RONNIE the DILLWEED

watchez

watchez

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Has anyone seen the AT&T commercial depicting Ronnie the Dillweed playing pool & not able to receive the call about the concert he should be going to.

Anyone else at the least bit surprised about how AT&T chose to show a guy that plays pool in a bar is the typical moron that can't also get good phone service. I am not sure what a Dillweed is but I am pretty certain it is not a remark of flattery.

And pay attention to the shot selection of the Dillweed, aimlessly shooting the cueball around the table.

Just another example of how pool is viewed in the eyes of the American public - DILLWEEDS.
 
watchez said:
Has anyone seen the AT&T commercial depicting Ronnie the Dillweed playing pool & not able to receive the call about the concert he should be going to.

Anyone else at the least bit surprised about how AT&T chose to show a guy that plays pool in a bar is the typical moron that can't also get good phone service. I am not sure what a Dillweed is but I am pretty certain it is not a remark of flattery.

And pay attention to the shot selection of the Dillweed, aimlessly shooting the cueball around the table.

Just another example of how pool is viewed in the eyes of the American public - DILLWEEDS.
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I seen the same thing except the guy is shooting baskets on a basketball machine looking like he is crazy or on drugs.

M.C.
 
It's not a specific reflection on pool, as much as you would like to think it is.

Advertising in this country is largely based around representing the clientele (either of the company whose products are being advertised, or that company's competitions' clients) as a) imbeciles or b) clinically insane.

Consider the preponderance of ads with characters (not people!) who are so amazingly attached to a given product that they dedicate their entire existence to promoting that product. Like the Prilosec ads with the middle-aged couple, tooling around in a bus with their faces painted on the sides, "spreading the good word". Or those Wendy's commercials with characters wearing red pig-tailed wigs preaching the gospel about how good Wendy's burgers are. I could go on forever.
 
ScottW said:
It's not a specific reflection on pool, as much as you would like to think it is.

Advertising in this country is largely based around representing the clientele (either of the company whose products are being advertised, or that company's competitions' clients) as a) imbeciles or b) clinically insane.

Consider the preponderance of ads with characters (not people!) who are so amazingly attached to a given product that they dedicate their entire existence to promoting that product. Like the Prilosec ads with the middle-aged couple, tooling around in a bus with their faces painted on the sides, "spreading the good word". Or those Wendy's commercials with characters wearing red pig-tailed wigs preaching the gospel about how good Wendy's burgers are. I could go on forever.
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I agree with you... I think it's less of a reflection that all pool players are dillweeds, and more of a reflection of that particular character being a dillweed who doesn't even know how to play pool, but is playing anyway. Just a dillweed.
 
ScottW said:
It's not a specific reflection on pool, as much as you would like to think it is.

Advertising in this country is largely based around representing the clientele (either of the company whose products are being advertised, or that company's competitions' clients) as a) imbeciles or b) clinically insane.

Consider the preponderance of ads with characters (not people!) who are so amazingly attached to a given product that they dedicate their entire existence to promoting that product. Like the Prilosec ads with the middle-aged couple, tooling around in a bus with their faces painted on the sides, "spreading the good word". Or those Wendy's commercials with characters wearing red pig-tailed wigs preaching the gospel about how good Wendy's burgers are. I could go on forever.
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Agreed. In those old Miz Millar commercials he was no dillweed (and neither was Bubba Smith, opinions may vary on Rodney :) ). More recently there is the Pokerstars.net commercial with Daniel Negrano (sp?) where he lines up and executes a nice little jump shot .... no dillweed there either .... the point is that without all those AT&T bars you might be a dillweed who misses out on the Final Four or something equally as exciting.

Dave
 
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