Offday Truths, Ads Edition
by tk on Jun 18, 2009 8:31 PM PDT
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The Giants on the radio are one of the great joys in life. I think we can all agree on that.
But the ads? The ads. It's enough to make me shut it off sometimes when the Hellmouths of Anaheim-Los Angeles are beating us anyway and 2/3 of the broadcast is commercials.
Here are some from the hall of shame:
• Frat-Rat Wasteoid. "Potato chips come in a cylinder. Energy drinks come in a cylinder. Sperm donors come in a cylinder. Cylinders are my friend!!"
• Door Number Three. "Are you a dickless wonder with a t-top Mustang, a sexually submissive CEO in a Beamer, or a minivan-driving soccer mom who eventually will throw down with one of the drum majors just after the kids graduate from high school? WHAT'S DRIVING YOU?"
• Dennis the Menace, Revisited. "Ohhhh. You're Lisa Stevens from Wells Fargo Bank. My dad said you'll drop trou for an autographed bat!" "Kids say the darndest things!"
• Mars-Venus. "Girls want beach vacations, garden hoses, and pretty, pretty appliances. We menfolk only want to save a dime. It doesn't matter what product this is for. It applies across the board."
• Gam-Anon. "If you win on a lottery ticket, you'll have not just a few thousand bucks but also the miraculous ability to play a decent piece of hair metal and get mad hookers and blow. Always play responsibly!"
• Brokeback Brewery. "Herrre in the Rrrocky Mount'ns, where for some reason we all tawk like we're from Texiss, we combine mule piss and acid runoff and call it 'bear.' Coors sponsorship, I wish I could quit you."
• ADD Generation. "As if you don't get enough overstimulation listening to these ridiculous ads atwhichtheytalkfivethousandwordsasecond, follow KNBR on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Bing, Geocities and Livejournal! Becausesportsmovesfast! Muchfasterthanyoucouldhearitontheradio orwatchitonTV! We're so hard for social media we're going to push it even though it's going to make us obsolete!"
You're up!
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that damn phone ring ring add
will makes me turn off the radio every single time.
by FairweatherFan on Jun 18, 2009 8:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I do turn it off every time those ones come on.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 18, 2009 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chase Bank
WE’RE NEW TO CALIFORNIA BUT WE’RE NOT REALLY NEW! NOW I WILL MAKE A TERRIBLE JOKE! LOL!
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by Natto on Jun 18, 2009 8:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
YOU MIGHT SAY THE GRASS IS GREENER ON YOUR OTHER SIDE LOL
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 18, 2009 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL STICK TO BANKING LOL
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by CB30 on Jun 18, 2009 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
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by i love sports101 on Jun 19, 2009 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My list
Valley Yellow Pages- More annoying then bananaphone
Chase Bank- Just awful
CSN Practice behind the plays behind the score- Pisses me off and is really annoying
Ralph Barbiari and Amici’s- Good pizza but dude calm down
AMPM- Cylinderz r my freind
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by CB30 on Jun 18, 2009 8:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
"The plays behind the score"
How could I have forgotten that.
“You’ll get the plays behind the score. The practices behind the plays. The Jack and Coke behind the practices. The sugar maple charcoal behind the JD’s. The upstate New Yorkers in 1860 who tapped the sugar maple behind the sugar maple charcoal. The atoms behind the upstaters. The God behind the atoms. Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and I don’t even know what this ad was for in the first place since it has been going for the last 17 minutes.”
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
by tk on Jun 18, 2009 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s the one that gets me. I’m a fairly peaceful rasta, but I hate that I do business with comcast whenever I hear this one.
"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW
by bgunn on Jun 22, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol I love you
Don’t have anything else to add.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006, and bringing you all your California League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 18, 2009 9:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
ORANGE YOU CALLED SOMETHING SOMETHING I HATE YOU
by ryanmiles on Jun 18, 2009 9:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
seems to have disappeared
but the spanglish ads for Tecate Light were offensive, and I’m not even of Latin descent. “Eets not beer, eets cerveza”. “Ees it the same thing eef I say I love you, or te quiero?”. “Do you like american cheese on your quesadillas”. I bet they didn’t run that one on the Tito Fuentes broadcasts. How come Felipe didn’t drag Tecate around the stadium tied to his bumper like he did with Krueger?
