Andreanna Veith, Who Gave Us That Education Connection Bop, Starts GoFundMe Amid Writer's Strike

[stewie_e]

Andreanna Veith, the amazing woman who gave us this classic, and her young son are currently on the verge of homelessness due to being put out of work from the writer’s strike. As we all bond over the joy she has brought us, please donate anything you can. https://t.co/nRJdG6xnTx
- jimmy (@jimmyoutsold) September 12, 2023

She writes: Hey everyone,

Comments

[squirrels_oh_no]

Does she technically mean SAG-AFTRA? The writer's strike reference confused me as to why an actor would get residuals as a writer on a meme commercial lol. But good for her, get paid.

[bsfan]

She means the writers' strike put her out of work (it shut down filming of a lot of things long before SAG-AFTRA also went on strike). And she never got residuals from her commercial. She still isn't getting official residuals and just calling the donations from people "residuals" for fun.

[sandstorm]

Education Connection still exists! I thought it was a scam like DeVry.

[dandyxwarhol]

Who is the actress in the Education Connection commercial?

That's Don Draper's mom! Yup, the star of the original “College in Your PJs” Education Connection commercial is an actress named Kelly Huddleston, who also played Don Draper's prostitute mother in a flashback during the season three premiere of Mad Men!

wow

https://uproxx.com/tv/education-connection-commercials-ranked/

[saline_joy]

This is a big big issue with non-union commercials - most of them want to pay as little as possible and be able to use it forever. So she maybe made a few hundred bucks to shoot this, and the company is still making money off of it.

[stewie_e]

had us like pic.twitter.com/MzKxDFDKSp
- danie 🇺🇦 (@talk_valentina) September 12, 2023

i need to see her in the club more often pic.twitter.com/EmHYIxLdKr
- olli la toxica 🐧 CELESTE ENTHUSIAST (@yukikumbia) September 11, 2023

[rubie_dubidoux]

that mashup with I’m a slave 4 u is so fucking fire

[williammiller]

That club video is killing me.

[trendsnational]

This is iconic!!