Best/Worst Basketball Commercials!!!!!!!
W.W. Chen
Wayne
Dave Burrola
Worst: Those annoying Grant Hill Sprite commercials
Kevin Dolorico
: Best: Those "Little Penny" Nike commercials
Best, imho--- the Pippen Nike commercial...
: Worst: Those annoying Grant Hill Sprite commercials
The Jordan Hanes commercials.
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: Fire away!!!!!!!!!
The Sports Center commercial where the ESPN guys bring in the NBA ringers
for their social league games.
"Just play the game, plumber-boy."
kelly
Rob Carpenter
>: Worst: Those annoying Grant Hill Sprite commercials
No. "Action Jackson". Hands down.
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> Fire away!!!!!!!!!
>
>
> Wayne
>
>>>>Worst: Mashburn's Fila commercial, Olajawon's LA Gear
Best: Rodman and Robinson for Pizza Hut, Pippen's new Nike spot
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headed toward the New York area!!!
Forrest H. Stroud
Not quite -- Worst: Those annoying Grant Hill _Fila_ commercials...
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Shut up, fool! The "Normally, little Tommy Johnson..." commercial is
cool--and I'm a Carolina fan!
The best thing going is the Kemp "long yell, four nasty dunks, and a
look of disgust" commercial--anything with dunks is cool.
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Life sucks.
topdawg
Best: Footlocker commercial with all the "Legends"
of b-ball saying how rough it was in the old days to
the little kid.
Worst: Anything with the fake Curtis Mayfield song.
William Keleher
am a little confused by the Nike commerical with the women's players.
What exactly is the point? That basically three of the five best
women's players in the country have enough skills to win an occasional
pickup game? That's, like, impressive?
-Wm.
Robyn F. Perez
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>In article <4aq4da$4...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, anna...@ux7.cso.uiuc.edu> (P. Annamalai)
>writes:
>
:Can someone please explain to me the line "Los Lobos" and what it has to
:do with the T-wolves? Wasn't Los Lobos a musical band few years back?
Yes, they were a band, but the line has nothing to do with them. Los lobos means "the
wolves" in Spanish.
P. Annamalai
>In article <4ajfau$s...@cmcl2.NYU.EDU>, kwd...@is2.nyu.edu (Kevin
>Dolorico) wrote:
>
>>Dave Burrola (dbur...@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu) wrote:
>>: Best: Those "Little Penny" Nike commercials
>
>
>Little Penny going "I guess Spike Lee wasn't available"......Funny,
>funny, FUNNY!
Can someone explain to me the line "Los Lobos" and what it has to do with
the T-wolves? Wasn't Los Lobos a musical band few years back?
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>Dave Burrola (dbur...@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu) wrote:
>: Best: Those "Little Penny" Nike commercials
>Best, imho--- the Pippen Nike commercial...
Yeah, but that with Penny in the living room watching his TV ad and then
Little Penny going "I guess Spike Lee wasn't available"......Funny,
funny, FUNNY!
>: Worst: Those annoying Grant Hill Sprite commercials
>The Jordan Hanes commercials.
At least most of Hanes commercials fly by. I can't figure out the excuse
for the Ray-O-Vac Reusable Batteries. His airness lecturing about
garbage dumps. Ech.....
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One of the best had to be LJ's grandmama commercial where KJ
comes over for a game.
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>In article <4ajfau$s...@cmcl2.NYU.EDU>, kwd...@is2.nyu.edu (Kevin Dolorico) writes:
>
:Best, imho--- the Pippen Nike commercial...
Which one is this? I don't think I've seen his most recent one.
Best: Nike's Barkley singing an aria and killing a ref; Disco Penny;
George Gervin, D. Robinson, T. Hardaway, etc. at the barbershop talking trash
Worst: Spreewell's "owns it" --yeah right; Shaq preaching literacy (like the blind leading
the blind)
Vijay Ramanujan
Hill at the piano).
Worst: Little Penny. "No doubt about it, Anfernee Hardaway is the best
player in the NBA". Really? No doubt? "I'm sensing triple double." Not
likely, Chris.
