A banker, an athlete and an astronaut walk onto a stage... No, that is not the setup for a joke, but rather the premise behind a new television commercial starring a veteran NASA space traveler.
Fans watching the opening games of the World Series may have caught the Capital One spot, which features retired New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and, though never named, Karen Nyberg.
The 50th woman to fly into space, Nyberg plays/is the astronaut, who with "Mr. Jeter" and an unnamed Capital One employee are the guests for a school's Career Day assembly. The conceit of the commercial is that the students and parents in the audience are more interested in hearing from the "bank guy" than the baseball star or International Space Station crew member.
"Aren't you in the Hall of Fame?" says Nyberg, delivering her only line in the ad while leaning in to speak to Jeter.
"And didn't you live in space?" replies Jeter, who was inducted into Cooperstown in 2020.
"What's in your wallet?" says the Capital One rep, delivering the slogan as the 30-second commercial ends.
