Pittsburgh Penguins: BMW Commercial (D.C. shows you how it’s done)
postgameheroes.com —
In-flight high-speed internet on the way | Home Pittsburgh Penguins: BMW Commercial (D.C. show’s you how it’s done) By Dagger | January 24, 2008 Take a look at this folks. May be the last time you see 4 healthy Penguins in a room together at one time. Actually, two of these guys are battling through injury right now. Maybe this is some curse….anybody who touches these BMW keys is cursed with an injury bug. Whelp, I guess Geno and Gonchar are next, eh? Thanks to Dr.Boni on the board at Letsgopens.com for bringing this to the rest of the world. May be the cheesiest commercial of all time. Every city has awful professional athletes ...
Tonight We Dine In Hell
The Pensblog - A Pittsburgh Penguin Site Managed By A Bunch Of Jokes That Can Barely Run Their Own Lives —
On nights like this,it would be nice if we could start posts with cool one-liners like CSI does. "I don't know boss, Flyers are a bunch of hacks" "Sorry Charlie. Their ...
Maxime Talbot: Still A Star
Sportsocracy.org —
An Oscar-worthy performance from my man, Max Talbot.
via Scribbled Noise
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Create The Caption #153
AwfulAnnouncing —
... "Go eat your Oreos son, daddy will handle the grown folks business"- susieSydell ________________________________________ Are you funny enough to create a caption for this photo of well you know....? (Sorry I had to do it. Be nice to the Baby Jesus please.) Daily Links: Weiner Poopie! (Today's Big Thing) Stephen A. Smith Has A New Blogging Friend (Juiced Sports Blog) Is Georgetown Really THAT Good (Vegas Watch) Barbaro Is Getting A Statue (Lion In Oil) A Pretty Funny Penguins Car Commercial (Ballhype) They're Making Fan Championship Rings ...
Gretzky would be proud.
Five Hole Fanatics —
Not since the Great One's appearance on Saturday Night Live all those years ago has there been such striking evidence that hockey is indeed much easier than acting. Make sure to watch more than once. (Found via Calgarypuck.com)
And The Oscar Goes To ... The Pittsburgh Penguins [YouTube Gold]
Deadspin —
When I'm running ESPN8 some day -- you know, after Simmons gets fired for chugging a few ZIMAs and telling Buddha to go fuck himself at the company Christmas party -- I'll air nothing but professional athletes' car commercials. This A&L; Motor Sales one starring Penguins Colby Armstrong, Max Talbot, Sergei Gonchar and Evgeni Malkin will play at the top of the hour, every hour.
Funny Pittsburgh Penguins Car Commercial, Airing On FSN HD [YouTube]
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Penguins Go Shopping
KK Hockey —
Colby Armstrong, Max Talbot, Sergei Gonchar and Evgeni Malkin got together and did a commercial…
*my thanks to the KK reader who dropped this link on me earlier today
Sunday Morning Musings
Sean's Ramblings —
This car commerical features Pittsburgh Penguins Colby Armstrong, Max Talbot, Sergei Gonchar and Evgeni Malkin. Talbot (the second player in the video) may consider the acting profession after his hockey career ends. (via Scribbled Noise) All the Sunday morning news shows are obviously talking about ...
These Guys Put Denzel Washington To Shame
Doubt About It —
So I know this video has made the rounds in a lot of blogs by now. I first saw it on Deadspin yesterday, and it's been on The PensBlog as well. But if you've seen it already, I don't think you'll mind seeing it again. It's that good. For those who haven't seen it, well, you're in for a treat. It's a commercial for a local Pittsburgh auto dealer featuring superb acting by Colby Armstrong, Maxime Talbot, Sergei Gonchar, and Evgeni Malkin. I mean, these are Oscar-worthy performances. Seriously, can anyone decipher what Gonchar is saying at the end? I think I hear "Geno", but I cannot make out the other part. Also, the only ...
