…but the new ads for CapTel telephone services crack me up. This is an invention that’s meant to translate what’s being said over the phone for older people who are hard of hearing. But the actor they hired to play Grandpa plays it like he’s Post-Lobotomy Grandpa. My favorite part is when he slurs, “Hi Jessie.” I know, I’m a bitch.

CapTel “Hi Jessie” ad