View Full Version : Local athletes in local commercials
miajag81
10-05-2005, 12:05 PM
Here in Baltimore we get a lot of commercials on TV with Ravens and Orioles players promoting local businesses, such as Todd Heap for some Hummer dealership, Ray Lewis for his law firm (pretty high on the unintentional comedy scale) and Jonathan Ogden doing this ridiculous car insurance commercial where he dances around with a bunch of women.
Is this common across the country? What are some other dumb commercials with guys from local teams in them?
mmbt0ne
10-05-2005, 12:05 PM
Yeah. Down here in Atlanta we can't seem to stop getting Patriots commercials.
mslif
10-05-2005, 12:06 PM
Don't get me started with the dumb John Elway commercials.
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FouTight
10-05-2005, 12:14 PM
Scene: Low budget Car commercial...
Guy 1: "They treat me like a King"
Guy 2: "They treat me like Ben Roethlisberger"
Guy 3 (Ben Roethliesberger): "Hey! Thats how they treat ME!"
danvh
10-05-2005, 12:17 PM
The Eastern Motors ones with the Redskins and Carmello always kill me.
Reqtech
10-05-2005, 12:19 PM
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The Eastern Motors ones with the Redskins and Carmello always kill me.
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Best...commercials....EVAR
easterns (http://www.easterns.com/easterns/fun_stuff.asp)
DukeSucks
10-05-2005, 12:24 PM
Click the quicktime logo when the page comes up
LINK (http://www.mower.com/portfolio/?id=31&pos=1)
This one plays about 8347832432 times a day here
benfranklin
10-05-2005, 12:27 PM
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Don't get me started with the dumb John Elway commercials.
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A. How much money has Elway made from his commercials, car dealerships, etc.?
B. How dumb is that??
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Click the quicktime logo when the page comes up
LINK (http://www.mower.com/portfolio/?id=31&pos=1)
This one plays about 8347832432 times a day here
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Well... He's a much better actor than Carmelo Anthony!
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Don't get me started with the dumb John Elway commercials.
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A. How much money has Elway made from his commercials, car dealerships, etc.?
B. How dumb is that??
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Just because someone makes money from something doesn't mean what they're doing is dumb? How about the guys from Jackass? Are they dumb? Is the stuff they do dumb? What about Paris Hilton's useless ass?
StevieG
10-05-2005, 03:26 PM
Yeah, this happens everywhere.
When I lived in Minneapolis, the U of MN hockey and basketball coaches (Clem Haskins at the time) did some dumb ass commercials. Al Skinner of Boston College does ads for a men's clothing store in Boston that are often high on the unintentional comedy scale. Hell, Dick Vermeil still does commercials in Philly, and he hasn't coached there in close to 25 years.
However, Baltimore does seem to have more of this, though, with a wider cast. Cal Ripken would be doing commercials if he played in any town. But Heap, Ogden, and Lewis?
Just the idea of Ray Lewis doing commercials for a law firm makes me giggle.
imported_The Vibesman
10-05-2005, 03:30 PM
Here in the Boston area we have Curt Schilling selling Ford trucks, Kevin Millar selling Kentucky Fried Chicken, Adam Vinatieri selling Papa Gino's, Ray Bourque and Troy Brown doing commercials for Banknorth, and Tim Wakefield and Joe Thornton doing ads for local furniture stores. And everyone and their mother shills for Dunkin Donuts.
unlucky513
10-05-2005, 03:43 PM
here in cincinnati, anthony munoz (6'6") does furniture with a guy that is no more than 5 feet tall.
corniest commercials ever, and i want to shoot myself after watching them.
daryn
10-05-2005, 03:46 PM
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Here in the Boston area we have Curt Schilling selling Ford trucks, Kevin Millar selling Kentucky Fried Chicken, Adam Vinatieri selling Papa Gino's, Ray Bourque and Troy Brown doing commercials for Banknorth, and Tim Wakefield and Joe Thornton doing ads for local furniture stores. And everyone and their mother shills for Dunkin Donuts.
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don't forget to include robert parrish along with thornton and wakefield in the bernie and phyl ads
stabn
10-05-2005, 03:55 PM
Jamie moyer for empire auto glass.
"Throw the brick right!"
StevieG
10-05-2005, 03:56 PM
It is now apparent to me that I watch far more TV now than I did in Boston.
wayabvpar
10-05-2005, 04:05 PM
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Jamie moyer for empire auto glass.
"Throw the brick right!"
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That is actually for All Star Auto Glass (http://www.callallstar.com/). Moyer owns it, or is one of the owners.
stabn
10-05-2005, 04:07 PM
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Jamie moyer for empire auto glass.
"Throw the brick right!"
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That is actually for All Star Auto Glass (http://www.callallstar.com/). Moyer owns it, or is one of the owners.
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You are correct. Empire is the one always giving away free food.
wayabvpar
10-05-2005, 04:19 PM
Yep. The owner of that one got murdered and robbed by a stripper and her boyfriend. Good times.
stabn
10-05-2005, 04:21 PM
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Yep. The owner of that one got murdered and robbed by a stripper and her boyfriend. Good times.
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Niiice. I didn't know about that.
Freakin
10-05-2005, 04:23 PM
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Jamie moyer for empire auto glass.
"Throw the brick right!"
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That is actually for All Star Auto Glass (http://www.callallstar.com/). Moyer owns it, or is one of the owners.
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You are correct. Empire is the one always giving away free food.
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And I think Empire is the one that had the owner who got killed by a hooker when he was in a hotel room with like 100k in cash....
Los Feliz Slim
10-05-2005, 04:46 PM
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Here in the Boston area we have Curt Schilling selling Ford trucks, Kevin Millar selling Kentucky Fried Chicken, Adam Vinatieri selling Papa Gino's, Ray Bourque and Troy Brown doing commercials for Banknorth, and Tim Wakefield and Joe Thornton doing ads for local furniture stores. And everyone and their mother shills for Dunkin Donuts.
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don't forget to include robert parrish along with thornton and wakefield in the bernie and phyl ads
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You forgot Remdog and Eastern Clothing.
stabn
10-05-2005, 04:48 PM
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Jamie moyer for empire auto glass.
"Throw the brick right!"
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That is actually for All Star Auto Glass (http://www.callallstar.com/). Moyer owns it, or is one of the owners.
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You are correct. Empire is the one always giving away free food.
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And I think Empire is the one that had the owner who got killed by a hooker when he was in a hotel room with like 100k in cash....
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I'm going to have to google this story. I seem to be the only one that never heard about it.
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