Last Man Standing takes the high road, That Ham Guy aims lower. So far, the 21st century branding of ham radio is a mixed grill with extra cheese food product. Fascinated by the sardonic Kraft campaign, positioning Velveeta eaters as various flavors of Cosmo Kramer, saying in so many words, eat amusing crap and be an amusing idiot.
Last edited by Jeff K1NSS; 02-26-2013 at 01:59 PM.
My boss made a point of showing the spot to KB3ERQ/AG & I during lunch yesterday.Originally Posted by W4GPL
He thought it was a good commercial... well, at least from the standpoint of being pro-Ham Radio. (He agrees with us on that stuff not being Cheese, or even a reasonable facsimilie thereof). He did NOT notice that the radios shown in the background were actually CB's. Most civilians won't.
I'd bet you apples to oranges that the spot was written by a ham, or someone familiar with amateur radio. But the person who STAGED the spot just grabbed some prop radios off the shelf... either not knowing the difference, or not caring, or figuring that no one would notice.
So perchance the best approach would be to take that age-old advice from Warren Oates in Stripes:
Lighten Up, Francis.
“Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019
BAN THE DH!
Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.
Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.
"The 2020 election wasn't stolen, and speaking the truth is only a crime in countries ruled by tyrants" - Liz Cheney
“Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfed.” — Bernie Sanders
It's clearly intended to be a cheesy commercial, in both senses of the word.
It does have the effect of curdling my stomach, I'll grant you that.
“Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019
BAN THE DH!
Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.
Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.
"The 2020 election wasn't stolen, and speaking the truth is only a crime in countries ruled by tyrants" - Liz Cheney
“Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfed.” — Bernie Sanders
I would agree. Best to be happy that ham radio is bubbling up like hot fake cheese in the mainstream and don't sweat the positive/negative stuff.
Yeah. What brand of Sooper Shooter was that parked on CHANNEL 33?
Should have had something they could park on 14.313 just for teh lulz.
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