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Old 02-08-2008, 11:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Video: Weird chevy volt ad

I wonder if chevy is trying to nuke the volt in advance of it not coming out, coming out very late, or not as promised...If all their ads seem non-promising, who will miss it, right?


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Old 02-08-2008, 11:27 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Hmm. "The car is a dog". Is that the message? :-/
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Old 02-08-2008, 11:44 PM   #3 (permalink)
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So maybe I can save water by using this screen cleaner: http://www.linein.org/media/screen_clean.swf
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So maybe I can save water by using this screen cleaner: http://www.linein.org/media/screen_clean.swf
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Old 02-09-2008, 12:29 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Is somebody just making this stuff up? Taking ads and re-editing them and posting to YouTube?

It really is that bad...
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Old 02-09-2008, 02:41 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Is somebody just making this stuff up? Taking ads and re-editing them and posting to YouTube?

It really is that bad...
Yup, that's for real. I've seen it on real TeeVee before. Sad.

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Old 02-09-2008, 10:22 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Just so you know, that was a pug.
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Old 02-09-2008, 11:13 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Where is the video?

I guess they are trying to save money on advertising by having somone's kid make a commercial. The feet look familiar. Ben?
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The video's in post #3. It's not a YouTube - thus not embedded.
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Ha ha. He knows I'm not too smart about breeds, so I'll get a way with it.

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