Thursday, July 14, 2005

All Star game: Chevy sneaks in an ad. Did you catch it?

Did you watch the All Star game? Did you catch this banter in the 3rd inning? It was a paid ad. For a car... The link has the rest of the story...





Fox deceives millions during national pastime | The Register




'Welcome back to Detroit,' Buck said. 'A lot of banners and signs around the ballpark. No surprise there. Somebody just unfurled a big banner behind left field.'



You'll love the next bit, as Buck devolves into a second grader.



'H-H-R-Y-A. Tim, you'll have to tell me what that means. I am not sure, but someone went to a lot of trouble, obviously, to put it up out in left center field.'



You'd think that would be the end of the stunt, but no. Fox returned to the action to see baseball's best pitcher Roy Oswalt face off against Johnny Damon. After one pitch, McCarver brought all the weight of his formidable intellect to bear on the puzzle:



'I don't know what that sign means, but 'hooray' is the first thing that comes to my mind.'



Here is the car the HHR







Not exactly pretty, but maybe it'll grow on me.

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