On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 8:36 PM, Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm tempted now. But it's a malt beverage. Drives me nuts how the USA > makes coolers like smirnoff ice with malt instead of vodka. I have not > found a malt beverage (other than beer) that tastes good. > The last time I drank Zima was on my 21st birthday when a friend bought it as a joke. As I recall, it was like a gin & tonic that had turned. > Almost all our Canadian coolers are vodka based. Rarely ever malt. > Probably due to our different selling licences. > > On Sun, Mar 26, 2017, 11:07 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 7:24 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Kevin, after all these years you have finally shocked me; I am appalled >> that anyone is seriously trying to bring back Zima. >> >> >> Read it and weep. >> >> http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/1990s-clear-malt- >> beverage-zima-poised-comeback/308013/ >> >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 5:24 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> You forget the times we lived in, when cellular minutes were costly. The >> two-way radio feature didn't count against your minutes. The owners of one >> of the studio audience ticketing companies I worked for used that feature >> constantly when loading in audiences for TV shows. >> >> For me, the worst commercial I can think of right now (I'm sure there >> will be more) was for Zima (a hideous beverage that hipsters are hoping to >> bring back... sigh), featuring a pre-hipster hipster as the guy at the bar >> that nobody liked... worse than Cliff Clavin... if you saw him, you'd turn >> around and head the opposite direction... as the pitchman for Zima. >> >> https://youtu.be/t_uxyXekDjo >> >> On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 5:06 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Inspired by the thread on worst sports announcer, I suggest a discussion >> of the worst national commercial ever. >> >> No local or even regional commercials here. I’ve seen regional >> commercials bubble up to the national level that were painful to watch. >> >> I’m going to go with Dennis Franz using the radio feature of his Nextel >> phone. >> >> Here’s some: >> >> http://adland.tv/commercials/nextel-dennis-franz-potato- >> chip-ad-2002-030-usa >> >> https://adland.tv/commercials/nextel-dennis-franz-foot- >> powder-ad-2002-030-usa >> >> http://adland.tv/commercials/nextel-dennis-franz-cumquats-2002-030-usa >> >> How does this show the positive side of the two-way radio feature? A >> speakerphone does the same thing without having to push a button each time. >> >> When I saw this commercial, all I could think about is how annoying it >> would be to have someone using this as they stand next to me while they are >> shopping. >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... 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