THE ED ORGERON HUMMER AD
Tell 'em about it, Joe-Joe: Ed loves his Hummer, and you need a Hummer. Watch this or face certain doom, for it is the Ed Orgeron Hummer Ad:
We dug this out of the archives since several readers had sent it to us last fall, but frankly waiting this long has only made the ad sweeter. A few notes on why this ad has it all:
--The Casio Cletus soundtrack. There's synthtar. There's a hillbilly piano roll. There's snare 1 and the high hat clanking along like the soundtrack to Nintendo's 1985 classic "WHOREHOUSE CHAMPION OF GAMBLERS"(Japan only.) There's fifteen dollars of sonic gold rolling through your ears--you're welcome.
--Coach O. Not only can you stare directly at him without being turned to stone or bursting into flame (note that Joe-Joe does NOT appear in the same frame with him for safety reasons), but you can watch as Coach O turns out to be a pretty solid and enthusiastic pitchman. He's just impressive to watch, since he even points like he's about to hit someone. (Why do we suddenly think we need a hummer...) The sped-up shots of the Orgeron driving over bumps (undoubtedly the writhing, nearly dead bodies of his foes) are great, especially at the end when he lets out just a little maniacal laugh as the Hummer effortlessly crushes the skull of an effigy of Sly Croom.
--"Big, tough, aggressive, and it represents everything we want at Ole Miss." He wants an impressive machine that runs out of gas at the worst times? There's already a program working on that model, and it's located in Blacksburg, Virginia.
****P.S. IF YOU KNOW ABOUT ANY OTHER COACHING COMMERCIALS IN ANY VIDEO MEDIUM, PLEASE EMAIL US. Seriously, we'll drive to your house and get the grotty VHS tape out of your hands to get them. In particular, if anyone out there has an Urban Meyer commercial we'll beg for them. His line reading is just a degree south of Bob Hope's at 97. He looks like a hostage reading a confession: "I'm so happy to be working with Simpson Jewelers...and am also an agent of the Mossad." Oh, and any Tommy Tuberville commercial involving Kroger. We've heard legends told about these that need visual verification.
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Isn’t there a movie about Coach O with Billy Bob Thorton playing the lead role? Can you say Sling Blade.
by TideInTx on Jun 27, 2006 11:34 AM EDT reply actions
Sounds like Grover. Much less lovable and blue, however.
by PeteJayhawk on Jun 27, 2006 11:36 AM EDT reply actions
Somewhere in Korea a small bossomy man is standing pantless in protest of this ad.
by LSUfan on Jun 27, 2006 11:49 AM EDT reply actions
O,
Can we expect an entire column of footbaw program/mode of transport comparisons?
I can not wait to see how you find the synergy between tOSU and hovercraft.
by GamecockTony on Jun 27, 2006 11:50 AM EDT reply actions
Is this how the Orgeron got in trouble with the NCAA? Looks like a recruiting video to me…
by Brian on Jun 27, 2006 11:55 AM EDT reply actions
O -
OT but Kenny O’neal of FSU kicked off team. See the WWL.
by socalirish on Jun 27, 2006 11:56 AM EDT reply actions
PLEASE if there are any Mississippi Vespa dealers reading this… Make O your pitch man!
by LSUfan on Jun 27, 2006 11:57 AM EDT reply actions
Coach O riding a Vespa through a wall of flame.
We owe you for that visual, LSUFan.
by Orson Swindle on Jun 27, 2006 12:01 PM EDT reply actions
The thing that makes it even better is that The Orgeron really does drive a Hummer. Of course, I’ve been told by a friend whose sister’s pool man that does work for a guy whose cousin’s mother-in-law’s brother’s ex-wife has a friend that eats lunch weekly with the lady who does The Orgeron’s wife’s best friend’s daughter’s nails that said that The Orgeron likes to give away Hummers to incoming recruits. Someone call the NCAA immediately.
by rebel84 on Jun 27, 2006 12:32 PM EDT reply actions
Isn’t that Bubba Skinner (Alan Autry) from that police show with Archie Bunker, “In the Heat of the Night”?
by Gatorpilot on Jun 27, 2006 12:37 PM EDT reply actions
The sad thing is, Orgeron lost 2 five star recruits while making that ad. What a waste.
I not sure, but I don’t really want a Head Football Coach that sounds like a used car salesman.
TideinTX, we’ve already copyrighted Les Miles as the lead in Slingblade
by Erik on Jun 27, 2006 12:42 PM EDT reply actions
I’ve actually seen Coach O driving his hummer. It was like watching a tornado: so bold, so powerful, so frightening, but you couldn’t help but stare.
