Hammer & Coop: Awesome marketing, am I late?
Thursday, April 5th, 2007 - 9:26am
I thought this mini cooper campaign was Really, Really Excellent. I've been laughing out loud at some of the episodes.
Oh, and my Action Hero name is Jigsaw Magnum.
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"In other news, Miyamoto pissed on my head, and gave me a forecast of rain." - *Le
Mine's Propane Fisticuffs.
The whole "stiff Brit" thing is as hil-arious as ever though. Sh*t accent too - sounds more like a New Zealander than anything else.
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Episode 3: Ninjas ninjas and more ninjas -- my fave
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"In other news, Miyamoto pissed on my head, and gave me a forecast of rain." - *Le
I'm Cutter Magnum.
McChuck wrote:
Stroker & Hoop called. They want their concept back.
Axle Grease Seawolf. I'm down.
MrDeVil909: I feel it necessary to point out that there are drug resistant strains of most STDs. Especially in developing nations.
Funkenpants: Great. Yet another area in which we're losing our lead to foreigners.
Eh, they stole the concept too. The fact that it's ridiculously derivative is kinda the whole point.
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"In other news, Miyamoto pissed on my head, and gave me a forecast of rain." - *Le
The name generator's flawed; both my daughters' names begin with 'E', and they both got 'Edge' from the name generator. Shame.
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Haven't watched any episodes yet, but good find Rabbit!
You can't do this!
Of course I can, I'm Will Wright, bitch! - The Simpsons Game
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Buzz Saw Ball Bearings. Fo Shizzle.
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That sounds like an actual product.
So far the end of the second episode is my favourite.
McChuck wrote:
The whole watch thing just had me howling.
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"In other news, Miyamoto pissed on my head, and gave me a forecast of rain." - *Le
Axle Grease Seawolf...
Lag used to be a lot worse back in the day. Hell, it took Jesus 3 days to respawn.
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Problem is, they did the campaign AFTER Stroker & Hoop used the idea. "Hammer & Coop" is so close to "Stroker & Hoop" that it seems pretty clear that one of their hip young copywriters watched Adult Swim and just brought the concept to work. Why didn't he just use his other idea- a series a shorts about a family that lives in "Dingfield" called the "Mimpsons"?
Yeah that was pretty good. I loved it when the bad guy looked at his assistant "Can you do anything right? We went over this!"
McChuck wrote:
I have a hard time getting upset that they riffed off a TV show that got canceled 2 years ago after one season. I mean, I saw a few episodes and it was entertaining, but 2 years of dead time isn't fundamentally different than the 20 years of deadtime back to knight rider, or the 2 years back to that hideous Starsky & Hutch movie. Esp since it's a marketing campaign, not a new TV show.
I mean, weren't the BMW Films with Clive Owen just knockoffs of Transporter?
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"In other news, Miyamoto pissed on my head, and gave me a forecast of rain." - *Le
Thunderball Grinder
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wordsmythe wrote:
Thunderball Coyote, baby. That's right, ladies, the line forms on the left.
MechaSlinky wrote:
-on L4DProbably has 1 word for each starting letter.
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wordsmythe wrote:
I don't know where they got the idea for The Hire series, but those ran beginning in 2001. The Transporter came out in 2002.
Kerosene Seawolf.
Yet even then we ran like the wind,
whilst our laughter echoed under cerulean skies...
Thor Seawolf
Lot of us Seawolfs.
All this science I don't understand. It's just my job five days a week.
WOW. Nice catch. I'm sort of shocked actually.
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"In other news, Miyamoto pissed on my head, and gave me a forecast of rain." - *Le
Axle Grease Hurricane
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Mad Dog Kaboom. And was I the only one half-expecting to see MC Hammer pop up?
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"If ads put your sanity to the test
come on down to Rat Boy's nest!
light up a stogie, and soon you'll see
how rock can be commercial-free!
'I'd hit it!'" - HP Lovesauce
Stun Gun Ball Bearings. And no, I also expected something to go "STOP! Hammertime!"
So hell did freeze over after all; Welcome to Skjold!
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I just watched the episodes.
They worked. I want a Mini and a BMW now
If they crossed The Driver and Hammer I think it would make an epic motion picture.
You can't do this!
Of course I can, I'm Will Wright, bitch! - The Simpsons Game
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Yet another Jigsaw Magnum here.
It's still a funny ad campaign though. I like. It resurrects my odd off and on liking of the Mini. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I don't have an explanation.
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Depending on whether I use my first name or my middle (which is what I actually go by), I'm either:
Sidewinder Pete (first name)
OR
Mindhunter Pete (middle)
That's sucky.
Frak, my aunt is Stun Gun Magnum. I hate her now.
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Destroyer Pete checking in.
"Bacardi & Cola" riffed on the same thing; if they and Hammer & Coop are ripping off anything, it's American culture 1970-86.
Adding that Brian guy from Mad TV gave Hammer a real "My Name is Earl" feel.
Not that I need clever advertising to tell me Minis are awesome: I have firsthand experience via a friend who raced them in high school.
RIP ChronicNecrosis
Anyone else notice the biker in the first episode was Ogre from Revenge of the Nerds? (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316455/). Nice to see he's getting work.
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