Extra credit to the Ginats genius who sold time to the Johnny Depp Dillinger movie so that they could run the trailer on the big screen on FREAKING LITTLE LEAGUE DAY this year. It’s rated R, but it was nice that all the younguns got to see Depp mowing down people with his Tommy Gun.
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
There's 3 ways to do something: the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power/ Ginats Way...
by natteringnabob on Jun 18, 2009 9:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
lol the Tecate ads were so bad, but they made me laugh
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by CB30 on Jun 18, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, they were dumb, but they didn’t make me want to throw my radio out the window.
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by Natto on Jun 18, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They made me want to throw MYSELF out the window.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on Jun 18, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They made me want to throw my radio out the window. Those ads were shit.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 18, 2009 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is why you should always carry an umbrella in SF.
There’s always someone throwing shit from their window.
My son is Madison Bumgarner, the Spacebat of pitching prospects. My other son is a Porsche.
by multiphasic on Jun 19, 2009 1:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This isn’t played anymore but I used to hate Crown Royal when that guy is singing “Every King has a crown..” in a very laid back way where I want to sleep so I just turned off the radio every time that commercial came on. Thankfully, it’s not on anymore.
by SFGuy on Jun 18, 2009 9:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
OH GOD
This was one of the worst…EVAR.
Made even worse was that I kept getting a mental image of Barry Zito singing it, in his laid-back, mellow, “I love myself” kinda way.
Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Jun 18, 2009 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I actually thought about that myself seeing Zito with his guitar.
by SFGuy on Jun 19, 2009 1:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Two things came to mind as soon as you said Giants and radio ads
WE MAKE THE PHONES RING, WE MAKE THE PHONES RING!
and
TAP… TAP PLASTICS
Seriously, has anyone seen my adopted brother?
by j14 on Jun 18, 2009 10:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That tap plastics thing has permanently burrowed into the depths of my subconscious. When I’m 80, old, and senile, I’ll be singing that to myself all day long.
Osiris, lord of the dead, and relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants.
by neurofarm on Jun 19, 2009 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love Tap plastics.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 19, 2009 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The fantastic plastic place!
T-t-t-tap!
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by ThrillisGone22 on Jun 19, 2009 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Fantastic Bong Making Supply Place!
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 19, 2009 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Glass
Plastic’s gotta go.
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, n/a on a stat sheet.
BBk supports Sleepy's Law: "As a hoops discussion grows longer, the probability of an absurd trade proposal involving LeBron James approaches 1."
by BrianBokake on Jun 21, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is how bad that “phones ring” commercial was…who was it for again?
I’m hoping it was a Valley Yellow Pages ad, because I’m about to dump the one we just got in the recycling bin. Do people really use actual paper phone books anymore?
by Merope on Jun 23, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
not hall of shame
I loved it when Miller would do the Grant Thornton (“a … passion … for the business of accounting”) commercials. But it seems Grant Thornton changed their commercials last year to sound less interesting. I always wondered whether they did that because they didn’t like the way Miller read them on the air. If so, I think they made a big mistake.
by non sequitur on Jun 18, 2009 10:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Another one that’s not on anymore – a few years ago, one of the KNBR personalities (I think it was Tom Tolbert but I don’t know – I have less than zero interest in KNBR aside from the games and postgame shows) talked about how some beer or other was a real manly beer, and listed a bunch of sissy things that the beer in question was not like. One of those sissy things was the basket catch. I guess nobody told them that it was kind of dumb to insult one of Willie Mays’s signature plays in a goddamn Giants broadcast.
Also, it goes without saying that I’m still scarred by the horribleness that was Alex Dween, the man who rents everything.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on Jun 18, 2009 10:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
(As an aside: I’ve told this story before, more than once, but the first comment I ever made on MCC was to a Grant post about bad KNBR ads, and I referenced both of those, plus screwcap wine. The first person to respond to my comment was tk. This all seems terribly appropriate.)
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on Jun 18, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have no idea what my first comment was. Is there a way to find it or do you just remember yours?
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by CB30 on Jun 18, 2009 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can search for yourself in the search bar and skip to the last page, which is where your first comment should be.
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by groug on Jun 19, 2009 1:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh dear God, are you kidding me?
My first comment was about… the Fry’s ads.
My son is Madison Bumgarner, the Spacebat of pitching prospects. My other son is a Porsche.
by multiphasic on Jun 19, 2009 1:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cue laser noises.