Hotty Toddy
by BobReb on Jun 27, 2006 1:29 PM EDT reply actions
There are a ton of Bobby Knight videos that I’m too lazy to find.
by tbmd96 on Jun 27, 2006 1:33 PM EDT reply actions
JoePa has a commercial on central PA television where he’s pitching bread. Don’t have a copy of it though.
by PSUrob on Jun 27, 2006 1:34 PM EDT reply actions
Tubby’s “Smells Like Victree” ad for Bryan weenies is what you are referring to Orson. Something to the tune of “Everybody’s cookin chickens, ribs and shashages….Mmmm…smells like victree”.
by Bottagetta on Jun 27, 2006 1:52 PM EDT reply actions
I can’t believe there are survivors after watching that ad. I personally watched it through a mirror with a sword and a string…
by psuedosilent observer on Jun 27, 2006 2:13 PM EDT reply actions
It’s not a coach endorsement, but the king of all crappy local athlete endorsements is undoubtedly Eastern Motors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD8o9bt-eWg&search=eastern%20motors
by Mike on Jun 27, 2006 2:41 PM EDT reply actions
i wish i could find the dan hawkins commercial for boise office equipment because it is so bad….but here’s a cheesy one for reporting child abuse:
by fattus on Jun 27, 2006 2:42 PM EDT reply actions
by Oletex98 on Jun 27, 2006 3:28 PM EDT reply actions
ItÂ’s not a coach endorsement, but the king of all crappy local athlete endorsements is undoubtedly Eastern Motors.
How the hell did you find a version with the video and lyrics in synch? Usually the video is about 3 beats behind the words…
by DC Trojan on Jun 27, 2006 3:31 PM EDT reply actions
If you’re talking coaches and product endorsements (and, you are, aren’t you? aren’t you!!??), you have to get the Bear grumbling about Golden Flake potato chips. At least, I think that’s what he says. As a Dawg fan, I only saw the Bear Bryant show a very few times, but he used to have a bowl of chips on the desk and would very pointedly grab a handful of chips during breaks in the video action.
Ray Goff used to advertise Osmokote lumber (or some such). Pretty goofy, but that goes without saying. Actually, you need to put the call out during the season so people can snag the commercials and endorsements from the coaching shows.
by Russ on Jun 27, 2006 3:54 PM EDT reply actions
Shouldn’t this commercial be to the tune of “Wild Boys” instead of Casio Cletus?
by Voluminous on Jun 27, 2006 4:00 PM EDT reply actions
Frank Beamer does a number of radio spots for Kroger’s, and his deadpan delivery is noteworthy enough that we still poke fun at it when going to games. Bud Foster has done some local autobody TV spots before but I don’t have tapes and even if I did I’d be afraid Foster would come to my house and beat me up. One doesn’t cross the Defensive Coordinator. I’ve seen him make linebackers weep.
by Hokie Andrew on Jun 27, 2006 4:24 PM EDT reply actions
What a video. You guys are the best.
I have well over 300 sporting events (mostly Duke games, so football coaches wouldn’t exactly be ‘in season’—would bad commericals with basketball coaches be acceptable?) on tape that need to be organized and I promise that if I find anything good, you guys will get it.
/wow, look—another WC card!
//wow, look—another France goal!
by ACC_Expat on Jun 27, 2006 4:29 PM EDT reply actions
The Zooker also did some Gainesville-area radio ads a few years back that were atrocious. He used his trademark rushed, half-intelligible non-speech that Gator fans grew to hate.
by Gator KK on Jun 27, 2006 5:28 PM EDT reply actions
Why is it that Coach O gets made fun of so much in the SEC? The dude is a great coach and recruiter.
by BimBamFlimFlam on Jun 27, 2006 5:54 PM EDT reply actions
Tommy Tuberville plugged Trojans by posing as one of John Holmes used rubbers. Music: ’I’m a maniac’ by Chris Farley from ‘Tommy Boy’.
by sj on Jun 27, 2006 7:13 PM EDT reply actions
An oldie but a goodie. They don’t call it the “Eddie Robinson Classic” for nothing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMgt7CrzgHc
by JR on Jun 27, 2006 10:57 PM EDT reply actions
Why is it that Coach O gets made fun of so much in the SEC? The dude is a great coach and recruiter.
Please tell me you didn’t really say this. He’s had one season and 2 recruiting classes with a start on a 3rd. Not much has been proven one way or the other on his recruiting or coaching. As for why he gets so much fun poked at him, isn’t it obvious? He’s a high energy cajun with a big head. That makes him the easiest target in the SEC (even easier than Fulmer being fat). Take one of his more noticeable personality or physical traits. Exaggerate it some, and ta da, you have funny. Don’t get riled up every time someone makes a joke about him. Try laughing at it sometimes.
by rebel84 on Jun 28, 2006 9:21 AM EDT reply actions
Someone HAS to have the Bobby Bowden Golden Flake commercial. Dad-gum, that was a classic!
by Chris on Jun 28, 2006 10:35 AM EDT reply actions
Somebody needs to dig up that old Rudy Hubbard FAMU comercial that I remember: “Der’s da Boostuh Club, da Rattluh Club, da Rattluh Boostuh, and da Supuh Boostuh” or some such.
Gotta love Rudy’s Rattlers!
by UgaLuver on Jun 28, 2006 4:52 PM EDT reply actions

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