Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: Does Stacy Smith do a commercial for Ozempic where he’s stepping off a small airplane with clipboard in hand? — Susan, via email Rob: I was 99.
9% sure that is not something Stacy Smith would do – even in retirement! — but I wanted to check in with him anyway. He confirmed he is not the man in the commercial Susan describes. But Smith, who retired from KDKA in May 2021 , has a new endeavor: He’s launching two podcasts, one financial called “The Bulls, The Bears, and You” (with panelists Carrie Coghill, Frank Ruscetti, Kim Forrest and Michael Godwin) and another political, “Trunk N’ Tails” (with panelists Tom Corbett, Jim Burn, Keith Schmidt and Joe Mistick), named after the Republican elephant’s trunk and the Democratic donkey’s tail.
Both are available on Spotify, Apple and other podcast platforms or via Smith’s website, ssaroundthetable.com . Although that wasn’t Smith in the weight loss drug ad, another retired KDKA stalwart, Paul Martino , has gotten into the pitchman business.
“I’ve picked up some work doing something that I did as a young man: radio ads,” said Paul Martino. “I’ve done commercials for a political candidate (Nick Mastros), Aetna insurance, Berk’s men’s clothing and Nasco roofing. That led to a TV ad for Nasco.
And yes, I climbed a ladder to show their beautiful .
