Top five Super Bowl commercials: From Timberlake to 'The Godfather'
Shutdown Corner —
I'm no advertising expert, nor am I a Super Bowl commercials aficionado of any sort. I'm just a guy who likes football and is vaguely aware that Apple's "1984" ad is kind of a big deal, MJ and Bird playing H-O-R-S-E appears to have happened a million years ago and a jorts-clad Cindy Crawford forcefully ushered me into young manhood. Oh, and I watched every commercial break of the Giants' historic upset in the hopes of providing you with the five best ads out of this year's Super Bowl-sized buffet of crass commercialism. (Note: Anything for Salesgenie.com's "business" or starring "comedian" Carlos Mencia need not ...
Lost Treasure Found: Chip Lohmiller And Pete Stoyanovich’s 1993 McDonald’s Ad
Mr. Irrelevant —
This “split the uprights” commercial for Mickey D’s starring Redskins kicker Chip Lohmiller and Dolphins kicker Pete Stoyanovich is a continuation of Michael Jordan and Larry Bird’s crazy game of H-O-R-S-E, and MJ even makes a cameo. I remember thinking that this was awesome, and not strange at all that Lohmiller and Stoyanovich were center stage for a national McDonald’s commercial. Of course, I also don’t remember there being anything wrong with excessive neg-burns. Oh, how time is unkind.
(Fun Bunch-style high-fives to ...
Blacks Banned From Beijing Bars During Games?
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
As if there weren’t enough wonderful reasons for Beijing to host this year’s Summer Olympics - like pollution , food scares , human rights abuses - SHANGHAIST adds another great item to the list: racist bar policies . Tsingtao Chinese beer Colored waiting room sign The SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST reports that some Beijing drinking establishments near the Olympic venues said that they were told by government officials not to serve any black customers - or Mongolians, for that matter: Bar owners near the Workers’ Stadium in central Beijing say they have been forced by Public Security Bureau officials to sign pledges agreeing not ...
NEW JORDAN COMMERCIAL - WHAT DOES YOUR GAME SAY?
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Monday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
Hats off to Kevin Arnovitz, for running at TrueHoop from Phoenix over All-Star Weekend. Some highlights of his coverage: A Better All-Star Weekend, Rookie Challenge, Saturday Night Events, Sunday's Big Game, Your Nightmare Defender 1, Your Nightmare Defender 2 and Homeless Fantasy Camp. OK, you tell me: What's more fun: Shaquille O'Neal spontaneously dancing, or doing something similar but a year later, stage-managed, and choreographed? Also, with Dwight Howard's phone booth and everything -- it's starting to feel a little WWF isn't it? Just a lot of NBA players doing ...
What Does Your Game Say--New Jordan Commercial
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This new Michael Jordan commercial is amazing. Enjoy (via Docksquad):
What Does Your Game Say–New Jordan Commercial
Not Qualified To Comment —
This new Michael Jordan commercial is amazing. Enjoy (via Docksquad):
