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Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:21 am
by Orthography Enthusiast
Al appearing in a commercial wouldn't make me lose any respect for him, if the product wasn't an objectionable one. After all, he does have to keep on funding the broccoli and poodle chow and Nina's accordion lessons.

[mandatory disclaimer: I have no idea whether Al's daughter will take accordion lessons. And I'm pretty sure that Al himself doesn't eat poodle chow. But hey, he does have to earn a living.]

One thing about advertising, though: when you hear a song licensed for a commercial that Al has previously parodied (whenever that "I want my MPG!" commercial comes on, I think "Beverly, Beverly, Beverly Hillbillies!") it does kind of kick the stuffing out of the idea that Al, by parodying, is desecrating Unsullied Works of Genuine Artistic Inspiration, doesn't it? When the copyright holders are totally willing to do a little sullying if the price is right?

Al in a really, really funny commercial wouldn't hurt his image at all, IMHO.

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:46 pm
by TheLazenby
Oh yeah, Al admitted the Rugburns connection in the most recent Ask Al, did anyone mention that here yet?

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:02 pm
by Big Spoon
Yes, it has been mentioned here before.

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:03 pm
by TMBJon
Hey, there's some good discussion going on here about Al in commercials. Can a mod split it off into its own topic?

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:14 pm
by Jigawatt
TheLazenby @ Jul 6 2006, 12:46 PM wrote: Oh yeah, Al spoke about the Rugburns connection in the most recent Ask Al, did anyone mention that here yet?
Fixed that for ya. :Y

(to "admit" seems to imply some sort of wrongdoing)

Adrian

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:36 pm
by jerAL
I'm a she....

Public Service announcements would be different.

Plus, I wasn't claiming to be reasonable. It's just my feelings.

Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:51 am
by Ovitz
Wow. I am really surprised to see this thread. I guess as a huge Rugburns fan, I always just kind of assumed that people knew the story. I personally like both songs, but I find myself listening to DA more.

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:05 am
by Stu Pidasso
And where can one get a copy of DA? I don't have iTunes or Napster, just Bearshare... :(

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:06 am
by TheLazenby
Google "Dick's Automotive.mp3"... I found it on a website somewhere, luckily.

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:38 pm
by R.J. Fletcher
Check out the Rugburns' Myspace site to hear "Dick's Automotive." (Actually it's a tribute site.) http://www.myspace.com/atributetotherugburns

Then check out my own personal Myspace page. Come on, you know you want to. http://www.myspace.com/gocrazyfolksgocrazy