The Swamp

Pru, you and everyone here is only two degrees from separation from Krass Brothers. My older brother worked there in the mid- to late-80s, AND that's where I got my confirmation suit, along with practically every Catholic boy from or descended from South Philly.

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 1:36 pm Pru, you and everyone here is only two degrees from separation from Krass Brothers. My older brother worked there in the mid- to late-80s, AND that's where I got my confirmation suit, along with practically every Catholic boy from or descended from South Philly.

Hilarious!

Hope it fit you better than those suits fit Mr. Krass.

And check out the hair on those women!

Just tonight, I’ve seen Shaquille O’Neal in commercials for Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes cereal, Papa Johns’ pizza, and The General insurance.

Is there some rule that he has to advertise every single product?

sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 10:41 pm Just tonight, I’ve seen Shaquille O’Neal in commercials for Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes cereal, Papa Johns’ pizza, and The General insurance.

Is there some rule that he has to advertise every single product?

Does a mortgage count as a rule?

brian wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 10:57 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 10:41 pm Just tonight, I’ve seen Shaquille O’Neal in commercials for Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes cereal, Papa Johns’ pizza, and The General insurance.

Is there some rule that he has to advertise every single product?

Does a mortgage count as a rule?

There's a great Podcast where Conan O'Brien interviews Charles Barkley and he rips on Shaq for his endorsements, basically says I'm best friends with the guy and he ain't using none of that shit. It's high comedy.

New Jake From State Farm has an awkward delivery.

rass wrote: ↑Sun Jan 20, 2019 6:53 pm HR Block lady is my winter crush.

Now costarring with Lily in an AT&T commercial.

rass wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 6:18 pm

rass wrote: ↑Sun Jan 20, 2019 6:53 pm HR Block lady is my winter crush.

Now costarring with Lily in an AT&T commercial.

Lily can get it.

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 7:49 pm

rass wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 6:18 pm

rass wrote: ↑Sun Jan 20, 2019 6:53 pm HR Block lady is my winter crush.

Now costarring with Lily in an AT&T commercial.

Lily can get it.

She’s been told as much.

cerrano wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 7:57 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 7:49 pm

rass wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 6:18 pm

rass wrote: ↑Sun Jan 20, 2019 6:53 pm HR Block lady is my winter crush.

Now costarring with Lily in an AT&T commercial.

Lily can get it.

She’s been told as much.

The weirdest part about that story is that people were like "man can you believe lily is hot?" Umm...yeah?

Ugh.

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 9:43 pmUgh.

Yeah. I also don’t have a lot of pride when I think back to our Alison Stokke discussions.

Iceland ran this commercial in primetime!! (Nudity)

Am I gonna get sad/pissed if I look up whether that’s really Aaron Rodgers’s dog?

The MS ignored then dreaming dog commercial is regrettably effective (at making me stop and watch if not rush out and by MS products).

An unexpected benefit of watching the World Juniors on TSN is seeing Jon Hamm in Canadian commercials. He's doing spots for Skip the Dishes, some sort of food-delivery service. I laughed at this one, because it features Hamm wearing Pruitt's wrestling attire. Then I read the YouTube comments from Canadians who are shocked and horrified that Hamm is insulting them. 'I'm never going to eat at your restaurant again,' etc. Which would be hard to do because it's not a restaurant.

I’m too tired to figure out whether or not there’s a Jon Canadian Baconn joke to be found.

They’ve added at least two more “Rick - don’t become your parents “ commercials. They are both gold. That ad campaign remains pretty genius.

The latest :

That's such a great campaign.

"If you printed out directions to get here, you are in the right place."

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 10:34 am That's such a great campaign.

Every single one is perfection.

Just realized Argyle is in that Die Hard Die Hard commercial and looks kind of old (I’m sure he is).

I can’t imagine why the people at Frank’s Red Hot Sauce chose Eli Manning to star in their commercials. The guy has no charisma, and the personality of wet noodles.

