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Keller
05-26-2008, 05:12 PM
The politics thread has been pretty slow these days. Yesterday, while watching the Lakers v. Spurs, my wife and I both commented on how odd/sad it was that the national opinion of the President provides the opportunity for a company to openly mock the President and considers it a helpful advertising activity.

Here are some examples:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=O2aIZd9122g
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ifmKoekUUw


I'm not sure if I have a question to prompt discussion. There has been a market for mocking the President's vocabulary for quite some time -- but building a national advertising campaign around it? I just find it unfortunate.
Tisket
05-26-2008, 05:53 PM
Both those links are the same.
Stanley Burrell
05-26-2008, 06:10 PM
OR ARE THEY????!



Actually, they are.
Back
05-26-2008, 07:08 PM
Yep. Very sad.
Keller
05-26-2008, 10:06 PM
Both those links are the same.

Fixed that.
CrystalTears
05-26-2008, 10:09 PM
That guy imitates a lot of people, including Donald Trump. Maybe if the president didn't have such great material for comedians to use, it wouldn't happen. :D
Stanley Burrell
05-26-2008, 10:11 PM
Fixed that.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=O2aIZd9122g

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ifmKoekUUw&feature=related (http://youtube.com/watch?v=O2aIZd9122g)

YouTube keeps the original link dude. You have to open the new vid' as its own address.
Tisket
05-26-2008, 10:11 PM
One of the related videos has him mocking Clinton. So at least he's a proponent of nonpartisan mockery.
Bobmuhthol
05-26-2008, 10:12 PM
lol, the second link is still the same video, you need to copy/paste
Keller
05-26-2008, 10:26 PM
That guy imitates a lot of people, including Donald Trump. Maybe if the president didn't have such great material for comedians to use, it wouldn't happen. :D

That it is an effective advertising campaign is what surprises me though. I assume they did extensive testing beforing buying all the time.
Keller
05-26-2008, 10:28 PM
lol, the second link is still the same video, you need to copy/paste

Now it's fixed.
Back
05-27-2008, 12:50 AM
The man is just making money doing what he loves to do. Don’t hate. Emulate.


Watch TV - Palumbo (http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/watch+tv/track/palumbo)
Sean of the Thread
05-27-2008, 01:05 AM
Caliendo is one of the BEST impersonators out there.

I have no problem with him putting on the GW. He's good at what he does... and the Prez shouldn't be protected from parody anymore than anyone/anything else.


Still like Frank's Madden in my top 5 of his shit.
Sean
05-27-2008, 01:35 AM
I think it's more of a national advertising campaign based around the myth that frank calliendo is funny.
ClydeR
05-27-2008, 04:39 PM
I thought it was illegal to use an impersonator of a famous person in a commercial advertisement. Besides, that ad is disrespectful to the president.
Sean
05-27-2008, 04:45 PM
Originally Posted by ClydeR
Besides, that ad is disrespectful to the president.

I wouldn't be surprised if Dubya was on the couch laughing along with everyone else. He just doesn't seem like the type to be bothered by something like this, disrespectful of not. I'm not a supporter of his but I've always considered this to be a positive when it comes to him.
CrystalTears
05-27-2008, 04:50 PM
I thought it was illegal to use an impersonator of a famous person in a commercial advertisement. Besides, that ad is disrespectful to the president.
What world to you live in where everything you don't like you believe to be illegal? You make me laugh.
Parkbandit
05-27-2008, 04:53 PM
I wouldn't be surprised if Dubya was on the couch laughing along with everyone else. He just doesn't seem like the type to be bothered by something like this, disrespectful of not. I'm not a supporter of his but I've always considered this to be a positive when it comes to him.


My opinion as well. He seems to poke fun at himself almost as much as the liberal hippies do.
ClydeR
05-27-2008, 05:33 PM
I wouldn't be surprised if Dubya was on the couch laughing along with everyone else. He just doesn't seem like the type to be bothered by something like this, disrespectful of not. I'm not a supporter of his but I've always considered this to be a positive when it comes to him.

You're probably right. Your comment reminds me of the time the President tap danced for the press (http://youtube.com/watch?v=SAevndifwEc) while he was waiting on McCain to arrive so that Bush could endorse McCain.
ClydeR
05-27-2008, 05:41 PM
What world to you live in where everything you don't like you believe to be illegal? You make me laugh.

Well Jackie Kennedy sure didn't let people get away with using impersonators of her in their commercial advertisements. She sued and won (http://personalityrightsdatabase.com/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Kennedy_Onassis_v_Chris tian_Dior). If the Kennedys can do it, surely a Bush can too.
CrystalTears
05-27-2008, 05:44 PM
There's a big difference between falsely using someone to look exactly like a person who expressly didn't want to be used for advertising, and some comedian impersonating a celebrity.

Get your head out of your ass. You're bothering the hampster.
Clove
05-27-2008, 06:02 PM
Well Jackie Kennedy sure didn't let people get away with using impersonators of her in their commercial advertisements. She sued and won (http://personalityrightsdatabase.com/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Kennedy_Onassis_v_Chris tian_Dior). If the Kennedys can do it, surely a Bush can too.Okay dumbass, that only means you have a civil remedy if you don't approve of the advertisement, it doesn't make it "illegal".