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  1. I'd like to see the Aussie chick drain the Fosters, then nail the dude in the
    forehead with the empty. If not that, then the dude misses the throw and breaks
    her window, then [censored] her out for trashing his CDs.

    I'd like to see the Levi chick kick the dude's ass for forging the worn jeans.
    The kick should be to the balls, but apparently, he has none. Then she drops
    the jeans he's wearing and takes her panties back.

    We need rad biking commercials, like lightning-fast descents, lung-searing
    climbs, wild crashes and women racers just racing, oh yea! Why not a Colnago
    commercial or at least Shimano (oh, because, with OLN zooming in on a zillion
    D/A 7800 drivetrains a day, why bother?)

    It wouldn't be hard to make the Capital One commercials really go out of
    control. That could be fun...

    How about a spoof doping commercial? "Discount EPO sale begins right after the
    end of the Tour". Or maybe a half hour special on the Tyler Crhonicles?

    I'd like to see the announcers ride an HC ascent. And bonk on film while wired
    up live. And make Jared work the feed zone, throwing foot long subs at them.

    Or when the announcers do the Trek Lucky 7, Bob gets a terrorist-adulterated
    "scratch and boom" card that blows his nose off?

    Man oh man, another week and a half of these repeats is gonna suck! I'll never
    buy a Subaru, that's fer certain. And I certainly didn't need reminding of why
    I knew Survivor was lame the first time around.

  2. Mad Dog said:

    Or when the announcers do the Trek Lucky 7, Bob gets a terrorist-adulterated
    "scratch and boom" card that blows his nose off?

    I'm probably in the minority here, but I think these commercials are
    funny. I almost feel like visiting a Trek dealer (or website) to
    participate. Almost.

    -eric

  3. Mad Dog said:

    Man oh man, another week and a half of these repeats is gonna suck! I'll never
    buy a Subaru, that's fer certain. And I certainly didn't need reminding of why
    I knew Survivor was lame the first time around.

    The Giro ad with the kid, the devil and the camera moto is very good.

    --
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    Judicial Activist: n. A judge who tends to rule against your wishes.

  4. "Mad Dog" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    I'd like to see the Aussie chick drain the Fosters, then nail the dude in
    the
    forehead with the empty. If not that, then the dude misses the throw and
    breaks
    her window, then [censored] her out for trashing his CDs.


    Two words

    Ti Vo

  5. Exactly my friend. Exactly. I don't even know what commercials this
    guy is rambling on about.

    Tom

  6. Tom said:

    Exactly my friend. Exactly. I don't even know what commercials this
    guy is rambling on about.

    Tom

    I FF the commercials but always stop right when the Aussie chick says
    "ok, i forgive you".

    Smokin' hot.

  7. To me, the weirdest thing about the OLN coverage of the Tour de France
    is that it's on OLN. When Armstrong signed with Discovery I was sure
    that they would cover the Tour.

    -ilan

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    Quoted message said:

    To me, the weirdest thing about the OLN coverage of the Tour de France
    is that it's on OLN. When Armstrong signed with Discovery I was sure
    that they would cover the Tour.

    OLN had a multiyear TDF broadcast contract before Discovery Channel signed
    up.

  9. RonSonic said:

    On 14 Jul 2005 21:50:02 -0700, Mad Dog <[email hidden]> wrote:

    "It was the most powerful experience of my life!" I suppose he's never been
    kneecapped with a .38, set afire and extinguished with a shovel.

    Few of us have, come to think of it.

    Quoted message said:

    Subaru? Like a Costco store-brand Volvo.

    "Doctors and lawyers buy Volvos; quixotic engineers buy Subarus."
    - Car Talk guys. They forgot to mention lesbians, though.

    Quoted message said:

    Hand puppet fronting for a loan company - so obviously risible nothing I say can
    compare.

    Worst part is it's the Pets.com puppet. But the good thing is
    the sock puppet is the only survivor of Pets.com that has a
    paying job.

    Quoted message said:

    They really need to work on the market scale of their advertising. The cycling
    crowd ain't the guys who never get out to do any actual fishing instead of
    drinking beerskees and watching it.

    It's the advertisers who look at the demographic of the channel,
    more than the channel looking at the demographics of the advertisers.
    Apparently, OLN cycling watchers drink Fosters while driving Subarus,
    munching on Subway sandwiches, and talking to sock puppets. That's
    our demographic niche.

    Just one thing: the OP probably hasn't, but you may have been
    watching the Tour on OLN long enough to remember the days of the
    incessant "Runawayshoes dot com!" ad. If you have, you should know
    better than to complain. You'll get a Fosters ad and a sock puppet
    and like it.

  10. Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Subaru? Like a Costco store-brand Volvo.

