Comments on: Get what's yours! Demented, explosion-filled ad for injury lawyer http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 03:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699393 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699393 Somebody correct me, but isn't that the infamous Troma Team (tm) 'exploding car' that's appeared in countless Troma films? See the wikipedia entry for Troma Team: "Troma is also known for reusing the same props, actors, and scenes over and over again, sometimes to save money. At a certain point, however, this became another hallmark of Troma. Examples include a severed leg, the Penis Monster, and the flipping/exploding car filmed for the movie Sgt. Kabukiman, NYPD, which, though blue, is used in place of any other car that needs to crash and explode." Somebody correct me, but isn’t that the infamous Troma Team ™ ‘exploding car’ that’s appeared in countless Troma films? See the wikipedia entry for Troma Team:

“Troma is also known for reusing the same props, actors, and scenes over and over again, sometimes to save money. At a certain point, however, this became another hallmark of Troma. Examples include a severed leg, the Penis Monster, and the flipping/exploding car filmed for the movie Sgt. Kabukiman, NYPD, which, though blue, is used in place of any other car that needs to crash and explode.”

]]> By: monkey_pirate http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699394 monkey_pirate Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699394 These commercials are a hit with my 2 year-old. If these come on, he will stop whatever he is doing and watch the whole thing. My niece was the same way when she was little. I think there's some subliminal messaging in there for kids or something. These commercials are a hit with my 2 year-old. If these come on, he will stop whatever he is doing and watch the whole thing. My niece was the same way when she was little.

I think there’s some subliminal messaging in there for kids or something.

]]> By: monkey_pirate http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699395 monkey_pirate Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699395 I disagree. The Edgar Snyder ones are far more tame than this. Even his "slip and fall reenactment" commercials from the 80's and early 90's didn't have explosions in them. I disagree. The Edgar Snyder ones are far more tame than this. Even his “slip and fall reenactment” commercials from the 80′s and early 90′s didn’t have explosions in them.

]]> By: Nasty http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699396 Nasty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699396 Best lawyer commercial ever. Only a nuclear explosion could make this commercial any better. oh, and blood. Best lawyer commercial ever. Only a nuclear explosion could make this commercial any better. oh, and blood.

]]> By: monkey_pirate http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699397 monkey_pirate Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699397 Anyway, those are nothing compared to the little kids clamoring for a taste of their Uncle Charley's sausage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QecNFiQ2vLM Anyway, those are nothing compared to the little kids clamoring for a taste of their Uncle Charley’s sausage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QecNFiQ2vLM

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699400 Rob Beschizza Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699400 Larry Green could snap Edgar Snyder in half. With his moustache. Larry Green could snap Edgar Snyder in half. With his moustache.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699401 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699401 Jim "The Hammer" Shapiro was the king of ridiculous attorney ads. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZigCwRhI8 Jim “The Hammer” Shapiro was the king of ridiculous attorney ads.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZigCwRhI8

]]> By: BdgBill http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699405 BdgBill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699405 I saw a persona injury lawyer ad in Atlanta that reminded me of the "Blacksploitation" movies from the 70's. The whole thing was done to a hip hop soundtrack and featured several apparently healthy people jumping up and down with fist fulls of cash. One satisfied client was shown getting out of an Escalade in front of a nightclub as a throng of attractive women looked on in awe. The ad was so terrible that I really thought it may have been a skit on SNL or Mad TV. I saw a persona injury lawyer ad in Atlanta that reminded me of the “Blacksploitation” movies from the 70′s. The whole thing was done to a hip hop soundtrack and featured several apparently healthy people jumping up and down with fist fulls of cash. One satisfied client was shown getting out of an Escalade in front of a nightclub as a throng of attractive women looked on in awe.

The ad was so terrible that I really thought it may have been a skit on SNL or Mad TV.

]]> By: arkizzle / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699406 arkizzle / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699406 Something about Green's enunciation and timing reminds me of Dr Steve Brule. Something about Green’s enunciation and timing reminds me of Dr Steve Brule.

