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07-22-2010, 02:11 PM
http://static.bbmp3.com/images/pie/1.gif http://static.bbmp3.com/images/pie/3.gif Do you guys like jokes? Sure you do. Good. Me too. Let's try these NBA jokes on for size.
It all began July 8, when LeBron James(notes) announced his decision to sign with the Heat on "The Decision." Surely you remember that. As you can imagine, that completely bananacakes show was ripe for parody, and therefore, someone parodied it — Steve Carell and Paul Rudd at this year's ESPY awards show. Check it out, if you haven't seen it.
YouTube - 2010 ESPY Awards Parody of "The Decision" with Steve Carell and Paul Rudd (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpEdFWXrgWI&feature=player_embedded)
http://static.bbmp3.com/tv.gif YouTube - 2010 ESPY Awards Parody of "The Decision" with Steve Carell and Paul Rudd
Nice jokes, right? TBS Very Funny, no diggity, no doubt about it. Tough break for Chili's to lose such a talent, but since they are the new golf course for business — according to Small Businessman Weekly — they should be OK.
However, Chili's doesn't think so. Ergo, franchise president Wyman T. Roberts kicked the zingers up a notch, firing back at Steve Carell in his very own Dan Gilbert-styled screed, Comic Sans and all.
http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_nba_experts__58/ept_sports_nba_experts-148707504-1279644935.jpg?ymHk2eDD_J9Zn5MW
Genius. That, my friends and countrymen, is how you do marketing. All press is good press, they say. Pathos, ethos, other advertising terms — I could go on and on like a regular Don Draper. It's just perfect. In fact, because that letter was such a spot-on parody, I'm going to eat a buffalo ranch chicken sandwich tonight. No, not really, but I would like to.
LeBron James' decision ignites casual dining restaurant wars - Ball Don't Lie - NBA* - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/LeBron-James-decision-ignites-casual-dining-res?urn=nba-257109) http://static.bbmp3.com/images/pie/6.gif http://static.bbmp3.com/images/pie/8.gif http://static.bbmp3.com/images/pie/weebl.gif
(View full article @ BX below)
NBA Chili's Presidents blasts Steve Carell for his "Decision" (http://slumz.boxden.com/showthread.php?t=1398632&goto=newpost)
It all began July 8, when LeBron James(notes) announced his decision to sign with the Heat on "The Decision." Surely you remember that. As you can imagine, that completely bananacakes show was ripe for parody, and therefore, someone parodied it — Steve Carell and Paul Rudd at this year's ESPY awards show. Check it out, if you haven't seen it.
YouTube - 2010 ESPY Awards Parody of "The Decision" with Steve Carell and Paul Rudd (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpEdFWXrgWI&feature=player_embedded)
http://static.bbmp3.com/tv.gif YouTube - 2010 ESPY Awards Parody of "The Decision" with Steve Carell and Paul Rudd
Nice jokes, right? TBS Very Funny, no diggity, no doubt about it. Tough break for Chili's to lose such a talent, but since they are the new golf course for business — according to Small Businessman Weekly — they should be OK.
However, Chili's doesn't think so. Ergo, franchise president Wyman T. Roberts kicked the zingers up a notch, firing back at Steve Carell in his very own Dan Gilbert-styled screed, Comic Sans and all.
http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_nba_experts__58/ept_sports_nba_experts-148707504-1279644935.jpg?ymHk2eDD_J9Zn5MW
Genius. That, my friends and countrymen, is how you do marketing. All press is good press, they say. Pathos, ethos, other advertising terms — I could go on and on like a regular Don Draper. It's just perfect. In fact, because that letter was such a spot-on parody, I'm going to eat a buffalo ranch chicken sandwich tonight. No, not really, but I would like to.
LeBron James' decision ignites casual dining restaurant wars - Ball Don't Lie - NBA* - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/LeBron-James-decision-ignites-casual-dining-res?urn=nba-257109) http://static.bbmp3.com/images/pie/6.gif http://static.bbmp3.com/images/pie/8.gif http://static.bbmp3.com/images/pie/weebl.gif
(View full article @ BX below)
NBA Chili's Presidents blasts Steve Carell for his "Decision" (http://slumz.boxden.com/showthread.php?t=1398632&goto=newpost)