    Quoted message said:

    "Doctors and lawyers buy Volvos; quixotic engineers buy Subarus."
    - Car Talk guys. They forgot to mention lesbians, though.

    My dad had a Subaru SVX, that funky $30,000 GT coupe with the
    Lamborghini-style segmented windows the company built from '92-'97. It
    was mostly remarkable for burning oil in the engine compartment, blowing
    wheel bearings and making the drive-thru at McDonald's an impossible dream.

  11. On 15 Jul 2005 21:50:39 -0700, "[email hidden]" <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:
    RonSonic said:

    On 14 Jul 2005 21:50:02 -0700, Mad Dog <[email hidden]> wrote:

    "It was the most powerful experience of my life!" I suppose he's never been
    kneecapped with a .38, set afire and extinguished with a shovel.

    Few of us have, come to think of it.

    True. But if it happened to him I wouldn't laugh my ass off.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    They really need to work on the market scale of their advertising. The cycling
    crowd ain't the guys who never get out to do any actual fishing instead of
    drinking beerskees and watching it.

    It's the advertisers who look at the demographic of the channel,
    more than the channel looking at the demographics of the advertisers.
    Apparently, OLN cycling watchers drink Fosters while driving Subarus,
    munching on Subway sandwiches, and talking to sock puppets. That's
    our demographic niche.

    The OLN sales department should have something to say about that.

    Quoted message said:

    Just one thing: the OP probably hasn't, but you may have been
    watching the Tour on OLN long enough to remember the days of the
    incessant "Runawayshoes dot com!" ad. If you have, you should know
    better than to complain. You'll get a Fosters ad and a sock puppet
    and like it.

    No, I don't remember those. Don't know if it was during a lapse of interest in
    the sport of in cable television, but I seem to have missed the experience.

    Sounds painful.

    Ron

  12. On 07/15/2005 08:12 PM, in article
    [email hidden], "[email hidden]"

    Quoted message said:

    To me, the weirdest thing about the OLN coverage of the Tour de France
    is that it's on OLN. When Armstrong signed with Discovery I was sure
    that they would cover the Tour.

    You expected OLN to forget they have a multi-year contract to cover the Tour
    and just hand over the reigns to another channel with little or no
    experience covering sporting events?

    --
    Steven L. Sheffield
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  13. Steven L. Sheffield a écrit :

    Quoted message said:


    You expected OLN to forget they have a multi-year contract to cover the Tour
    and just hand over the reigns to another channel with little or no
    experience covering sporting events?

    I just checked out the Discovery Channel website. It looks like they
    have enough resources to buy OLN.

    -ilan

  14. <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Steven L. Sheffield a écrit :

    Quoted message said:


    You expected OLN to forget they have a multi-year contract to cover the
    Tour
    and just hand over the reigns to another channel with little or no
    experience covering sporting events?

    I just checked out the Discovery Channel website. It looks like they
    have enough resources to buy OLN.

    Let me get this straight, you looked at the discovery Channel website and
    determined that they have enough resources to buy OLN? What metrics did you
    use for selling price, payment method, goodwill, and all of the other
    variables that are required evaluate the purchase?

  15. "Frank Drackman" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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    Quoted message said:


    <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Steven L. Sheffield a écrit :

    Quoted message said:


    You expected OLN to forget they have a multi-year contract to cover
    the Tour
    and just hand over the reigns to another channel with little or no
    experience covering sporting events?

    I just checked out the Discovery Channel website. It looks like they
    have enough resources to buy OLN.

    Let me get this straight, you looked at the discovery Channel website
    and determined that they have enough resources to buy OLN? What
    metrics did you use for selling price, payment method, goodwill, and
    all of the other variables that are required evaluate the purchase?

    How about the star power they can afford?

    Discover Channel can afford Lance Armstrong
    OLN can afford Bob Roll.

    NS

  16. Nev Shea said:

    "Frank Drackman" <[email hidden]> wrote in
    news:[email hidden]:

    Quoted message said:


    <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Steven L. Sheffield a écrit :

    Quoted message said:


    You expected OLN to forget they have a multi-year contract to cover
    the Tour
    and just hand over the reigns to another channel with little or no
    experience covering sporting events?

    I just checked out the Discovery Channel website. It looks like they
    have enough resources to buy OLN.

    Let me get this straight, you looked at the discovery Channel website
    and determined that they have enough resources to buy OLN? What
    metrics did you use for selling price, payment method, goodwill, and
    all of the other variables that are required evaluate the purchase?

    How about the star power they can afford?

    Discover Channel can afford Lance Armstrong
    OLN can afford Bob Roll.

    I'd much rather hang, ride and drink beer with Bob than Lance.

    Ron

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