]]> By: TootTootToot http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699415 TootTootToot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699415 The last two seconds look like the famous Christmas log video. The last two seconds look like the famous Christmas log video.

]]> By: nanuq http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699423 nanuq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699423 Can I sue for emotional trauma after seeing that commercial? Can I sue for emotional trauma after seeing that commercial?

]]> By: freshacconci http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699433 freshacconci Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699433 We get nothing like this in Canada. Even when we're watching a US station on cable, Canadian commercials are popped in. The few I've seen off cable come from Buffalo and are quite tame in comparison. Thank god for youtube or else I'd miss out on this slice of America. When I moved to Southwest Ontario for school I got to see what television was like in Michigan. For this Canadian naif, infomercials for the NRA and what I swear was a thinly veiled white supremacist group were certainly eyeopeners. We get nothing like this in Canada. Even when we’re watching a US station on cable, Canadian commercials are popped in. The few I’ve seen off cable come from Buffalo and are quite tame in comparison. Thank god for youtube or else I’d miss out on this slice of America.

When I moved to Southwest Ontario for school I got to see what television was like in Michigan. For this Canadian naif, infomercials for the NRA and what I swear was a thinly veiled white supremacist group were certainly eyeopeners.

]]> By: MasterSauce http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699691 MasterSauce Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699691 You need a video of a car flipping over while on fire? We've got that B Roll! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SItFvB0Upb8 You need a video of a car flipping over while on fire?
We’ve got that B Roll!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SItFvB0Upb8

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699444 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699444 I wish I could find a Kevin Kurgis (Cols, OH) commercial on YouTube, but apparently he's not cool with that and they've all been removed for legal reasons. He is SO MUCH crazier and ANGRIER than this guy, plus he's in motion for the whole commercial, striding furiously through his office hallways and pointing at the camera. "I'm Kevin Kurgis, and I don't get paid until YOU get paid!" He's a local hero. I wish I could find a Kevin Kurgis (Cols, OH) commercial on YouTube, but apparently he’s not cool with that and they’ve all been removed for legal reasons. He is SO MUCH crazier and ANGRIER than this guy, plus he’s in motion for the whole commercial, striding furiously through his office hallways and pointing at the camera. “I’m Kevin Kurgis, and I don’t get paid until YOU get paid!”
He’s a local hero.

]]> By: philentropist http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699448 philentropist Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699448 I really want to see this with the Requiem for a Dream music in the background... I really want to see this with the Requiem for a Dream music in the background…

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699453 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699453 Permanent Means <I>Larry Green!!</I> Permanent
Means
Larry Green!!

]]> By: gATO http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699461 gATO Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699461 If the lawyer had had that MonsterTruck / WWF / beef jerky announcer's low, raspy tone, the ad would've been so, so much more *AWESOME!!1!* If the lawyer had had that MonsterTruck / WWF / beef jerky announcer’s low, raspy tone, the ad would’ve been so, so much more *AWESOME!!1!*

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699720 Teller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699720 He looks a bit like Groucho Marx when he hosted You Bet Your Life. Which makes sense. He looks a bit like Groucho Marx when he hosted You Bet Your Life. Which makes sense.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699466 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699466 Google Jim "The Hammer" Shapiro. Best thing on television in upstate NY. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZigCwRhI8 Google Jim “The Hammer” Shapiro. Best thing on television in upstate NY.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZigCwRhI8

]]> By: Ratdog http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699726 Ratdog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699726 That guy's acting looks like something out of a Tim and Eric episode. That guy’s acting looks like something out of a Tim and Eric episode.

]]> By: rawdiant http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699480 rawdiant Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699480 Ahh, one from my home town. I highly doubt the genius here is intentional (which is what makes it funny), but I suspect I think the fiery nature obliquely taps in to our steel-town history. Pittsburghers like to think of themselves as rough, pugnacious, blue-collar-pride types. Our city was once described as "hell with the lid taken off" -- and I think everyone here truly loved that description. Ahh, nevermind... yinz just wouldn't understand. Ahh, one from my home town. I highly doubt the genius here is intentional (which is what makes it funny), but I suspect I think the fiery nature obliquely taps in to our steel-town history. Pittsburghers like to think of themselves as rough, pugnacious, blue-collar-pride types. Our city was once described as “hell with the lid taken off” — and I think everyone here truly loved that description. Ahh, nevermind… yinz just wouldn’t understand.