Actually, the worst basketball commercial award would go to a local NY
commercial with the Knicks playing poker with "Nobody Beats the Wiz Wiz
bucks" as the ante, but it's not national.
Vijay R.
Courtenay Godshall
and Charles Barkley. They even did a spin-off with football place
kickers. You know the one...."over the backboard, off the rafters,
over the arena...nothin' but net...". I wish they would bring
those back!
Worst: anything with Shaq
Jeffrey R.Scherrer
>In article <4aptrd$6...@steel.interlog.com> jjo...@interlog.com writes:
>>
>>>Dave Burrola (dbur...@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu) wrote:
>>>: Best: Those "Little Penny" Nike commercials
>>
>>
>>Little Penny going "I guess Spike Lee wasn't available"......Funny,
>>funny, FUNNY!
>
>the T-wolves? Wasn't Los Lobos a musical band few years back?
>
is The and Lobos is wolf or wolves.
Jeff
David Pressley
>best is obvisiouly the Foot Action one with Reggie... heavy thunderstorms
>headed toward the New York area!!!
I couldn't figure out if this was a Foot Action commercial or if it was
a some weird Ferengi spinoff from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
jw...@lehigh.edu
Best (current) :
-Reggie Miller "Raining threes"
-ESPN sportcenter "hazing" (not really a basketball ad, but funny)
Worst (current)
-Jordan Rayovac renewal
-Jordan hanes
-Penny/Chris Rock (are they going to start selling those penny dolls?)
Best (all time)
-Shaq "Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk"
-the first Larry/Michael "mothing but net"
-the REALLY old Converse Weapon commercials (magic, bird, isaiah, mark
aguirre, others)
Can anyone think of others?
Mark Widmer, S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook
> Oh man, have you ever seen the Johnny Starks Minolta ad they show in
> NY? "Watch it zoom!"
> What a hoot.
>
> dave
What made that commercial a hoot was that they had him lip-syncing to
somebody else's voice!
-- Mark
jw...@lehigh.edu
Best (all time) basketball commercials
-Shaq "Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk" oldie, but goodie
-the first Larry/Michael "mothing but net"
-the REALLY old Converse Weapon commercials (magic, bird, isaiah, mark
aguirre, others)
The converse one is my favorite, because it used a rap song (well, kind of a
rap song) before rap songs became popular in basketball (and other)
commercials, and the each of the players said an original line about
themselves. Here are the lines I remember:
Magic : The converse weapon is the shoe that lets Magic do what he was born to
do.
Isaiah: Maybe so, but that's not all, they make Isaiah play like he's 10 feet
tall
Aguirre: The same is true for Mark Aguirre. When I wear the weapon, i'm on
fire
[other players and lines i don't remember, and then]
Bird: You already know what they did for me (others: what?) I walked away with
the MVP!
Anyone remember other players/lines?
David Crotty
Vijay Ramanujan <vrm...@umich.edu> wrote:
>
>Actually, the worst basketball commercial award would go to a local NY
>commercial with the Knicks playing poker with "Nobody Beats the Wiz Wiz
>bucks" as the ante, but it's not national.
>
Oh man, have you ever seen the Johnny Starks Minolta ad they show in
David Crotty
>best is obvisiouly the Foot Action one with Reggie... heavy thunderstorms
>headed toward the New York area!!!
>
Once again, Reggie is defined in terms of his opponents. Too bad he
doesn't have enough game on his own to be marketable, and has to rely
on the lovable personalities of the New York Knicks in order to make
any money.
dave
jw...@lehigh.edu
>the T-wolves? Wasn't Los Lobos a musical band few years back?
>
"Lobo" means wolf in spanish, and "Los Lobos" means "the wolves"
Sarah Bentil (SEP 96)
Word up!!!
Brian A. Bucher
:
: The Sports Center commercial where the ESPN guys bring in the NBA ringers
: for their social league games.
:
: "Just play the game, plumber-boy."
hahahaha, yeah...i loved that one!
Boo
Rodney C. Haggerty
Bernard King: You all know me i'm Bernard King, when i wear the weapons
i can do anything
Does that sound right man?
