Spoof of Nike ad In February 2003, Reebok released a commercial featuring Tate that parodies a
Nike, Inc. commercial. In the Nike version, a
streaker disrupts a
British football match; in the Reebok ad, Tate tackles the streaker then proclaims, "You just did it, so I had to hit it". The advertisement was one of several competitive and deliberate spoofs between the rival companies.
California recall election In 2003, Terry Tate tried to run for governor in the
2003 California recall election, under the name "Lester Terry Tate Speight," but he did not gather enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. ;Episodes • "From Russia with Love" (October 16, 2008), Tate tackles Palin after she answers a question from
Katie Couric about her foreign policy experience.
2016 U.S. presidential election During the
2016 U.S. presidential election,
Funny or Die produced an altered version of the
2005 video of Donald Trump's lewd remarks to Billy Bush about women that had surfaced during the campaign. In the video, Terry Tate tackles a
body double actor portraying Trump in response to Trump's remarks and tells Trump that's how he
makes America great. He then turns to Bush and tells him
he's fired. ==References==