'Superstars like me'
james mirtle —
Truly awful. Maxime Talbot's quite a character. Labels: Penguins
Super Bowl XLII - Day 1
Bob's Blog - Live from Lewisville —
Morning 1 in Arizona, and it appears they are still going to continue on with the Super Bowl despite the rain of Sunday. It absolutely poured all day long. Try not to cry for me. This Just In: Super Bowl Tickets will be expensive this year … Die-hard Giants and Patriots fan are paying record prices to scalpers for tickets to this year's Super Bowl in Glendale, Ariz., and the total dollar volume of resold seats could be the biggest ever, according to ticketing firms. Asking prices for the Feb. 3 game range from $2,450 to $19,446 at StubHub, a unit of eBay Inc. and the biggest of the ...
And those were the takes they USED!
American Hockey Fan —
Pretty sure Ritch is still honeymooning and (let's hope) too busy to blog before they get back, so I'll just continue to deliver the good stuff in his stead (clip starts after about 10 seconds of black): OK, observations: 1) Not only is Colby Armstrong the best actor of the four Penguins in the spot, he has a face made for Hollywood. Attention, casting agents: looking for a cross between Conan O'Brien and Adrien Brody? Contact Ray Shero for availability. 2) Correct me if I'm wrong (and please, God, let me be wrong) but was Talbot doing a McLovin impression? Judd Apatow, what ...
And Now, in the Pantheon of Great Commercials..
Mondesi's House —
What do you get when you combine Colby Armstrong, Max Talbot, Sergei Gonchar, Evgeni Malkin, and A and L Motors? This:
No Mensa Candidates in Pittsburgh
FanHouse —
Filed under: Pittsburgh, General NHL, Penguins, NHL VideosI've just found evidence that the Pittsburgh Penguins don't use the Wonderlic test in their player personnel program: As if Caps fans didn't need another reason to hate this club. One thing is for sure -- Sidney Crosby won't go broke if he decided to offer acting lessons to his teammates. HT: Mirtle.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Pittsburgh Penguins, World's worst actors?
RizzoSports Blog —
Here is the video that is making its way around the internet. Featureing: Armstrong, Talbot, Gonchar, and Malkin.
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What, Is Sid Not Old Enough To Drive Yet?
Japers' Rink —
In case you haven't seen it already, I thought I'd post a local Pittsburgh car ad featuring Colby Armstrong , noted card sharp Maxime Talbot , Sergei Gonchar and Evgeni Malkin (who has so little personality and/or command of the English language that he can't even get a speaking part) for its sheer unintentional comedic brilliance. Enjoy.
Public Knowledge
Josh Q. Public —
Josh Q. Public: Courage is a special kind of knowledge. The knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. -David Ben-Gurion
Public Knowledge:
1. You can’t put a price tag on championships. Johan Santana, the two-time Cy Young Award winner is looking for a deal upwards around $120 million over six or seven years. That’s a lot of money. It ain’t your money. As much as I hate the Yankees, the one thing I never ...
End to End Hockey Podcast - Season 2 Episode 17
The End To End Hockey Podcast —
In this week's episode, we cover an article that I read on the Hockey News about the allstar selection process from the point of view of a four year old (article available here), thoughts on the Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, as well as celebrating NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman's 15th anniversary on the job. Download the show: Due to technical difficulties, I won't be able to put up a link to stream the show. I'm working on it. Here are the two youtube clips I was talking ...
Selling Cars
The Sidney Crosby Show —
I can't believe I forgot to mention this next item... Friend of The Show Vanessa D. wrote me to ask a question. "I wanted to ask if you just didn’t see the “commercial” on FSN or were you so over come with laughter that you were physically unable to write? Just wondering." WHOOPS! I didn't write it down in my recap notes because I thought I would definitely remember to include it, but I completely dropped the ball and forgot. This commercial for a Pittsburgh area car dealership starring Colby Armstrong, Maxime Talbot, Sergei Gonchar, and Evgeni Malkin aired during last night's game (keep watching - the commercial begins after ...
