CURIOUS INDEX, 6/9/2009
by Orson on Jun 9, 2009 9:58 AM EDT
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This edition will, for one day only, feature no discussions of the foregone conclusion of Lane Kiffin's sanity. "We're the swim team." "Of course you are." Someone in an conference room said into a speakerphone: "Barry Switzer in a coach's shirt and holding a cup of Dunkin' Donuts coffee." And magic happens every day now: Pick up Petunia! Like Greg Robinson winning a football game at Syracuse, it only happens twice a year, but when it does it is massive. Cake Rocks the Party may only post twice a year, but it's nice when they do, especially with all 119 teams covered in a single breathless post, with Air Force setting the hook. Air Force: WATERGATE BLOODLINES ALERT! #1 receiver on the Depth Chart Kyle Halderman is a distant nephew of Nixon Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman. See? His family added the R to fool people into thinking that he doesn't have the taint of Watergate on him. But I know better. The rest is just as tangentially entertaining, even if he is the first person in the history of the internet to match the word "meh" and "Tim Tebow." True, sad, but still true. Scoff if you like--his name is still tattooed on your soul--but Steve Spurrier really is right about this: He's had the best four-year run at South Carolina in school history. It's been that bad in the present, yes, but it was far, far, far worse in the past. FURTHER STEELE!!! His Monday blog ponders teams with three close losses who could improve at the margins for 2009 (See: Iowa,) and he made one of his 3,498 daily radio appearances to talk Navy football on Scout's Midshipmen podcast. As Bill put it: It's warm body time at BC. |
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I guess the female lacrosse players ran away because they knew of Switzer’s reputation.
by Anonymous IV on Jun 9, 2009 10:43 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
what makes Swtizer as a pitchman so awesome, is that someone had to think of the idea, then someone else go “brilliant!”… and then DD had to call him and ask him to do the commercials with a straight face!
by beckett929 on Jun 9, 2009 12:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
But there’s a track record! John Elway and Chris Weinke and…we are so screwed.
by Chilltown on Jun 9, 2009 12:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
“Who am I? Who are you to ask ‘who are you?’”
From the Sooner Nation to everyone else: you’re welcome.
by westbrooke on Jun 9, 2009 12:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
As my therapist tells me, I need more randomly appearing Barry Switzer in my life.
The Mike Shula version of this is about the same, except each time he breaks down in drenching tears screaming “I don’t know what I’m doing! DADDY! Why am I such a FAIL?!?”
by King Cockfight on Jun 9, 2009 12:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You think those are scripted commercials. In reality, Dunkin Donuts hired a camera crew without Switzer’s knowledge.
by Harris on Jun 9, 2009 12:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Not just Switzer, which is funny enough, but Switzer in his 1970s coaching getup with the ultra-wide collar and the crimson pants. That’s what elevates these commercials to the level of genius.
by JD on Jun 9, 2009 1:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That lacrosse scene looks like the beginning to a porno.
by Karl Hungus on Jun 9, 2009 2:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Further confirming this former brand manager’s deeply-held conviction that all advertising agency types are frustrated artists and comedians.
by Wozzo the Wonder Dog on Jun 9, 2009 2:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Rich Gannon?
“Can’t has no place in ladies lacrosse, gentlemen.”
Awesome.
by Gen. Stoopnagle on Jun 9, 2009 3:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
On SOS: “BlackMagic” seems to think USC can do better with coaching…
by Gen. Stoopnagle on Jun 9, 2009 3:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
“Nothing’s fair in chess! It’s a brain war!”
Hahaha, sounds like something Orson would write…or something close to it…
by Philip on Jun 9, 2009 3:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
- Wozzo:
As a current agency copywriter, I can confirm that all creatives are frustrated artists who chose a path that combined a livable income and some form of creativity. It’s only the brand managers lacking vision who would prefer boring ad campaigns. Sometimes you get lucky (see my link) and sometimes that luck turns into the best-selling game of the year.
Or as another friend put it, “This would be a great business if it wasn’t for the clients.”
But geez, Switzer is brilliant in these things. Looking forward to yelling “Loose baby!” this year when there’s a fumble.
by dogtown gator on Jun 9, 2009 5:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Those Switzer spots are 45 different levels of awesome. I agree with JD, the polyester Bike coaching pants put them over the top.
by Papa Lou BSU on Jun 9, 2009 9:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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