Time to Laugh at the Lakers: Volume 12,496
Fanster's Suns Community —
What they don't tell you is that Kobe had these guys over to play Guitar Hero in pink shirts...and shooting the commercial was actually just a cover. Wow. Shaq...please, please, please turn this into a rap.
Kobe, A-Rod, Phelps & Hawk Are Risky
SaltyMilk.com —
Activision must really need high sales of the new Guitar Hero because this was not a cheap commercial to make. Using top tier athletes to pimp your product is great marketing but when your game gets a 7.9 rating you really have to pull out the big guns. I think they did their job here.
Commercial CRitic: Guitar Parent Advisory
Hugging Harold Reynolds —
Did my eyes just fail me? Did I just see an accused rapist, drunk driver, accused adulterer, but definite stripper aficionado , and Tony Hawk dancing around in their underwear selling a product to children? Proceeding from my awestruck, this commercial may have a reverse affect by providing thousands of kids an "oh shit" moment when they see Phelps riffing. "Is that what I look like?" "I rock the axe cooler than him, right?" "Maybe I should dust off Madden." Let me explore the space a little more on Michael Phelps. I thought he was going to pull a hundred million in endorsements after his record breaking ...
Guitar Hero World Tour Commercial
Sports Crackle Pop —
What do you get when you combine Kobe Bryant, Alex Rodriguez, Michael Phelps and Tony Hawk into one ad? You get the new Guitar Hero World Tour commercial inspired from the famous Tom Cruise scene in “Risky Business.” I wonder how they decided on Kobe Bryant as the lead singer. And as always A-Rod looks akward. There is no guitar control whatsoever!
-H/T Larry Brown Sports
Guitar Weirdo
EXPN.com: Cody York Blog —
Bob Seger rips and all and Guitar Hero's fun up until your hand blows out, via carpel tunnel, but I'm not really sure how I feel about this one. Tony Hawk, Kobe Bryant, Alex Rodriguez and Michael Phelps dance around in their underwear in the latest commercial for Guitar Hero, 'World Tour,' reinacting Tom Cruise's famous dance sequence in Risky Business? Actually, I do know how I feel about this one...it's the single wackest thing I've ever seen in my life. —Jay Riggio ...
Thursday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
In the print version of today's New York Times (but not online that I can find) Howard Beck recounts one of the greatest conversations in Italian NBA history: "D'Antoni recalled asking [rookie Danilo] Gallinari if he was ready to play. 'He says, 'Well, if you want to win, I'll play,' D'Antoni said, laughing. 'Spoken like a true Italian.'" Worth noting D'Antoni lived in Italy for ages, and is extremely affectionate towards the place. Also worth noting that Gallinari did play, and the Knicks did win. Mike from Knickerblogger recounts the following conversation between announcers Clyde Frazier and Gus Johnson last night, as the Knicks build a huge lead: ...
Morning Links: The Curse of Guitar Hero
LEEInks —
Call it the Curse of Guitar Hero. The first, third and fourth guys to slide into the frame have now all been busted in some form or fashion. (Stay clean, Tony Hawk! Stay clean!)
via The Insider
Since we have this, I don’t see any need to proceed with the season. Playoff tickets will go on sale tomorrow down on Yawkey Way. Bye! So long! Don’t let the door hit you where the good Lord split you! Seriously. I can’t let you off that easily. We shared so many great times together — there were all the ill-thrown interceptions. (Type “Brett Favre” and “interception” into a ...
What To Get Your Favorite Yankee Slugger…
LEEInks —
Despite Monday being the 37th anniversary of the House Judiciary committee’s vote to impeach then-president Richard Nixon, the LEEInks would like to take the time for a much more jovial occasion and send out big birthday wishes to Red Sox Nation’s favorite “villain,” Alex Rodriguez. Today, the Yankee third baseman turns the big 3-4. ...
