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Michelle
filmed one of the popular SportsCenter
ads on April 4, 2000, 3 days after she won Worlds. The ad,
titled "Scores", was one of the 18 new commercials
that debuted in May for the campaign. Athletes
in the SportsCenter ads receive $1,000, which is donated
to a charity of their choice. The
reason Michelle wanted to do the ad is because, "the
commercials are hilarious.'' The ads are shot quickly, usually
in just a few takes. Michelle nailed her performance and was
on and off the set within a half an hour.
A
summary of the ad (from an April 17 article in USA
Today): Michelle hugs
Dan Patrick and Rich Eisen as the two anchors await their
TV ratings after a lousy show. Clutching
bouquets of flowers, the anchors watch in horror as their
bad TV ratings are posted. Michelle consoles them with the
kind of banal encouragements skaters get. Patrick hangs his
head, bites his towel and moans: ''I left it all on the set.
I can't bear to watch.'' Eisen is more hopeful. ''Look, they
love us in Idaho!''
On August 25, 2002,
ESPN aired the 25,000th episode of Sportscenter, which included
counting down the top 5 Sportscenter commercials (Michelle's
wasn't one of them.) In the advertisements for this show,
they showed clips of past Sportscenter ads...one of which
was Michelle's!
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