long before that location was emmas..the supolitve florist, it was julians restaurant.. i can't remember the guy..but he called jack hunter and wanted to talk to him about dj'ing in a new club..jocks playing records were just starting to get a foothold in nashville..so i go with jack and meet him at julians..not knowing anything about nashville restaurant prices, i sat at the bar and started drinking beer..hey..i had five bucks..figured jack would be back there an hour..ought to be enough money..just plain old beer no imported stuff mind you..jack finally comes out..i ask for the tab...over 20 bucks..jack had about 8 bucks on him..i guess the guy jack was speaking with had an interest in the restaurant..because he said..no charge..so i tipped the guy my five..and wondered all the way home who could afford beer at four dollars a bottle.. ???
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olebud said:
I guess Emma's wanted to stick with "the young sound"...
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The Emma's commercials are indeed an institution. Maybe some people find them hokey but they get the job done and will be remembered long after everyone forgets some of today's commercials.
I loved the John F. Lawhon furniture guy. After that place closed, I heard a commercial for a car stereo place nearby that featured someone imitating the Lawhon guy with something along the line of "We're history but our friends at Car Stereo Place are still here." Hysterical! The Glenda Gibbs commercials for Picture Frame Warehouse were also funny although not intentionally so.
The camping commercials where the kids say, "Paw Paw, let's go camping!" - now those make me cringe.
I loved the John F. Lawhon furniture guy. After that place closed, I heard a commercial for a car stereo place nearby that featured someone imitating the Lawhon guy with something along the line of "We're history but our friends at Car Stereo Place are still here." Hysterical! The Glenda Gibbs commercials for Picture Frame Warehouse were also funny although not intentionally so.
The camping commercials where the kids say, "Paw Paw, let's go camping!" - now those make me cringe.
Wow, I really struck a nerve bashing Emma's, didn't I? Well, if Ed Stratton is in his 90s, eventually they WILL have to find a new voice for Emma's commercials, or just keep using what they already have in the can, after he dies. Their situation will be not unlike that of Lightning 100, who had to drop the use of their British-accented woman, after she died, but they managed to continue to use what they had from her, by selectively editing what they had, to make it sound "new" and "fresh," until they did a station makeover, and dropped her entirely. (Seems like doing Lightning 100 voiceovers would be a great gig for Karen Keeley now, wherever she is! They use Laurel for almost everything now! Nothing against Laurel, but she is already an announcer there, and they need some new voices.)
Other cringe-worthy stuff: Dan Walters, because it seems like he is EVERYWHERE! And the new ads for Freeland Chevrolet, which seem to go out of their way to say "we are NOT Bill Heard!" Okay, I get it, you are not Bill Heard, but I fail to see why having a dealership in the same location would cause anyone to think that you are Bill Heard. And have you forgotten about Autofair, which was in the same location after Bill Heard, but before you? I thought Autofair took care of all that "we are not Bill Heard" crap for you!
Other cringe-worthy stuff: Dan Walters, because it seems like he is EVERYWHERE! And the new ads for Freeland Chevrolet, which seem to go out of their way to say "we are NOT Bill Heard!" Okay, I get it, you are not Bill Heard, but I fail to see why having a dealership in the same location would cause anyone to think that you are Bill Heard. And have you forgotten about Autofair, which was in the same location after Bill Heard, but before you? I thought Autofair took care of all that "we are not Bill Heard" crap for you!
Another thing that cringes my sphincter is the way Anchorman Steve at Channel 5 says "Alright" whenever someone else on set tosses it back to him. Between 4:28 and 4:50 AM today, he said it FIVE TIMES! Co-anchor Amy said it once and weatherdude Lelan said it once. What's in the water over there? This is not ALRIGHT with me!
The writing in t-v news now is one. Monday night I heard a reporter use the word 'allegedly' in a story about 8 or 9 times. Even said the victim was 'allegedly beaten.' Don't think there was any problem about the victim being beaten, no allegedly about it. But on the postive side, at least she did use allegedly which is more than most do now.
NOW, the one that causes me to CRINGE every time I hear it is ACTUALLY
I heard a weather lady use it 4 times in one forcast last night. It's used everywhere just as a number of years back people were saying "you know" or "like."
