I REALLY enjoy the"Real Men of Genius" radio spots

[Judge Smails]

<p>If one of them comes on, I'll stop whatever I'm doing and even shoosh other people so I can listen.&nbsp; Today I was driving around and the &quot;Mr. Giant Taco Salad Inventor&quot; one came on and I was just laughing like a little schoolgirl.&nbsp; The only other time I find myself laughing like that is when I'm listening to the buddays.</p><p>I don't know - it seems like people have been complaining a lot about radio ads here lately.&nbsp; I just think that these&nbsp;are funny.&nbsp; I can't really remember one that I thought disappointed.&nbsp; Am I off base here?&nbsp; Am I just easily impressed or does anyone else find these original and funny?</p><p>You can hear some of them <a href="http://arc.diis.net/cache/page/budlight.html?story=budlight/////" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Judge Smails on 3-1-07 @ 12:37 AM</span>

[waltermitty]

<p><font size="2">Before 9-11 they were &quot;Real American Heroes&quot;</font></p><p><font size="2">Upon seeing what EMT's, Firefighters and Cops do everyday, They decided that &quot;Mr. Footlong Hotdog inventor&quot; is a genius...not necessarily a hero...</font></p><p><font size="2">I don't know why, but that makes these ads even better to me....</font> </p>

[PapaBear]

The only one that&nbsp;I REALLY REALLY liked was Mr. Gasoline BBQ Grill Starter.&nbsp; It would crack me up when the power ballad type singer sang the line &quot;Very low I.Q.&quot;.

[tele7]

&quot;Wedding Band Guitar Player&quot;&nbsp;

[PapaBear]

<p>Dammit! I've had the hook stuck in my head for almost an hour, now. Thanks Smails.</p>

[Gaia]

<p>I love these as well. They make me laugh out loud, even when I am alone. .......&quot;I dont see no lettuce!!&quot;</p><p>I noticed they changed it after 9/11 as well. I think it makes them better too. Looking at your link I had NO idea there were so many!!!</p>

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>I miss the Charlton Heston overly dramatic narration spots.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;WHAT TO DO... WHAT TO DO!?!?!?&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[thelyonhart]

<p>I think its a clever way to do observational humour in small doses and make them a commercial for something. You couldnt just go &quot;hey whats the deal with taco salads? They call it a salad, but its just ground beef and no lettuce! By the way, buy some bud light!&quot;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;Well, i mean,&nbsp; you could do that, but its not a very good commercial, but if you frame it in the way the genius commercials do, then its entertaining, concise and an effective ad for your product. Well done bud light! I still dont drink tho, suckers...&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; </p>

[cupcakelove]

Awesome, thanks for the link Smails!

[Sheeplovr]

i thought this was a thread from 99<br />

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font color="#000080">If ya think about it, they really sound like they're written by the South Park guys, Matt Stone &amp; Trey Parker. IMO, some of the best ads out there!!!</font></strong></p><p><font color="#000080"><strong>Wikipedia wrote: </strong><font color="#000000"><strong>Real Men of Genius</strong> is a popular long-running </font><a href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/Humor" title="Humor">humorous</a><font color="#000000"> series of one-</font><a href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/Minute" title="Minute">minute</a><font color="#000000">-long </font><a href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/USA" title="USA">American</a><font color="#000000"> </font><a href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/Radio" title="Radio">radio</a><font color="#000000"> advertisements for </font><a href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/Bud_Light" title="Bud Light">Bud Light</a><font color="#000000"> beer created by copywriter </font><a href="http://www.ronfez.net/w/index.php?title=Bob_Winter&amp;action=edit" title="Bob Winter">Bob Winter</a><font color="#000000">. </font></font></p><p><font color="#000080"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The ads feature a somber-but-sarcastic announcer (</font><a href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/Pete_Stacker" title="Pete Stacker">Pete Stacker</a><font color="#000000">) and an unctuous </font><a href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock singer</a><font color="#000000"> who echoes the announcer's sentiments over schmaltzy &quot;dramatic&quot; piano music. The rock singer's vocals are by one-time </font><a href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/Survivor_(band)" title="Survivor (band)">Survivor</a><font color="#000000"> singer </font><a href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/David_Bickler" title="David Bickler">David Bickler</a><font color="#000000"> (not the band's founder and frontman </font><a href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/Jim_Peterik" title="Jim Peterik">Jim Peterik</a><font color="#000000"> as is often reported). The music, designed to spoof the 1980s power ballad and 1980s advertising, was composed by Sam Struyk and Sandy Torano at Scandal Music, </font><a href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a><font color="#000000">. A female gospel-style chorus is also heard in many of the ads.</font><strong></strong></font></p>

[ralphbxny]

These are great spots...especially when your drunk and you have one of the real men of Genius walk past you.

[ShelleBink]

<p>I literally stop what I'm doing to listen to them.&nbsp; Fantastic marketing campaign.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My fav: <strong><font size="-1"> Mr. Giant Pink Inflatable Gorilla Maker</font> </strong></p>

[Soupy_Dreck]

Mr &quot;Pro Wrestling Wardrobe Designer&quot;

[Knowledged_one]

<p>i like them as well except for the one about fantasy sports team owner</p><p>it hit way to close to home</p>

[J.Clints]

<p>I am not sure but I heard they were making a '' MR Message Board poster guy ''</p><p>It would sound great</p>

[JimBeam]

<p>A friend of mine gave a me&nbsp;a cd a while back that had like 70+ of them I think</p><p>One of the newest one's I heard that made me laugh was Mr Cell Phone Hollster</p><p>The guy doing the voiceover says something like&nbsp;&quot; And when it comes time to make a call you're not afraid to whip it out &quot;</p><p>And then the guy in the background sings, &quot; As long as you're not roaming !! &quot;</p><p>Fucking hilarious.</p><p>Toupe one from a few years ago was great as well.</p>

[lleeder]

<strong>Sheeplovr</strong> wrote:<br />i thought this was a thread from 99<br /><p><em><font size="3">Real posts of genius <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/lol.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" /></font></em></p>

[Gwen]

My fave is &quot;Mr. Silent Killer Gas Passer&quot;