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Feb 16th 2009
by Danny Gallagher

One of the most physically painful TV moments in our lifetime was having to watch poor Montel Williams sell the last remainder of his soul for worthless Barack Obama commemorative coins.

It seemed just yesterday that the talk show host with the Yul Brenner scalp was chumming it up on the daytime talk show circuit, interviewing women who love too much or husbands who love way too much with people other than their wives. It was like watching the rock-bottom moment of a man's life in the wake of his waning glory days without it airing on VH1.

Now a local action news station has blown the lid off these coins that Montel has reduced himself to hawking: they are a bigger gyp than Baywatch Nights.

KATU 2 News out of Portland, Oregon talked to a couple of Barack Obama collectible hoarders who buy and sell all sorts of commemorative Obama merchandise. They have everything from coffee mugs to posters to those plates that sit in cabinets and no one will ever use unless the dishwasher breaks and Grandma isn't home. Then they saw the ad featuring Montel's smiling mug and felt that they had to have them for their collection. (Danny's news gravitas instinct kicks in) But what they got was a UPS package of disappointment and frustration.

They ordered some sets with the thought they were getting actual coins pressed by the U.S. Mint. What they got was 50-cent pieces with stickers plastered on one side of them. Four sets of the coins set them back $150 smackers. Hope and change, my ass.

The report, of course, features a portion of the Montel commercial pouring his heart for this coins and telling the viewers that he's "so proud to be a part of this incredible offer."

If you don't even feel a twinge of heartache for the man, then you're not human.

Source: http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/02/16/obama-coins-hawked-by-montel-williams-a-ripoff-well-duh/