I'm pretty sure whoever created the commercial did it for exactly that reason. He's kind of a real version of the Boring Sean Monihan twitter account.

Franks is 450 on the Scoville scale, which is low
Franks is owned by McCormick. They are not known for their edgy commercials
Before McCormick bought them though..Ethel

That GEICO commercial with Tag Team (“Scoop! There it is!”) is one of those rare ones that gets better after the 500th viewing.

It really got to another level for me when I noticed, "SPRINKLES!"

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:00 am It really got to another level for me when I noticed, "SPRINKLES!"

The mom’s daughter being aghast while her boyfriend gets into it and starts dancing is a nice touch too. Lots to pick through for a 30 second commercial.

brian wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 12:05 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:00 am It really got to another level for me when I noticed, "SPRINKLES!"

The mom’s daughter being aghast while her boyfriend gets into it and starts dancing is a nice touch too. Lots to pick through for a 30 second commercial.

I thought that was dad.

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:00 am It really got to another level for me when I noticed, "SPRINKLES!"

Mine was when I realized they were saying “chocolaca” instead of “shakalaka” while drizzling the hershey syrup. It works on so many levels.

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 12:29 pm

brian wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 12:05 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:00 am It really got to another level for me when I noticed, "SPRINKLES!"

The mom’s daughter being aghast while her boyfriend gets into it and starts dancing is a nice touch too. Lots to pick through for a 30 second commercial.

I thought that was dad.

Way too young. I think the implication is that the mom is the same age/era as Tag Team, hence her excitement at them curating her dessert choices.

brian wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 12:40 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 12:29 pm

brian wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 12:05 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:00 am It really got to another level for me when I noticed, "SPRINKLES!"

The mom’s daughter being aghast while her boyfriend gets into it and starts dancing is a nice touch too. Lots to pick through for a 30 second commercial.

I thought that was dad.

Way too young. I think the implication is that the mom is the same age/era as Tag Team, hence her excitement at them curating her dessert choices.

I’m gonna go with a haaaard disagree. That’s dad.

ETA: he knows the dance and anticipated the scoop move.

That’s definitely dad. Daughter’s aghast at both of them.

And yes, that’s the best commercial in years.

brian wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 12:40 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 12:29 pm

brian wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 12:05 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:00 am It really got to another level for me when I noticed, "SPRINKLES!"

The mom’s daughter being aghast while her boyfriend gets into it and starts dancing is a nice touch too. Lots to pick through for a 30 second commercial.

I thought that was dad.

Way too young. I think the implication is that the mom is the same age/era as Tag Team, hence her excitement at them curating her dessert choices.

Concur. To me, he appears to arrive with the daughter as a dinner guest, not there as the man of the house.

I hate to be that guy but I looked it up. He’s 42 and listed as dancing dad.

Well, damn. I still kinda like my interpretation as well though. That scenario makes me laugh too.

BSF21 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 12:30 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:00 am It really got to another level for me when I noticed, "SPRINKLES!"

Mine was when I realized they were saying “chocolaca” instead of “shakalaka” while drizzling the hershey syrup. It works on so many levels.

While I love "SPRINKLES", it bothers me that it is done in essentially an arhythmic way (probably because I can never say it at the exact moment).

The first couple times I saw it (and sometimes even now), I thought they started with "shakalaka" and shifted to "chocolata" about the third time/when the camera cuts to the syrup being poured.

I also think that could have been an exceptionally long day on set because it seems like they had to play the track (at least the instrumental) during filming to keep all the different parts on rhythm instead of editing to the track.

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 2:25 pm I hate to be that guy but I looked it up. He’s 42 and listed as dancing dad.

Damn, that is surprising. I looked at the Mom and thought she looks way too young. Then realized she is probably about my age, and I am old enough to have a kid the daughter's age. I would have guessed the father/boyfriend to be about 30, a little old to be the boyfriend, but way too young to be the father. I regret fast forwarding through this commercial when it came up on something I recorded. Good looking out, Swamp.