Mike's Miscellany™ Vol. II
Mile High Hockey —
It's everybody's favorite alliteration, Mike's Miscellany™! Here's some of the random thoughts that have flittered through my top 3% brain in recent solar cycles. Happy Fat Tuesday! Here's what I'm currently scarfing... As a fellow uni-nerd, like my brethren Joe and DD, one of my biggest pet peeves is logo creep. Like the giant RBK logo in the contrasting color block on the back of the Avs unis. RBK has a real problem with it, but nobody can match the sheer volume of logo creep churned out by Nike. That's why, when I saw this story, a small part of me smiled. This ...
Dear Penguins,
hlog {Hockey's Ladies of Greatness} —
Keep the randomness coming - I'm lovin' it: Remember when Kerri Russell from the show "Felicity" cut her hair short and the ratings for that season went down the tubes? Some things just make a person. Like Don Cherry and the ridiculous suits or Marc Andre Fleury and the yellow pads. The Pittsburgh Post Gazette is reporting that shortly after MAF got injured, an Ottawa doctor sent him a letter explaining how the yellow pads weren't such a good idea. This week Fluery was practicing with the white pads, trying to break them in. Ten bucks says he switches back after his first loss in the white ones. If ...
Battle Of The Crappy Commercials
Chris Yarbrough's Taking One For The Team —
The Kings and Penguins may be at opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to on-ice performance, but they are running neck and neck for the "Worst Commercial Ever" Championship. The A&L Motors commercial starring Penguins Max Talbot, Colby Armstrong, Sergei Gonchar, and Evgeni Malkin has taken on near legendary status in some circles. Well Kings players Jack Johnson, Dustin Brown, and Anze Kopitar have answered the challenge and taken things to a whole new level. See for yourself: ...
Best of the worst
hlog {Hockey's Ladies of Greatness} —
Watching the Capitals-Bruins game today, I was struck by a particularly bad commercial. This one was Ovechkin, talking about his "passion". It was cringe worthy, and I dont even cringe when Ovechkin shows up in public dressed like a colorblind costume designer vomited clothes onto him. Which he does, a lot. ...
Boom Boom Boom Boom
Dogs That Chase Cars —
I have to say, when it comes to completely horrible sports commercials, they would rank like this: 3.) The Boom Boom Boom Boom Fred Couples Commercials 2.) This Gem 1.) Those absolutely excruciating BADS commercials Anyway, Fred Couples, one of my favorite golfers on tour, is leading the Arnold Palmer Invitational after a five-under 65, tied with J.J. Henry who has one hole to go. I'd have to say, my favorite part of Fred Couples deals with my dad, who always tells me the story of how (and think this in your head with a Texas accent), "If you ever go to a PGA Tour event, make sure you follow around Freddie, ...
MURAL THIS
Mondesi's House —
PENGUINS 4 SENATORS 1 A lot was made about the mural plastered outside the visitors' locker room in Ottawa, one which illustrates the Senators escorting the Penguins out of the 2006-07 playoffs. Sure, it was posted before the Senators knew they were playing ...
Celebrating Stanley Season
The Sidney Crosby Show —
I had an idea on my drive to work today for an interactive post. I thought it might be neat to see how everyone is supporting our Penguins this season. For instance, I have an array of penguin toys on my computer and 2 pictures on the wall of Sidney pwning Sabres goalie Ryan Miller at work, and at home... well, my house is a yearlong shrine to all things Penguins (the centerpiece of which is our pride and joy - a framed jersey autographed by Le Magnifique himself), but for the playoffs, I've got a little something extra above my TV for luck. I'll definitely get a photo for you soon... ...
Pittsburgh's Mad Max Talbot delivers both goals and your entrée
Puck Daddy —
One of our favorite lines in the Stanley Cup Playoff history was the New Jersey Devils' Crash Line from their 1995 championship team. Bobby Holik, Randy McKay and Mike Peluso combined to create one of the most tenacious fore-checking units in hockey; one that fought through its obvious offensive limitations (Peluso made Wade Belak look like Pavel Bure) with sheer willpower and brute force. The Pittsburgh Penguins' line of Georges Laraque, Gary Roberts and Max Talbot may have a little more skill than the Devils' blunt trio, but the two lines share that exceptional ability to change the momentum of a game ...