]]> By: mlw99 http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699490 mlw99 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699490 As an attorney myself, I think the best lawyer commercial ever was a parody made for a show on the FX channel. See for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxHN80QzT34 As an attorney myself, I think the best lawyer commercial ever was a parody made for a show on the FX channel.

See for yourself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxHN80QzT34

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699751 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699751 Oh lord, Kevin Kurgis is awesome. His most memorable print ad for me was a huge picture of his face, affixing all with a stern expression and a pointed finger, and the quote "GET WHAT YOU DESERVE." My immediate reaction was that he was about to break my legs and stuff me in a garbage compactor. Oh lord, Kevin Kurgis is awesome. His most memorable print ad for me was a huge picture of his face, affixing all with a stern expression and a pointed finger, and the quote “GET WHAT YOU DESERVE.” My immediate reaction was that he was about to break my legs and stuff me in a garbage compactor.

]]> By: SoItGoes http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699498 SoItGoes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699498 This guy is like Jim the Hammer Shapiro on valium.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZigCwRhI8 This guy is like Jim the Hammer Shapiro on valium..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZigCwRhI8

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699509 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699509 Y'kneau what, I think you mean "wun unnerstan". At's Pixburgh english right dere. Y’kneau what, I think you mean “wun unnerstan”. At’s Pixburgh english right dere.

]]> By: aacmckay http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699512 aacmckay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699512 In Winnipeg our Fox feed is from Rochester NY. I vividly remember the JIM "THE HAMMER SHAPIRO" ads. So well so I can still recite the number by heard even though he hasn't been on TV in a while. 1-800-546-7777. However The Heavy Hitters win for the catchiest theme song. I was looking for the one where one of the lawyers falls in the sewer in a bad computer animation then falls from the sky and lands beside his partner. Alas Youtube failed me, so this one will have to do. Though it also has bad animation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEFqN2fXbgc In Winnipeg our Fox feed is from Rochester NY. I vividly remember the JIM “THE HAMMER SHAPIRO” ads. So well so I can still recite the number by heard even though he hasn’t been on TV in a while. 1-800-546-7777.

However The Heavy Hitters win for the catchiest theme song. I was looking for the one where one of the lawyers falls in the sewer in a bad computer animation then falls from the sky and lands beside his partner. Alas Youtube failed me, so this one will have to do. Though it also has bad animation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEFqN2fXbgc

]]> By: aacmckay http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699515 aacmckay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699515 Haha I found another bad falling one from The Heavy Hitters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X0LEsrWsvU Haha I found another bad falling one from The Heavy Hitters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X0LEsrWsvU

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699776 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699776 What's amazing to me is how reasonable and well spoken Cynthia Berger is on the one spot I've seen her in. Why they would choose to use Larry Green, no matter what his relative legal abilities, over Berger is a complete mystery to me. Also, Larry Green might be able to snap Edgar Snyder in half, but for lulz, nothing can beat the "Dog's a Man's Best Friend" commercial and it's puzzling use of computer generated animation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jdAi5OVkaM. What’s amazing to me is how reasonable and well spoken Cynthia Berger is on the one spot I’ve seen her in. Why they would choose to use Larry Green, no matter what his relative legal abilities, over Berger is a complete mystery to me.

Also, Larry Green might be able to snap Edgar Snyder in half, but for lulz, nothing can beat the “Dog’s a Man’s Best Friend” commercial and it’s puzzling use of computer generated animation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jdAi5OVkaM.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-724356 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-724356 what did he say from 0:16 to 0:18? what did he say from 0:16 to 0:18?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/28/demented-explosion-f.html#comment-699539 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-699539 My legal ethics professor let me show this video to the class today. We all laughed, then cried a little inside. My legal ethics professor let me show this video to the class today. We all laughed, then cried a little inside.

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