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, n/a on a stat sheet.
BBk supports Sleepy's Law: "As a hoops discussion grows longer, the probability of an absurd trade proposal involving LeBron James approaches 1."
by BrianBokake on Jun 21, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pepe Le PEW PEW PEW!
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Jun 21, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha I love those ads, I do the voice pretty well.
your best buys ARE ALLLWAYS at fries! GUARUNTEED!!!!
by lincypoo i wuv u on Jun 23, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I’m glad they stopped running ads for Panda Express. “It’s Chinese for yummy!” sent my wife into fits of homicidal rage several times a game.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on Jun 18, 2009 10:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Those were cringeworthy.
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by Natto on Jun 18, 2009 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t remember those but if I heard them I would be screaming in Chinese and I don’t speak Chinese (even though I am Chinese).
by SFGuy on Jun 19, 2009 1:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait, it’s NOT Chinese for yummy?!
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
by can of corn on Jun 19, 2009 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I believe that’s Zhang Ziyi
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You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Jun 19, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a perfectly rational hatred of every Geico commercial that plays.
This one: “I’m a big jackass who will interrupt you by saying big jackass things until you’re beaten into complete submission because I WORK FOR GEICO!”
And this one: “Somebody’s staring at me.” “What, like, staring?” “Yeah, like… oh man I want to fuck that money” “Hey, why am I sitting here in this sexist commercial that is the same EXACT joke as Geico’s other sexist commercial that they play on TV and isn’t any funnier there?” “He’s staaaaaring at meeeeee!”
I also don’t like any ads that advertise the station’s actual shows. Any ad for Radnitch is going to be either racist or just plain unbearably self-involved, and any ad for any of the other shows is going to be about tits somehow.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 18, 2009 11:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
YES.
All of those Geico ones. I couldn’t even get into it. If there’s one insurance company I’ll NEVER buy from. I even told a phone marketing survey guy one day that I was least likely to buy Geico. “Why?” he said. “The ads,” I told him.
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
by tk on Jun 19, 2009 5:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate the ads with the english accented gekko, and I hate the ads with the money and the googly eyes. I must apologize to everyone however, because I still like the caveman ads.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
by rxmeister on Jun 19, 2009 7:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like the gekko, hate the caveman. Go figure.
Sergio Romo: striking out professional hitters since 2005. And winner of the 2012 NL Fireman of the Year Award!
by Lyle on Jun 19, 2009 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You civilizationist bastard.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jun 19, 2009 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I kinda like the gecko. The cavemen ads were clever when they first debuted, but they’ve long since jumped the shark with them.
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by Natto on Jun 19, 2009 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is the correct response.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Jun 19, 2009 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I always sing along
t-t-t-t-tTAPPPP
TAP PLASTICS
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jun 18, 2009 11:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That one doesn’t bother me.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 18, 2009 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ive gotten used to it. Its been on for like my whole life
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by CB30 on Jun 18, 2009 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t say it bothered me. I enjoy singing along to it.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jun 19, 2009 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, that’s actually what I got from your comment. Mine was designed to be in agreement. I guess it came out wrong.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 21, 2009 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hall of Fame
I actually miss that Wells Fargo commercial with Randy Winn and Fred Lewis doing the worst voice acting I’ve ever heard. I laughed every time I heard it.
Osiris, lord of the dead, and relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants.
by neurofarm on Jun 19, 2009 12:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This
Couldn’t Randy even feign surprise that Lisa Stevens suddenly appeared? By comparison, Shane Snow was Laurence Olivier.
"Are we bad? No. But right now, we are." Boulderskull, 4.16.09
by Kitspool on Jun 19, 2009 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Funny thing is Shane Snow is better at talking than his dad is.
by SFGuy on Jun 19, 2009 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1,000,000
Les Plack = more chicks
I am running roughshod over the dingerz.exe league. the dl is trying to jinx me, but im too guile-y.
by Headhunter Rollins on Jun 24, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
1- 8-7-7-kars-4-kids
obviously, not a charity that helps kids learn to spell
Tommy Lasorda HATES GIANTSBOARD.COM
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Say Hey! Say Who? Say Willie, that Giant Kid is Great!
by merkin on Jun 19, 2009 12:47 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Charity misled donors, AG says
A New Jersey-based charity is being required to change its solicitation practices and pay Oregon $65,000 as part of a settlement agreement with the Oregon Attorney General’s Office.
