “Knucklehead”.


9 posted on 01/06/2012 8:03:39 AM PST by llandres (Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I would never buy anything he endorsed.


10 posted on 01/06/2012 8:16:34 AM PST by texaschick
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To: Jack Hydrazine

“That’s jus turrible!”

Surriously! What a nukkahead...


11 posted on 01/06/2012 8:25:16 AM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Many things that are rare now were merely unpopular back then.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“THE ROUND MOUND OF REBOUND”? Now he’ll be THE SKINNY HILL OF TALKING? Don’t work....doesn’t rhyme.


12 posted on 01/06/2012 8:35:22 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: stevio

LOL


13 posted on 01/06/2012 8:41:32 AM PST by stormer
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To: SeekAndFind

A tally light is a small red light on a TV camera. If the camera is pointed at you and the light is shining, you’re on TV. He should have made sure the light wasn’t on when he spoke.


14 posted on 01/06/2012 8:42:10 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: SeekAndFind

Way past time Americans open their eyes to the ‘scam’ of sports, ‘stars’, pundits, the corrupt media....


15 posted on 01/06/2012 8:48:20 AM PST by Freddd (NoPA ngineers.)
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s the great thing about a free market system. Barkley is essentially saying that the cost to him of providing a service is far less than people are willing to pay him for it. He might call it a “scam.” Economists call it “the surplus value.” It’s the same thing.

If the market level of a common job is $20 an hour, there are almost certainly some employers who would be glad to pay $30 an hour to get someone to do the job and some workers who would be glad to do it for $10 an hour. Both the employer and worker think they are getting a great deal at $20 an hour. They are—that’s what makes free exchange so great.


16 posted on 01/06/2012 8:49:49 AM PST by Our man in washington
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Charles may be kind of a dumbass, but he once made a statement I'll never forget; there was an issue over some statement he's made regarding officiating during a game and he ended up getting fined $5,000. He made the point that money meant nothing because he was basically the richest guy in the room. Somebody then called him out about being a poor role model for kids and he said this: “Don't expect ME to raise YOUR kids.”
17 posted on 01/06/2012 8:50:18 AM PST by stormer
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To: Our man in washington

You know what? I ought to e-mail Charles Barkley and cut and paste what you just wrote.

That will probably get him off the hook and impress the ladies with him.


18 posted on 01/06/2012 8:51:17 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: stormer

Didn’t this guy once considered running for governor of Alabama? ( as a Republican too ).


19 posted on 01/06/2012 8:52:30 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Ya mean Charles Barkley the GOP supporter that voted for Obama


20 posted on 01/06/2012 9:00:26 AM PST by uncbob
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