northwestern mutual commercial.

[tcannizzo]

Originally Posted by teebob21

IMHO it would be impossible to be more out of position. On the other hand, the sell-out is decent. He doesn't step through it, but if he had, he'd have been on top of F3.

What was he doing in "A" with R1 on 1B?

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by tcannizzo

What was he doing in "A" with R1 on 1B?

That is what I asked the same thing.

MTD, Sr.

[Manny A]

So many other things to talk about with the WCWS having started, many areas in the middle of high school playoffs, summer ASA qualifiers heating up, etc. etc., and we're wasting bandwith critquing commercials that obviously involve actors? Really?

Well, if we must, putting the BU in the proper position would remove him from the camera shot for the call. Gone would be the dramatic affect to get that "Teamwork" point across, which is the whole theme of the commercial. And I don't know how you can possibly see that the BU doesn't have an indicator or brush.

It's a commercial, gents, not a positioning/mechanics training clip.

[Rich Ives]

The commercial was a success if you remember the company and its product.

[HugoTafurst]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

The commercial was a success if you remember the company and its product.

Uhhhh - I think it was an Insurance company...

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

The commercial was a success if you remember the company and its product.

Well, no. Not if I choose not to patronize a company because of stupid commercials There is a difference between humorous and stupid.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Well, no. Not if I choose not to patronize a company because of stupid commercials There is a difference between humorous and stupid.

If by this you are calling these commercials stupid due to the way umpires are portrayed, I disagree. In my view, these commercials present the umpires as professionals in appearance and basic mechanics, unlike the usual where they might have a backward hat, not much of a uniform at all, etc.

The gripes with this one seem to be due to videographic composition rather than ignorance or lack of respect for umpires.

No indicator or brush? Really? 4-stitch hat? C'mon!

But, yeah, the BU is out of position in the softball one, but that seem to be for composition purposes, as I said above. If he had been where he was supposed to be, the final shot would not have been as dramatic.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Dakota

If by this you are calling these commercials stupid due to the way umpires are portrayed, I disagree.

No, I cited and was referring to Rich's statement about the commercial being successful.

Perfect example, at least in the midatlantic area are the Sonic's commercials. They are just outright stupid.

Then again, I do not make purchase decisions based on advertisements.

[HugoTafurst]

Originally Posted by dakota

if by this you are calling these commercials stupid due to the way umpires are portrayed, i disagree. In my view, these commercials present the umpires as professionals in appearance and basic mechanics, unlike the usual where they might have a backward hat, not much of a uniform at all, etc.

The gripes with this one seem to be due to videographic composition rather than ignorance or lack of respect for umpires.

No indicator or brush? Really? 4-stitch hat? C'mon!

But, yeah, the bu is out of position in the softball one, but that seem to be for composition purposes, as i said above. If he had been where he was supposed to be, the final shot would not have been as dramatic.

+1 -

[Rita C]

Originally Posted by dakota

if by this you are calling these commercials stupid due to the way umpires are portrayed, i disagree. In my view, these commercials present the umpires as professionals in appearance and basic mechanics, unlike the usual where they might have a backward hat, not much of a uniform at all, etc.

The gripes with this one seem to be due to videographic composition rather than ignorance or lack of respect for umpires.

No indicator or brush? Really? 4-stitch hat? C'mon!

But, yeah, the bu is out of position in the softball one, but that seem to be for composition purposes, as i said above. If he had been where he was supposed to be, the final shot would not have been as dramatic.

+2

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Well, no. Not if I choose not to patronize a company because of stupid commercials There is a difference between humorous and stupid.

No - it was a success because you remembered the company. That's the objective of an ad.

Cliche: There's no such thing as bad publicity.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

No - it was a success because you remembered the company. That's the objective of an ad.

Cliche: There's no such thing as bad publicity.

I remember Miller Lite from their commercials, too. But I don't buy their product.

BTW, think about who said "there is no such thing as bad publicity". It was the guy selling it and failing miserably who had to justify himself

[HugoTafurst]

Originally Posted by tcannizzo

What was he doing in "A" with R1 on 1B?

What is he doing?
He's playing an umpire in a TV commercial!

[Andy]

Originally Posted by HugoTafurst

What is he doing?
He's playing an umpire in a TV commercial!

I Wonder if he stayed in a Holiday Inn the night before?

[nopachunts]

Originally Posted by Andy

I Wonder if he stayed in a Holiday Inn the night before?

I thought it's supposed to be a Holiday Inn Express.