Tommy Lasorda HATES GIANTSBOARD.COM
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Say Hey! Say Who? Say Willie, that Giant Kid is Great!
by merkin on Jun 19, 2009 1:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know what I can't remember?
Where my best buys are, and how often they’re there.
My son is Madison Bumgarner, the Spacebat of pitching prospects. My other son is a Porsche.
by multiphasic on Jun 19, 2009 1:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And don’t you think they’re trying to make a parallel off of Best Buy? My husband had never heard of Best Buy until those ads, when I said they were a competitor of Fry’s. He went o_O if I’m recalling right.
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
by tk on Jun 19, 2009 5:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
funny how these ads play on different coasts. Here we have Best Buy’s all over the place, but I have never seen a Fry’s in my life. Whenever I go to San Francisco, I’m amazed to finally see all these stores that previously I had just seen in ads during Giants’ games.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
by rxmeister on Jun 19, 2009 7:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
pfffft I remember when Fry’s was a grocery store chain.
by Merope on Jun 19, 2009 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We must be contemporaries
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by ThrillisGone22 on Jun 19, 2009 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Same here. I went with my gran on Saturdays and marveled at the live lobsters in the tank. Those were fun times for a five year old. They still have Fry’s groceries in Arizona.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 19, 2009 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We have both varieties.
Fry’s , for what I buy , has the best marriage of quality and price.
They give the milk away , I swear.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Jun 21, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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by Natto on Jun 19, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the Fry’s ads are stupid, but I like the lazer gun noises because I do the air gun thing when they play.
by xanthan on Jun 19, 2009 4:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
PEW PEW PEW
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jun 19, 2009 7:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The beauty of listening/watching on MLB.com
Blissful silence between innings.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
by Roger on Jun 19, 2009 5:07 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
?
I used Gameday Audio for years while I was living outside the Bay Area, and the ads always played.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on Jun 19, 2009 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gameday Audio
Audio still plays regular ads.
Video does not. Most of the time it’s blissful silence, but every once in a while, you get THEIR commercials. (At least, this was true last year.) About Griffey getting 600, Manny getting 500, etc and about how you can WATCH IT ALL on MLB.TV!
Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Jun 19, 2009 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish there were commercials. Silence is boring.
Adoptive parent of Noah Lowry.
:-(
by Cookyman on Jun 19, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about the Tommy James ones? “Hi, we’re two guys, and we loooove each other’s clothes. Yeah, buddy. Oh yeah.” So full of hoyay it’s not funny. Wait, that’s K&K? Even more so.
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
by tk on Jun 19, 2009 5:08 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Patrick James
With their Tommy Bahama?
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by ThrillisGone22 on Jun 19, 2009 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eh, it’s KnK. I’d rather listen to them than some random schlubs.
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by Natto on Jun 19, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, it’s been a while since I saw anyone use hoyay.
Bringin’ it back!
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by groug on Jun 19, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This thread also needs more Body Sound talk.
by xanthan on Jun 19, 2009 5:45 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Not Giants radio but KNBR…
Any of the rick barry ads were painful to listen to “hey, I am rick barry….” in an annoyed voice
AMICI’S!!!!!!! Yes Ralph thinking about a fat pig stuffing his face 3 times a day is going to get me to buy the food
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jun 19, 2009 6:07 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Valley Yellow Pages...
“We make the phone ring, we make the phone … …”
“We make the phone ring, we make the phone … …”
“We make the phone ring, we make the phone … …”
“We make the phone ring, we make the phone … …”
“We make the phone ring, we make the phone … …”
“We make the phone ring, we make the phone … …”
“We make the phone ring, we make the phone … …”
“We make the phone ring, we make the phone … …”
“We make the phone ring, we make the phone … …”
“We make the phone ring, we make the phone … …”
“We make the phone ring, we make the phone … …”
“We make the phone ring, we make the phone … …”
“We make the phone ring, we make the phone … …”
“We make the phone ring, we make the phone … …”
“We make the phone ring, we make the phone … …”
I’m shaking, and my peripheral field of vision begins to close in. My consciousness switches to stand-by mode; all I can do is picture an early twentiethth century sanitarium, in which frontal lobotomies are performed with railroad spikes and this commercial is played over and over and over and over to determine its effect on WWI POW’s. Hazey images from “Johnny Got His Gun” break the solid stream of red now clouding my mind. A tremendous wave of anxiety floods my veins. My body is slowly being consumed by the warm rush of animalistic rage. The incessant, drumbeat-like cadence of the chorus is broken by the monotone voice of Seig Fisher, Founder and CEO of Valley Yellow Pages.
