Verizon Guy gets let go, seems that wasn’t his name anyway

You won’t be ready to hear him much longer, folks. Paul Marcarelli, aka “Verizon Guy,” is being let go. Because it seems that wasn’t even his character’s name, VZW deciding upon “Test Man” when scripting the early shots. Now that company is “taking its ads in a special direction,” a direction that apparently doesn’t include Mr. Marcarelli. But, in line with the tales he recounted to The Atlantic, that could be a great thing. Paul once heard someone say “Are you able to hear me now?” at his grandmother’s funeral — as her body was being lowered into the grave. Yup, it’s time for a job change.

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