Saturday, May 23, 2009

How many "Real Men of Genius" ads have there been?


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Why: They are funny. Yesterday I heard "Mr. Overly Competitive Touch Football Game Player" and "Mr. Taxi Cab Over Accessorizer." Tonight I heard "Mr. Stadium Scoreboard Marriage Proposal Guy."

Answer: Since the first were released in 1999, there have been over 200. It has been one of the most award-winning radio campaigns in the history of advertising. Most are 1-minute long, some are 30-seconds, and a few are on TV, like:
Source: Wikipedia

The More You Know: The guy singing is Dave Bickler of Survivor. "Eye of the Tiger" has an actual video. Who knew?


2 comments:

  1. Hi Carly, any idea where I can find the sound wave (outside youtube) for the Stadium Scoreboard Guy Commercial. When I hear it in the car and he sings "Chili---cheeeeeeeeeese", I start laughing hysterically. I'll check out your blog, looks fun. You can find me at http://www.robtsrants.blogspot.com/

    Cheers, happy hunting.

    Rob

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  2. Try one of these!

    http://carlygoogles.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-want-sound-file-of-mr-stadium.html

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