I flash back to the moment I was born; no doubt a reconciliation of my Id and superego for the fury-induced atrocity I may be about to commit…
“I’m Seig Fisher…”
“I’m Seig Fisher…”
“I’m Seig Fisher…”
“I’m Seig Fisher…”
“I’m Seig Fisher…”
“I’m Seig Fisher…”
“I’m Seig Fisher…”
“I’m Seig Fisher…”
“I’m Seig Fisher…”
“I’m Seig Fisher…”
“I’m Seig Fisher…”
“I’m Seig Fisher…”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAMAKEITSTOPHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHA
Stupid is as Ruben Rivera does...
by bkrhater on Jun 19, 2009 7:48 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
peripheral field of vision begins to close in
Bitemporal hemianopia can be a sign of pituitary tumor, impinging upon the optic chiasm
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You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Jun 19, 2009 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
MALIGNANT NEOPLAZM!
LET ME SHOW IT TO YOU!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 19, 2009 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d rec that.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
by oldjacket on Jun 19, 2009 8:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
if only TWSS
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jun 19, 2009 8:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tecate was mentioned
But I don’t think anyone mentioned the one I’m thinking of. They list off like 10 different beers and say “Tecate” in the middle of them, and they end up saying the same list of beers like 200 bazillion times. SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jun 19, 2009 8:17 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
NOTE:
I’m only going to tell you which radio ad I hate ONCE. When I’m FINISHED. Because when I tell you which radio ad I hate, you’ll lose tracks of the FACTS.
"Are we bad? No. But right now, we are." Boulderskull, 4.16.09
by Kitspool on Jun 19, 2009 8:24 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I never got that ad. There was a sense of urgency in his voice for crappily made cars. Sure made me want to drop everything in my life and go buy one.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 19, 2009 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That ad’s copy needs to be adopted for Giants broadcasts: “Edgar Renteria’s slugging percentage isn’t .350, or .340, or even .330, but just THREE NINETEEN. THREE NINE-TEEN.”
"Are we bad? No. But right now, we are." Boulderskull, 4.16.09
by Kitspool on Jun 19, 2009 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
THREE NIIIIINE-TEEEEEEN!
/loses track of the facts
That always bugged me about those ads. He always said he was only going to mention the price ONCE, but when he finally was FINISHED, he actually said it three times.
Whatcha gonna do, brother, when Bowkermania walks wild on you?
by rightcenterfielder on Jun 19, 2009 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hi, Tom Shane here...
…and now you have a friend in the diamond business.
by ryanmiles on Jun 19, 2009 9:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
ShaneCo
The Shane Company has a nicer ring to it than “Jared.”
I moved down to SoCal (ugh), and there is a jewelry chain called “Jared” Galleria of Jewelry. (Not on the level of ShaneCo, they seem to be more like a mall store.)
Jared. Sounds like the neighbor kid who deals weed.
Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Jun 19, 2009 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh lord those Jared ads make me want to drive off a cliff. HE WENT TO JARED AND BOUGHT ME SOME UGLY TACKY OVERPRICED PIECE OF CRAP HSCJSLVHLSBIHLH /barf
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 19, 2009 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love the name!
Jared Galeria of FINE jewelery
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jun 19, 2009 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well if they advertise as “purveyors of cheap worthless trinkets” they might not do to much business.
by Merope on Jun 19, 2009 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
EVERY KISS BEGINS WITH KAY!
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 19, 2009 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Most depressing slogan ever.
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, n/a on a stat sheet.
BBk supports Sleepy's Law: "As a hoops discussion grows longer, the probability of an absurd trade proposal involving LeBron James approaches 1."
by BrianBokake on Jun 21, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank God
I’m not alone in this
Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Jun 19, 2009 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mr. Merope knows to reach for the mute button on the remote when those commercials come on the TV.
“He got drunk last night and beat me senseless, BUT HE WENT TO JARED!!”
STFU you materialistic BITCH!!
by Merope on Jun 19, 2009 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL I love you
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 23, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
FYI, a good way to kick daimond demands to the curve is to watch Blood Diamond.
