Commercial Parody: Post-Season annoyances

October 16, 2007

Every year, networks and stations broadcasting the playoffs and World Series try to create a buzz for non-baseball fans, informing them, basically, that they’d be morons not to watch these games.

I can’t say for certain that the spokesman are not hardcore fans, but regardless, they can be quite annoying in their exuberance.

Herewith, a Saturday Night Live parody of one such advert:

Speaking of annoying, MLB.com and FOX have been cosponsors on Actober.com, a contest asking entrants to send in creative videos on what baseball means to them. I haven’t examined it in depth, but I imagine cute and pets babies wearing baseball hats and mini-unis (think America’s Funniest Videos, ugh). This gig sounds like the perfect opportunity for Ken Burns wanna-bes. Don’t know how long the site will be active once the Series gets under way, so as the advertisers always say, “Act now!!”

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