Gary Roberts Wednesday - Max Talbot
The On Deck Circle —
Photobucket This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. Two weeks ago Kris Letang was featured in this space and then immediately afflicted with the infamous Curse of Gary Roberts Wednesday, only seeing the ice for Games 1 and 2 of the Finals before making the joyless trip to Healthy Scratchland. Of course, this turn of events made me swear I wouldn’t throw another Penguin into the GRW mix, but that was before LeMoyne’s own Maxime Talbot slammed home a game tying goal against the Red Wings in the Stanley Cup Finals. With thirty seconds left. In an elimination game. I’d be lying if I said I liked Mike Therrien’s decision to throw Mad Max on the ...
Those Other Teams Pt. 3: Pittsburgh
In Lou We Trust —
Rounding out our non-Rangers division teams that aren’t the New Jersey Devils are the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins are interesting in the phenomenon of “other teams.” If you’ve only paid attention to hockey since 2006 or so, and there’s nothing wrong with that, you’d think the Penguins are a bunch of smug skaters. What with their Sidney Crosbys and their Evgeni Malkins and their formerly banana-pad clad Marc-Andre Fleurys and their Sergei Gonchars and their terrible car commercials and their enthusiastic fan base. They think they are so awesome ...
Brodeur Your Thirst
In Lou We Trust —
I never got a chance to discuss it yet, but Martin Brodeur has a biography out that he wrote with Damian Cox of the Toronto Star. It's called Brodeur: Beyond the Crease and it's your basic nuts-and-bolts kind of sports biography. Will you learn amazing insight into the game or the player's mind? Not really. Will you learn of all the dirt on ...
7 Days of Penguins Hockey Day 4
postgameheroes.com —
Frame by Frame: Where Have I Seen This Before? | Home 7 Days of Penguins Hockey Day 4 By Dagger | October 1, 2008 The Pittsburgh Penguins open up their season in Stockholm, Sweden on Saturday vs the Ottawa Senators. Just like last year, we’re going to do our “7 days of Penguin hockey” to get in the mood. It’s kinda like the TBS’ “7 days of 007?. Here we go: Day 4 Sergei Gonchar, Geno Malkin, Max Talbot, and ex-Pen Colby Armstrong bring you the worst commercial of all time. Seriously. Of all time. Ever. In the history of television. Ballhype: hype it up! Topics: Pittsburgh Penguins | Comments Name (required) Mail ...
Phoenix leads Western Conference in politically savvy snowmen
Puck Daddy —
How do you win the best marketing campaign award in the National Hockey League these days? Well, blend a mullet-wearing snowman with a French accent and you've got Pierre, the "Fanatic Hockey Snowman" who's been a part of the Coyotes marketing plan since last season. According to the press release when the campaign was announced last October, Pierre "was drafted out of Chicoutimi, Quebec Canada to up the entertainment level of the Coyotes brand. At 2-foot-1 and weighing in at four pounds, Pierre truly believes he can play for Coach Wayne Gretzky and the Coyotes, even though he has no ...
Max Talbot's Supreme Acting Skills Return
Sean Leahy's Going Five Hole —
Just call him Max, or superstar. Max Talbot is back in the follow up to the highly successful A&L Motors commercial from last season. In this episode, he picks up his BMW from service, hits on the cute receptionist and even busts out some French. Ballhype: hype it up! [image] [image] Subscribe to this feed
Pittsburgh Penguins A&L Motors Local Commercials
FanIQ Blog —
I'm well aware that being an NHL player means you're not all that likely to get any kind of huge endorsement opportunity, but I'd have to think the Pittsburgh Penguins can do better than this.
Above is Penguins player Max Talbot appearing in a local A&L Motors ad which, I'm just guessing here, had a budget of somewhere close to $10. Watch Max drop some French on the receptionist to try and get a date.
Now, as bad as the ad is, it honestly doesn't even come close to last year's one which featured Talbot, Colby Armstrong, Sergei ...
Puck Headlines: Light a candle tonight for Devils fans
Puck Daddy —
Here are your Weekend Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • First off, Leahy has a review of the coverage from our Alexander Semin interview on Friday. Most of the Canadian news outlets kept the whole "blog" thing at arm's length but crediting Yahoo.com or Yahoo! Sports with the story. But the Luddite Award goes to Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal, who claimed that Semin was "in fine form for a Russian publication." Which ...
