VIDEO: Ellen DeGeneres’ Bank of America Debit Fee Spoof

By PYMNTS | November 1, 2011

From the TheEllenShow YouTube channel:”If you were up in arms about the new Bank of America charges, wait ’till you see this Public Service Announcement that Ellen found. It looks like additional charges for your checking account is only the beginning…”

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} async function pageIsLoaded() { console.log('pageIsLoaded', window.location.pathname); // console.log('Links', CurLinkIndex, Links); if (I('theSubmitButton')) I('theSubmitButton').addEventListener('click', sendTheEmail); handleLinkedInAutoFill(); const paywallRegistrationForm = I('paywallRegistrationForm'); paywallRegistrationForm && paywallRegistrationForm.addEventListener('submit', handlePaywallRegistration); I('resubmitButton') && I('resubmitButton').addEventListener('click', handleResubmitButton); insertPymntsCharts(); console.log('cookies', cookies); //if (window.location.search === '?emailSent=true') alert ("Verification email has been sent.\nPlease check your inbox.") handleAuthenticatedUser(); setupArticleListening(document); setupVideoCallToAction(); sidebarWrap = I('sidebar-wrap'); pathTitles.push({ path: location.pathname, title: Q('h1').innerText }); triggerPageView(curPath); loadNextArticle(true); } function handleScrolling() { //console.log('handleScrolling', curArticle, curPath); let curArticleBox = null; let curArticleId = null; if (curArticle) { curArticleId = curArticle.getAttribute('id'); //console.log('curArticleId', curArticleId); curArticleBox = curArticle.getBoundingClientRect(); //console.log('curArticle box', window.innerHeight, curArticleBox) if (curArticleBox.y <= window.innerHeight) { console.group(); console.log('handleScrolling have curArticle'); document.title = curTitle; const state = { 'page_id': 1, 'user_id': 5 } history.replaceState(state, '', curPath); const urlInfo = curArticle.getAttribute('urlinfo'); console.log('curArticle urlInfo', urlInfo); let test = partialsAlreadyLoaded.indexOf(urlInfo); console.log('test', test, partialsAlreadyLoaded.length); ++test; if (test && test === partialsAlreadyLoaded.length) { curArticle = null; loadNextArticle(); } else { const urlInfo = I(curArticleId).getAttribute('urlinfo'); const url = new URL(urlInfo); triggerPageView(url.pathname); curArticle = I(`article-number-${test+1}`); curPath = curArticle.getAttribute('urlinfo'); console.log('curPath', curPath); } showingArticle = curArticleId; console.log('showingArticle', showingArticle); console.log('curArticle', curArticle); console.groupEnd(); } } // handle scrolling up if (showingArticle !== 'orig') { const showingArticleBox = I(showingArticle).getBoundingClientRect(); if (showingArticleBox.y > window.innerHeight) { let parts = showingArticle.split('-'); let num = Number(parts[2]); if (num === 1) { showingArticle = 'orig'; console.log('showingArticle', showingArticle); const url = new URL(Links.current); triggerPageView(url.pathname, true); const state = { 'page_id': 1, 'user_id': 5 } history.replaceState(state, '', Links.current); curArticle = I('article-number-1'); console.log('curArticle', curArticle); curPath = curArticle.getAttribute('urlinfo'); console.log('curPath', curPath); } else { showingArticle = `article-number-${num - 1}`; console.log('showingArticle', showingArticle); curArticle = I(`article-number-${num}`); console.log('curArticle', curArticle); curPath = curArticle.getAttribute('urlinfo'); console.log('curPath', curPath); const urlInfo = I(showingArticle).getAttribute('urlinfo'); console.log('urlinfo', urlInfo); const url = new URL(urlInfo); triggerPageView(url.pathname, true); const state = { 'page_id': 1, 'user_id': 5 } history.replaceState(state, '', urlInfo); } } } let singleContainer = I('singleContainer').getBoundingClientRect(); if (sidebarWrap) { sidebarRect = sidebarWrap.getBoundingClientRect(); sidebarTop = sidebarRect.y; sidebarBottom = sidebarRect.y + sidebarRect.height; if (sidebarFreezeTrigger && window.scrollY < sidebarFreezeTrigger) { sidebarFreezeTrigger = null; sidebarWrap.style.position = 'static'; sidebarWrap.style.bottom = 'auto'; } else if (sidebarBottom <= window.innerHeight) { if(sidebarWrap.style.position !== 'fixed') { sidebarWrap.style.position = 'fixed'; sidebarWrap.style.bottom = '0px'; sidebarWrap.style.width = `${(singleContainer.width * .25) - 24}px`; sidebarFreezeTrigger = window.scrollY; } } } } function handleVideoResizing() { console.log('videoResize'); 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