It ain't necessary......
Now I'm glad I actually got that off my chest and can actually go back to my OWN house and smolder.
NOW, the one that causes me to CRINGE every time I hear it is ACTUALLY
I heard a weather lady use it 4 times in one forcast last night. It's used everywhere just as a number of years back people were saying "you know" or "like."
It ain't necessary......
Now I'm glad I actually got that off my chest and can actually go back to my OWN house and smolder.
One of my former PDs would scold us for using "It is currently..." when giving temperature. Explanation was redundant terms. A minor infraction it was in and of itself. For the PD this phrase amounted to an atrocity against mankind.
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How about that Carnival Kia commercial with the two kids saying, "Don't do anything. . until you see me" and the father (the owner, I guess), says quietly afterwards, "Until you see *me*".
Or the DT McCall and Sons. . . HEYYYYYYY. . . .
My favorite is that Hester Battery live spot on the Carl Tipton Show from the 70's, where the client has a rough time reading from the script and the announcer is having a rough time to keep from busting out laughing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JTCYBCQ0XI
(starts about :45 into the clip, although the entire clip is rather funny).
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Or the DT McCall and Sons. . . HEYYYYYYY. . . .
My favorite is that Hester Battery live spot on the Carl Tipton Show from the 70's, where the client has a rough time reading from the script and the announcer is having a rough time to keep from busting out laughing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JTCYBCQ0XI
(starts about :45 into the clip, although the entire clip is rather funny).
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firepoint525 said:
KYW in Philadelphia had Dick Covington on all their IDs for years. When he died in 2004, the ID said, "....an Infinity station serving Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware...." Not long after he died, the company changed its name to CBS Radio. KYW found audio of Covington saying "CBS," did a little editing and voila--new IDs. KYW still uses Covington at the top and bottom of the hour and another guy for all the other stuff.
Actually the tag line is "don't you leave, until you see me." I had not noticed the emphasis on "me" when the father says it, but it seems to me that if the kids are saying the tag line (the slogan) then just let them have the last word. Everyone knows that kids (no matter how cute they may be, and that is another issue in commercials all together) are not qualified to "wheel and deal" on cars!mattthepm said:
Has anyone noticed the way that guy is hitching rides on sky 5 now? :
Might actually enhance their credibility a bit if they would actually show someone riding that damn thing!Tibbs2 said:
Do any of you ever venture out toward Hickory Hollow? Do they actually have a ferris wheel set up there? What about their Madison location?
Don't give Emma's any ideas. Elmer Fudd has got to go! :TheEvangelistofNews said:
But I like the way Orville Redenbacher's popcorn has brought back snippets of old commercials with him in them. Wendy's could probably do the same thing with old Dave Thomas footage if they really wanted to. Just don't bring back Clara Peller!
firepoint525 said:
can't say about Madison, but there IS a ferris wheel set up in the lot at HH.
I'd take a tool kit and a lot of WD40 just to look at the thing.
BTW, at least having the 'dont leave 'til you see me' guy buy the Rivergate KIA location got rid of
that former owner's kid doing the spots in a tux screaming "come on down" ...
the worst spot was when he tried to recreate Deal Or No Deal with three unattractive 'models'
un-freaking-believeable
I remember the "come on down" guy, although I don't recall his name.romer979fm said:
They even did a "transition" commercial in which the "come on down" guy leaves, and then the "don't leave 'til you see me" comes on and asks, "where'd he go?" :
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Or the animated commercials for the old Willingham dealerships - Mazda of Hickory Hollow and Toyota of Gallatin. They were bland but so were the spots in which the Willinghams appeared.
Or the animated commercials for the old Willingham dealerships - Mazda of Hickory Hollow and Toyota of Gallatin. They were bland but so were the spots in which the Willinghams appeared. i worked for gary willingham back then as his office courier..pretty neat job..got a company car, gas, and all i had to do was run paperwork from gallatin to nashville dropping off as i went..get to hickory hollow, grab more papers, drop them off on the way back to gallatin..he was shall we say.."less than honorable" as a car dealer..and got his tennesse license pulled..and went back to texas..they would have an all day shoot when they did those spots..complete with a caterer..compared to willingham..bill heard was the pope.......
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