The thing is, the Terry Tate commercial (even though I don't own a television, I saw it!)
The fictional character, Terry Tate dubbed the "Office Linebacker", showed inconsiderate co-workers who was boss.
Reebok's "Terry Tate: Office Linebacker" campaign garnered global attention.
More than 20 million "Terry Tate" films were downloaded from the Reebok website.
In the commercial, Speight plays Terry Tate, an office linebacker charged with the enforcement of office policies.
Terry Tate's job duties consist of strenuously enforcing workplace discipline by treating misbehaving employees as if they were his opponents in a football game.
In 2003 he produced the series of commercials and short films for Reebok, Terry Tate: Office Linebacker.
In 2002, he wrote and directed the original Terry Tate: Office Linebacker commercials for Reebok.
Reebok seems to think so with its Terry Tate commercial this year...
The humorous commercial will be centered on a new Reebok brand character, a linebacker named Terrible Terry Tate.