Now, when ever we walk by a diamond store, my fiance tells me about where diamonds come from.
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jun 19, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Jun 19, 2009 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+2
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
by tk on Jun 19, 2009 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like this post.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
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Kevin Frandsen, come back!
by WalrusMan on Jun 19, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
At Market and Willowpass Road. Open weekdays ’till 8, weekends ’till 5.
Does anyone remember when they were “across from the Dunfee”?
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Jun 19, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes
I remember as a kid, seeing that place for the first time and thinking, “Wow, just like from that radio commercial!”
Whatcha gonna do, brother, when Bowkermania walks wild on you?
by rightcenterfielder on Jun 19, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
top of the hill in Daly City?
or is that some other trashy old ad that will expose me as an old codger?
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
There's 3 ways to do something: the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power/ Ginats Way...
by natteringnabob on Jun 19, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would be Matthews. Until looking it up just now, I had no idea they were an electronics store. I just remember the slogan from their radio commercials.
Whatcha gonna do, brother, when Bowkermania walks wild on you?
by rightcenterfielder on Jun 19, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think there was a jewelry store too
although I definitely remember that ad, probably from KFRC (before they found Jesus or the A’s).
Fun fact: top of the hill daly city retail now anchored by St. Vincent De Paul thrift store
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
There's 3 ways to do something: the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power/ Ginats Way...
by natteringnabob on Jun 20, 2009 6:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone else remember the one where he actually used the phrase “getting all up in your grill”?
Whatcha gonna do, brother, when Bowkermania walks wild on you?
by rightcenterfielder on Jun 19, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, but I remember the rap.
Judgment Day is coming
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by Natto on Jun 19, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate the "Fun Time Guide to Dallas & Miami" -- who gives a crap???
Oh, wait— that’s an ad on here.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Jun 19, 2009 9:42 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
adblock FTW
I have no idea what you are talking about
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
There's 3 ways to do something: the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power/ Ginats Way...
by natteringnabob on Jun 19, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey
Anyone remember that jcb9’s first post was about commercials?
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by WalrusMan on Jun 19, 2009 9:47 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Was it? I’m not sure if that’s ever been mentioned before!
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
by can of corn on Jun 19, 2009 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HEY DID YOU GUYS NOTICE THAT WALRUSMAN LIKES MINI TACOS AND LED ZEPPELIN?
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on Jun 19, 2009 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but he likes to stick them up his butt.
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by Natto on Jun 19, 2009 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/prison joke
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on Jun 19, 2009 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought Natto was talking about Led Zepplin
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Jun 19, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had to get my CDs in there.
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by WalrusMan on Jun 19, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who doesn’t?
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 21, 2009 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought this wasn’t a meme.
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by WalrusMan on Jun 19, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“Sperm donors come in a cylinder” was a for real LOL.
I hate any of them with that really deep voice over guy who does a lot of the local or KNBR spots. I am trying to think of exactly what he says… His voice just sounds so gross and phoney and vaguely creepy.
by out machine on Jun 19, 2009 10:10 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
srsly. Joke of the year.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
by oldjacket on Jun 19, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
For all you geezers...
Dublin, Berkeley, San Lorenzo, Cupertino, San Jose
by Merope on Jun 19, 2009 12:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I must be a geezer. =(
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
by can of corn on Jun 19, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That reminds me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_TuXMn0ks8
Judgment Day is coming
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by Natto on Jun 19, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"I'm a credit man!"
Whatever happened to that guy?
Whatcha gonna do, brother, when Bowkermania walks wild on you?
by rightcenterfielder on Jun 19, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How ’bout Cal Worthington and his “dog” Spot?
I think they were up here in Folsom, but are now outta business, not sure though, and too lazy, not interested enough to look.
by Merope on Jun 19, 2009 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go See Cal!
I also remember a horrid carpet ad involving a woman astride a roll of rug dressed as a cowgirl that whooped “Giddyup, Shag”. I think that was on some UHF channel.
Note: UHF not a Weird Al movie but television signals formerly delivered to antennas located on rooftops, UHF a notorious, non-network subclass on snowy, staticky channels that often got hard to see during rainstorms or otherwise: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhf
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
There's 3 ways to do something: the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power/ Ginats Way...
by natteringnabob on Jun 20, 2009 6:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The funniest thing about Cal Worthington is that he has Snoop Dogg do his radio commercials for his Ford dealership radio commercials. It’s a Ford dealership in Long Beach.