Rodney
Grant China
fairly old and I'm doing this from memory:
1) The one where various NBA players were behind some sort of pulpit
reading the official rules from the NBA rulebook as though it were the
scripture. The final player to read is Kevin Johnson, who then looks
up and says "I love this game.".
2) The LA Gear (I think) commercial where Hakeem and Karl Malone need
a third body to play in a 3-on-3 tournament. This white guy in
sunglasses and a baseball cap wants to play. The ask him if he can
shoot. He says no. They ask him if he can rebound. He says no.
They ask him if he can pass. He takes off his sunglasses and hat and
he is Joe Montana. He says,"Yeah, I can pass." This is followed by
the usual highlight reel type of footage of Montana throwing
alley-oops to Hakeem and Malone and them throwing it down.
Uncle Vasya
>Can someone explain to me the line "Los Lobos" and what it has to do with
>the T-wolves? Wasn't Los Lobos a musical band few years back?
>
:))
Lobos = Wolves
Pete Dussin
commercials was that old commercial with Spike Lee and Tim Hardaway, where
Tim does all this hotdogging in real fast motion, and the camera goes to
a closeup on him and he says:
"I got skeelz".
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Camden Parks
commentary *afterwards* which made it. It was a local broadcast
of a Pistons game. Right after a commercial break, they put up
a graphic for one of the local sporting-goods stores, and the
play-by-play announcer (George Blaha) was telling of the sale this
store was having on some set of golf clubs.
"<blah blah blah> It comes with 3 oversized woods, 8 oversized
irons, ... <blah blah blah>"
The pitch is over, and we hear Kelly Tripucka (the color
commentator) say, "I wonder if you get oversized balls with that."
Blaha (wisely) just ignored the comment.
Camden Parks
pa...@phar.umich.edu
Jason W Mchugh
: On 12 Dec 1995, Forrest H. Stroud wrote:
: > Dave Burrola <dbur...@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu> wrote:
: > >Best: Those "Little Penny" Nike commercials
: > >Worst: Those annoying Grant Hill Sprite commercials
: >
: > Not quite -- Worst: Those annoying Grant Hill _Fila_ commercials...
: >
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: > http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~neuroses
: >
: > The Consummate Winsock Apps List
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:
: Shut up, fool! The "Normally, little Tommy Johnson..." commercial is
: cool--and I'm a Carolina fan!
: The best thing going is the Kemp "long yell, four nasty dunks, and a
: look of disgust" commercial--anything with dunks is cool.
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Are you out of your mind! The "screaming" Kemp is wiggid-wack!
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> Best: Those "Little Penny" Nike commercials
> Worst: Those annoying Grant Hill Sprite commercials
>
the Shaquille O'Neal Pepsi commercial with the HoneyMooners and
Woody Woodpecker.
Douglas J. Madigan
probably 5 years ago or so. It was a Reebok commercial of some
playground basketball. It was modeled after real playground legends in
Chicago. The main character was a player named Lamar Mundane. He
could really rain from the outside.
In article <1995Dec19....@sfov1.verifone.com>,
gran...@verifone.com says...
ALLEN L.
Madigan) wrote:
:I think that definitely the best basketball commercial of all time was
:>
i think the best commercial was the scottie pippen's "i jam therefore i
am" a couple of years ago.
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Nari Igawa
>Best: Those "Little Penny" Nike commercials
>Worst: Those annoying Grant Hill Sprite commercials
Wai. Best ones:
+ Scottie Pippin goes back in time and does slams the ball all over
the court on an all-white squad. Later, a scout comes over and tells
him he could make hundreds of dollars playing professional basketball.
+ Michael Jordan and Larry Bird shoot out for the Quarter Pounder.
+ Little kid tells Shaq not to touch his Pepsi, "don't even think
about it."
+ Taco Bell commercial where you get to see Hakeem and Shaq ride a
bicycle together with the cute hats on.
+ Mr. Robinson brings his friend Sir Charles on to his show.
+ All-Shaq game comes down to free throws.
+ Spike Lee has the dream where Michael retires and then comes back to
spank his beloved Knicks.
