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It's getting harder out there for a guy who wants to raise big public fanfare
around his marriage proposal. In the media-saturated American scene, you see
proposals turning up in newspaper ads, skywriting appeals and--of course--the
venerable stadium Jumbotron. So how does a lovestruck beau make his offer
really stand out? Why, he asks his lady to marry him in a TV commercial, of
course. And that's just what David Jones--a Cleveland-based video producer,
conveniently enough--did yesterday to in a successful bid for the hand of his
girlfriend, Dee Horton.
On Thursday, Horton and her co-workers at a Medina, Ohio hair salon tuned in to
the midday newscast on Cleveland's WJW-TV. Jones had told her that he'd be
portraying some sort of superhero in a commercial. But as she went about
trimming a client's hair with one eye on the broadcast, she soon realized that
she was the sole member of this particular commercial's target demographic. "A
lot of people say we're living on love, like it's a bad thing," Jones said in
the commercial. "How about you and I show the world what true love is all
about?" He then pulled out a ring and proposed, and a few seconds later Jones
emerged in the salon with a WJW camera crew, and dropped to his knees to
propose in person.
You can watch the WJW report on the proposal by clicking on the image below:
Jones had earlier said that he wanted his proposal to be "something neither one
of us would ever forget," and he clearly achieved his goal. For her part,
Horton said that she contracted cancer shortly after she and Jones began
dating, but he stuck by her side and cared for her as she endured surgery and
radiation treatments. We wish them all the best. (Photo and video via: Fox 8
WJW in Cleveland)