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seadrive

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Missed Marketing Opportunities
« on: January 05, 2004, 06:38:17 PM »
The scene, the PBA Geico Open, West Babylon, NY:

Randy Pedersen: "Tommy Delutz, Jr. needs a strike on this ball to defeat Jeff Lizzi, move on to the semi-finals, and keep his Tournament of Champions hopes alive.

He starts his approach, he sends the ball right, looks good... uh, oh, hit a slick spot at the breakpoint and didn't make it back, he leaves the 2-4-5!

Jeff Lizzi is your winner!"

TD finishes the frame, looks very dejected.  Randy calls him over to the sidelines.

Randy: "Tommy, you only needed the first strike to advance, but ya choked, so no Tournament of Champions this year for you.  But I do have some good news."

TD: "What's that, Randy?"

Randy: "I just saved a bunch of money by switching my car insurance to Geico."

I think the sponsors would have loved that spot, maybe even made it part of their national advertising campaign.

Whaddya think?
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Phillip Marlowe

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Re: Missed Marketing Opportunities
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2004, 12:35:47 PM »
quote:
Slow fade as TD strangles Randy.
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Always wanted to try out a new sight on my rifle.  Wouldn't be as satisfying as strangling him, but a message must be sent.  "I got some good news.  I just shot the announcer for one of those annoying Geico commercials."
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WSUstroker

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Re: Missed Marketing Opportunities
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2004, 01:03:11 PM »
How about after Randy tells TD the good news, Tommy simply says "Don't worry about me, I had Subway last night!"
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Doggie the Dog

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Re: Missed Marketing Opportunities
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2004, 11:43:21 PM »
Miller High Life didn't even think of this one last year.  This was brought up on pba.com forums after Couch won his 3rd straight TOC last year:

Video of Duke in tears after his unforgettable sudden death win last year with A voice-over: "This man didn't have an ice-cold Miller waiting for him."

Cut to Couch and his "Miller Time" TOC victory swig.

Would have been a hilarious commercial during the PBA telecasts.
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