“Go see Cal, and tell him that Snoop Dee-oh-double-G sent you”
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Jun 21, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Notice how the height chart behind them goes 5 feet, 5’5", 6 feet?
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on Jun 19, 2009 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dublin, Berkeley, San Lorenzo, Cupertino, San Jose
I worked there, and met my wife while working there.
"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW
by bgunn on Jun 22, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is a known fact amongst my friends
That if Tom Shane tells me I’m his friend just one more time, I have defense lawyers lined up for the inevitable trial.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
by Aadik on Jun 19, 2009 2:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Say...
… how many cars from Ol’ Giveaway Joe does Krukow own by now?
by Bad Horse on Jun 19, 2009 2:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
TV Ad
It’s a new Domino’s ad campaign where one of the guys tells people (read: also us) to, “Try some south in your mouth.”
Pass.
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at second.
by marcello on Jun 19, 2009 5:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I just want to know what Kurk's fist three favorite drinks are
by Angry Dwarf on Jun 19, 2009 5:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Beer, beer and beer.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
by oldjacket on Jun 19, 2009 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
… which makes his fourth-favorite drink “Beers.”
Math is fun, kids!
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
by tk on Jun 19, 2009 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Any Wendy’s commercial since Dave Thomas passed away.
Judgment Day is coming
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by Natto on Jun 19, 2009 7:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
And Subway five dollar foot longs
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by Natto on Jun 19, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jared looked healthier when he was 400 pounds.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
by rxmeister on Jun 20, 2009 7:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
AGREED
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 21, 2009 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Jun 21, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Frostys are the only thing on their menu that don’t immediately trigger my gag reflex.
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, n/a on a stat sheet.
BBk supports Sleepy's Law: "As a hoops discussion grows longer, the probability of an absurd trade proposal involving LeBron James approaches 1."
by BrianBokake on Jun 21, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I happen to like their chicken sandwhiches too, but that’s it.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen, come back!
by WalrusMan on Jun 21, 2009 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like Wendy’s chili. But I don’t go to Wendy’s much since there aren’t any that I know of in SF anymore.
by SFGuy on Jun 22, 2009 3:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Painting KNBR endorsement add
I think it’s PCon, or Dibbly (sp?)—one of the non-host personalities who does an endorsement for a
painting company (like Ralph does for Amici’s).
First of all he says he upgraded his marriage by getting his dinning room.painted by professionals (which is just weird, but I guess I understand what he’s getting at), then midway through the commercial, it magically changes to him talking about what a great job they did in his living room.
Which is it?
"The dreams ain't broken down here now, they're walking with a limp" --TW
by bgunn on Jun 22, 2009 4:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't know
but he seems awfully excited to have had a room in his house painted- ZOMG in only one day! They sound like freakin’ miracle workers already!
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
There's 3 ways to do something: the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power/ Ginats Way...
by natteringnabob on Jun 22, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s Dibbs.
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, n/a on a stat sheet.
BBk supports Sleepy's Law: "As a hoops discussion grows longer, the probability of an absurd trade proposal involving LeBron James approaches 1."
by BrianBokake on Jun 23, 2009 1:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought that was weird, but you can’t rewind a radio commercial. I figured I just heard it wrong.
by Merope on Jun 23, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not one mention of Alex Dween of United Rentals yet?
by biff pocoroba on Jun 23, 2009 8:28 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
There was, actually
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/6/18/917423/offday-truths-ads-edition#17156789
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on Jun 23, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
on the tv side, can someone get rid of amy gutierrez and her mega-whine?
And someone tell kuip that his name is pronounced “paw-blow”
oh, and jt snow sounds like a cardboard vulcan robot who overdosed on cliche pills
Les Plack = more chicks
I am running roughshod over the dingerz.exe league. the dl is trying to jinx me, but im too guile-y.
by Headhunter Rollins on Jun 24, 2009 1:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Cylinderz makes me want to
stab my ears with an ice-pick. Oh, and the god-awful mini-van crap too.
Lisa Stevens would as well, but that is a good cause, so she gets a pass.
by toofruss on Jun 25, 2009 12:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Did I mention that I want to bomb a Kragen now?
by toofruss on Jun 25, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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