You can't hear sh!t now homay

After 9 long years of the most annoying catch phrase sales slogan in corporate history… Verizon has decided to finally cut ties with their Verizon Man, played by actor Paul Marcarelli.

Paul made a small fortune acting as Verizon’s “spokesperson” to represent their clarity and coverage.  He was contractually obligated to perform in 20-40 commercials per year, and he was paid up to $6,000 per commercial, which is actually a really low amount when you consider any nationally televised commercial.  I guess the tradeoff was his steady work, which also included paid appearances.

Paul said the work did not come without a price.  Paul, who is openly gay, would have young people drive by his home in the middle of the night yelling out “Can you hear me now fa@@ot !”.

Needless to say, he, and the rest of the world will be all happy to finally put “Can You Hear Me Now?” to silence.