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Tuesday, January 9, 2007 12:00 AM

Daddy's little pumpkin

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007 06:44 PM

Dominoes Marketing campaign

So it is indeed fake. Here's a summary:

http://www.pizzamarketplace.com/article.php?id=6491&na=1

and the winners:

http://dominos.ebay.com/odcs/custom.html?template=Winners

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 02:27 PM

Virtually Identical Commercial for Carmax

Just this morning, I saw this commercial on Carmax, which is virtually identical to this Youtube post. Enjoy (well, actually, it's not that good a commercial).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4jRI_eA6mE

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:01 PM

The Age on the YouTube Account Is a Dead Giveaway

How many 27-year-olds do YOU know get cars for their birthdays?

Uh-oh. Perhaps I shouldn't have asked that.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 11:42 AM

Not faked

I know kids like her. I've seen them in action. If it was "staged" it still isn't "pure fiction."

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 11:16 AM

I think it's interesting...

...that the fella who recently judged Kevin Bacon to be an "overactor" (a seemingly unique opinion, btw) couldn't tell that this wasn't real on the first viewing.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 11:12 AM

I'd rather have blue as well

I suspect it is staged as well, but probably as a parody. I don't think Saab is behind it. Not enough nice shots of the car. To the girl's defense Saab does have a really killer blue.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 11:09 AM

related radio ad

I can't remember who the radio spot was for, but I definitely have heard a spot on the radio in the last few months in which a young girl is surprised with a car and she immediately starts screaming that she wanted a blue one. This would seem to be a video reenactment of that radio commercial.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 08:31 AM

Fake

It looks like a reaction to the recent Wall Street Journal article about how people really react when they are given a car as a gift (as opposed to the reaction depicted in commercials). Car dealers apparently have very liberal exchange policies for gifts because of color/model issues.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 05:20 AM

part of a staged series of events...

otherwise...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbPvE7miKpY

and, of course, "she" turned it into a bigger deal with http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=MacKenzieheartsu

Tuesday, January 9, 2007 06:22 PM

"McKenzie", huh??

I'm leaning towards staged, but then I ask myself "WHY?!" Does Saab want to be known as the "feel-bad car of the year"??

Tuesday, January 9, 2007 03:21 PM

Lame

So obviously staged...

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