Hollywood Pimps Pimping Products
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Re: Hollywood Pimps Pimping Products
Good commercial, terrible product.
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It was like a one-minute version Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
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Re: Hollywood Pimps Pimping Products
I remember a German commercial from 1999 or 2000 that was pretty entertaining and pretty weird. It featured some schlub following Dennis Rodman around. He would materialize whenever Rodman was in some kind of private moment (in the shower, in bed with a woman), and he would say, "Hey, Dennis Rodman! Fix me a chicken sandwich!" The thing that was most bizarre about it was that none of it seemed to have anything to do with the product being marketed.
I think maybe it was an H&M commercial. The Germans must not have been as amused by it as I was, because I'm not having much luck finding it.
I think maybe it was an H&M commercial. The Germans must not have been as amused by it as I was, because I'm not having much luck finding it.
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Re: Hollywood Pimps Pimping Products
I can't get it to embed (stupid non-YouTube video), but I think this is one of the ones you are looking for:
http://www.tvspots.tv/video/7063/hennes ... k-sandwich
http://www.tvspots.tv/video/7063/hennes ... k-sandwich
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That's the one! Looks like it was H&M, after all. It wasn't a chicken sandwich he wanted, though. That's probably one of the things that was goofing up my search results. It also didn't even occur to me that I should have tried searching for "Hennes" and "Mauritz."
I suppose the very loose connection of the commercial to the retailer is that the guy is wearing Rocky-brand "Bad Idea Jeans" (AVAILABLE AT H&M), and he's pestering Dennis Rodman. The commercial, leaning heavily on Rodman's bad-boy reputation, suggests that doing this is a "bad idea."
Now I'm wondering if the commercial is parodying/giving a nod to this fairly famous SNL parody commercial:
I'd always assumed there was no such thing as "Bad Idea Jeans" back when was running this, and I'm still more or less convinced this is the case. I'm not going to look it up. If someone else wants to, be my guest.
I suppose the very loose connection of the commercial to the retailer is that the guy is wearing Rocky-brand "Bad Idea Jeans" (AVAILABLE AT H&M), and he's pestering Dennis Rodman. The commercial, leaning heavily on Rodman's bad-boy reputation, suggests that doing this is a "bad idea."
Now I'm wondering if the commercial is parodying/giving a nod to this fairly famous SNL parody commercial:
I'd always assumed there was no such thing as "Bad Idea Jeans" back when was running this, and I'm still more or less convinced this is the case. I'm not going to look it up. If someone else wants to, be my guest.
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Re: Hollywood Pimps Pimping Products
The competition between phone companies is getting serious. First T-Mobile had that retaliation ad during the Super Bowl featuring Steve Harvey and now Verizon is going after Sprint with Ricky Gervais.
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Oh, and phone manufacturers are betting on star power as well.
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The Statham one is playing over here across all channels. It's pretty good.
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Katherine Heigl for kitty litter:
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Ryan Reynolds has just been on my very own TV screen this second to try and sell me fibre optic broadband.
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He sells Hyundais over here:
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Henry Cavill and Scarlett Johansen selling Chinese mobile phones.
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Marvel/DC crossover!
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Alec Baldwin selling broadband. And he's fucking hilarious!!
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He speaks for Amazon over here.
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Tormund Giantsbane for... a hotel chain?
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Spoilers!
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Mal just won.
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I wouldn't know. I'm afraid to watch.
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Heather Graham selling an online casino.
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Verne Troyer also selling an online casino.
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Ryan Reynolds continues to sell Broadband.... and Jeremy Renner sells mobile phones.
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Skeletor (and He-Man) selling insurance!
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Well, it was only a matter of time, I suppose.