Honoring hockey's greatest commercial pitchmen
Puck Daddy —
Advertisers love using athletes (and, occasionally, ice girls) in their commercials and ads, believing that if a potential consumer sees their favorite player pitching a product or service, that consumer will rush out and buy it with the hope of starting a loyal relationship between buyer and seller. In a recent perfect matching of athlete and service, Alexander Ovechkin spurred all prehistoric looking kids in the Washington D.C. area to get haircuts when the Washington Capitals superstar landed an endorsement deal with Hair Cuttery. Back in the day, the New York Rangers and Vidal Sassoon teamed ...
Tales of the Tape: Florida Panthers 1/3/09, Maxime Talbot vs. Gregory Campbell
PensBurgh —
It wasn't a pretty day for the Penguins yesterday, that's for sure. In a game where nothing seemed to go right, another strange occurance happened - two fights in which Pens not usually known for dropping the gloves went nuts. Of course, one was an all-out ambush, but before we get to that, let's look at the first one:
Late in the second period, straight out of the draw, Max and Gregory Campbell drop the gloves and go at one another. They spin and spin and then they spin some more. After a couple of punches, Max loses his balance, but pops right back up ...
Picture this - 2-9-09
Empty Netters —
Something we regret not doing yesterday was posting some photos several EN readers were kind enough to send during the game. But trying to keep up with the game flow and processing the photos can be a little dicey. Plus, we're a little too mentally worn out to come up with some list pointing out who's been on the ice for the most even strength goals on even numbered days this calendar year. Just running all the photos together for today is a lazy easy way to come up with an anchor post.
(We have a good list in the works for tomorrow actually. Tune in and check it out.)
Anyway, here's what several enterprising EN readers ...
Sharks Gameday: And The Oscar Goes To...
Battle of California —
San Jose Sharks (37-7-7) at Pittsburgh Penguins (26-24-5) 4:30 PST A few weeks back, I reconnected with my old friend Kristy who lives in the Pittsburgh area thanks to the miracles of Facebook and the intertubes. While giving her the usual razzing about Sidney Crosby, she revealed that she's got a secret hockey crush on one Max Talbot.
Yeah. That dude. (I told her that Talbot looks like a caveman.) Why? Well, she explains, look at his stellar acting ability:
Yikes. I'd like to see Christian Bale handle the pressures of filming in a car ...
Sex Sells, But Not Like Bruce Boudreau
Total Pro Sports —
Total Pro Sports- You've got to love your typical low budget athlete endorsed car commercial.
The Penguins had a great one out last year featuring Colby Armstrong, Max Talbot, Sergei Gonchar and Evgeni Malkin in an A&L BMW commercial. Now the people at Mercedes Benz of Alexandria have taken full advantage of the acting skills of Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau.
These things just keep getting better and better. I caught one last night during the Flyers vs Caps game on Comcast. Just one question. Is it me or is there ...
Get To Know a Penguin: Maxime Talbot
Japers' Rink —
[Ed. note: As part of the build-up to the second round playoff series between the Capitals and Penguins, Japers' Rink will be looking at some of the important but lesser-known players on the Penguins and how they might impact the series.] ...
FaF 2009 Stanley Cup Preview: Penguins v. Red Wings
Fourth And Fifty —
Can you pretend you like hockey? Just for a second? Just to see how it feels?
The NHL... Where "Small Market Teams" happens.
Let’s be honest. I’m writing this post before Detroit seizes up the Western Conference Championship. Am I worried that I’m going to jinx them? ...
Mad Max: Beyond Igloo Dome - Pittsburgh 4, De-Twat 2
HOCKEE NIGHT - home of FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS and THE HOCKEENIGHT PUCKCAST —
Hi, my name is Maxime Talbot, and you might remember me from such films as: Scoring with the Goalie Pulled (I'm no Karl Hungus, but it's funnier when you consider my almost porn-star like name), and Being Treated like a Superstar When Your Car is in the Garage ...
