deadspin.com - 10/10/2008
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Walter E. Smithe is a Chicago furniture store whose management figured that they'd cash in big when the Cubs finally broke 100 years of frustration with a World Series championship. So sure were they that this was the year, actually, that they produced a commercial, complete with former Cubs ...
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Walter E. Smithe Furniture Produces Cubs Ad Celebrating Their World Series Victory. Whoops.
FanIQ Blog —
... will never be shown now.
Here's the commercial about "The Summer That Will Last Forever," the summer that obviously got cut a tad short - just like it always does.
The end of the commercial features Cubs greats Ernie Banks and Billy Williams. Needless to say, Williams looks at Banks like "Man, we're so screwed."
The summer that didn't quite last forever [Deadspin]
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Big League Stew —
... Finally, Deadspin has the Walter E. Smithe furniture brothers sewing the last seeds of E. Smithe hatred into the hearts of Chicagoans with this unaired World Series ad. Click here to see it. ...
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FanHouse —
... But before we completely move on, we had to share these last two videos. Above (via Deadspin) is a commercial from Walter E. Smithe, a Chicago furniture store, who obviously shelled out big bucks for a 30-second commercial featuring all sorts of Cubbie greats ... only to have the Cubs lose in the first round, before the commercial ever had a chance to air. This summer's gonna last forever? More like "this summer's gonna go three and out." ...
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