My Big Fat Obnoxious Hero

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Before he became the big, fat, obnoxious star of Fox’s My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé, Steven Bailey was a big, fat, not-as-obnoxious commercial actor who achieved notice in a Swanson’s Hungry-Man spot by Foote Cone & Belding.

In the ad, two guys admire their blubbery torsos in a locker-room mirror. When Bailey proudly remarks that he has eaten some light fare, the Hungry-Man eater points a blow-dryer at him and sends him flying. “It was a great shoot, and I had a lot of fun doing it,” Bailey tells Shoptalk.

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