-- -- -- -- --
Wai. Worst ones:
+ Michael Jordan selling underware.
+ Charles Barkley selling deoderant as an archaeologist.
+ Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem on a plane talking about leg space.
+ Reggie Miller selling basketball cards.
+ Mt. Mutombo shoe commercial
+ (NY) Boomer Esiasan calls the Knicks asking for a clutch play.
+ Legends of the game telling little kid that they didn't have special
shoes in their time.
+ Pat Riley selling cars.
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Keith G. Parker
Worst of all time is the "Revolution will not be televised."
Without a doubt the most ridiculous, hypocritical piece of
tripe I've ever seen. Televised? No. Commercialized? Yes. KP
Joe Malecki
: Dave Burrola <dbur...@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu> wrote:
: Wai. Best ones:
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commercial. It's quite possible that it was a regional commercial not
shown very far outside of Chicago.
As far as the worst. I've got to say that the Pat Reily selling contact
lenses was pretty lame.
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> -- -- -- -- --
> Wai. Worst ones:
>
>
> + Charles Barkley selling deoderant as an archaeologist.
what? you're criticizing the ad in which Sir Charles delivered the
classic line "It's clear.... with no FLAKY WHITE STUFF!" ????
that was one of the high points of modern television, as far as I'm
concerned...
(and don't forget... it's an aSTOUNDingly clear gel!)
michelle laing
>
>Dave Burrola <dbur...@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu> wrote:
>
>>Best: Those "Little Penny" Nike commercials
>>Worst: Those annoying Grant Hill Sprite commercials
>
>Wai. Best ones:
>
>+ Scottie Pippin goes back in time and does slams the ball all over
>the court on an all-white squad. Later, a scout comes over and tells
>him he could make hundreds of dollars playing professional basketball.
>
>+ Michael Jordan and Larry Bird shoot out for the Quarter Pounder.
>
>+ Little kid tells Shaq not to touch his Pepsi, "don't even think
>about it."
>
>+ Taco Bell commercial where you get to see Hakeem and Shaq ride a
>bicycle together with the cute hats on.
>
>+ Mr. Robinson brings his friend Sir Charles on to his show.
>
>+ All-Shaq game comes down to free throws.
>
>+ Spike Lee has the dream where Michael retires and then comes back to
>spank his beloved Knicks.
>
>Wai. Worst ones:
>
>
>+ Charles Barkley selling deoderant as an archaeologist.
>
>
>+ Reggie Miller selling basketball cards.
>
>+ Mt. Mutombo shoe commercial
>
>+ (NY) Boomer Esiasan calls the Knicks asking for a clutch play.
>
>+ Legends of the game telling little kid that they didn't have special
>shoes in their time.
>
>+ Pat Riley selling cars.
>
>but can't sing the stupid song. For the worst basketball commercials.
> - A.N.L.
Nari Igawa
(snip)
>what? you're criticizing the ad in which Sir Charles delivered the
>classic line "It's clear.... with no FLAKY WHITE STUFF!" ????
Yeah... it's funny... but Sir Charles says classic stuff everytime his
mug is on TV. I don't need to see him in tan shorts in an Egyptian
tomb. Compared to some of his other stuff... seems pretty dull to me.
Plus, I'd like to see him play a little...
>that was one of the high points of modern television, as far as I'm
>concerned...
Sort of like the hometown election meeting in '92?
>(and don't forget... it's an aSTOUNDingly clear gel!)
ur, ok...
-- nari
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Elizabeth M. Baum
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>>+ Charles Barkley selling deoderant as an archaeologist.
And why does "AND NO FLAKY WHITE STUFF!" come on at about 20 decibels
louder than the rest of the commercial? Poor editing, I'd say.
brian odom
c'mon this old commercial is so much better than his big mac commercials.
"two all beef cheeses, ... cheesy beefies"
"i can do anything <except win an nba championship> why can't i do this?"
"la la la la la <singing in the shower>"
"anyone got 89 cents?"
well sorry charles, but if i had 89 cents, you would be the last person
i woulg give it to. don't you already have enough money?
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