New Commercial with Major GS Reference

[GS Warehouse]

[quote name=\'cacLA8383\' date=\'Oct 9 2005, 10:46 PM\']Comcast: It Sucks!

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Personally, I am all in favor of truth in advertising.  Unfortunately, they want us to buy the service, so they'd never admit that.

[uncamark]

I'm guessing that Swit dubbed her own voice in the spot, so she's already getting money (it does sound like her).  I'm also assuming that the contestant was laid over the background, since he looks just a mite too over-the-top in his 70s look.

And "Tuning Up" is stock library music, but Aldin still might be getting money from the spot.

[FOXSportsFan]

One thing interesting (or maybe Horanish-ly like nitpicky) is when they get to the second tier one of the boxes (I think the first $100 box) in the wide shot wasn't even photoshopped to look like the box shown in the winner's circle two shot.

[Kevin Prather]

Here's what I'd like to know. Is that indeed Loretta Swit doing the voice-over?

[musicman]

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 10 2005, 06:55 PM\']Here's what I'd like to know. Is that indeed Loretta Swit doing the voice-over?

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I doubt it.  The voice sounded to high to be Swit's voice-over.

[byrd62]

[quote name=\'musicman\' date=\'Oct 10 2005, 07:18 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Oct 10 2005, 06:55 PM\']Here's what I'd like to know. Is that indeed Loretta Swit doing the voice-over?

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I doubt it.  The voice sounded to high to be Swit's voice-over.

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Agreed...too high for Loretta.  Nice job they did on recreating the flipping-number timer graphic, and I say "recreate" because it started on :30, not :60, when the first category is revealed.  [One news executive named Av Westin wrote some book, in which he referred to those flipping number devices as "DDU's", or "digital display units"]

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'byrd62\' date=\'Oct 10 2005, 07:06 PM\']One news executive named Av Westin wrote some book, in which he referred to those flipping number devices as "DDU's", or "digital display units"]

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They are known among us geeks as Solari readouts.

[ChuckNet]

Question: Is that footage from old-school ATGSer Mike Gilooly's 1978 appearance? I recall him winning $10K w/Swit on said ep.

Chuck Donegan (The Curious "Chuckie Baby")

[BrandonFG]

The other day, I caught a much longer version, which actually starts with a shot of Dick Clark giving Loretta and contestant the "pre-game" pep talk, and then the clock starts at :60 (it's only about :30 in the shorter commercial, and no DC). Also, the celebration is a bit longer, with a cheesy "1-800 Comcast" graphic flashed across the screen, patterned like one of the Pyramid trilons.

[Unrealtor]

[quote name=\'Brakus\' date=\'Oct 7 2005, 05:02 PM\']Also, "Here is your first subject.... Go!" is edited out (from the version Troy Diggs posted on his LJ), apparently for fear of having to pay Dick Clark for the use of his voice.

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Just saw a 60-second version of the spot with Dick Clark's image in it, so I guess not wanting to pay royalties didn't figure into it.