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This promotional video for Enid is kind of depressing
Jan 23
2013
Last year, the Oklahoma City Chamber produced this silly promotional video called ”Where We’ve Been (Where We’re Goin’).” I think it was supposed to show people (and potential new businesses) about all the progress our town has made. We were kind of critical:
I would bet some serious money that the everyone involved in the production of that commercial lives in Edmond. The only thing whiter than that thing is the lower level of a Thunder game. They even made the black kids look stale and boring and white.
Seriously, who approved this video? Captain Boredom? Also, isn’t it time that Oklahoma City begins to act like we’ve been there before? “Yay!!! We got a Whole Foods!!!” Now just move on, park your Lexus, and go buy some overpriced organic foods with other boring white people.
Speaking of boring white people, what’s up with the song? It sounds like something you’d hear at the end of service at Crossings church only a lot worse. The singers look like they just had dinner at Applebee’s. I’ve heard better vocals at Nancy’s Lighthouse on a Wednesday night.
Well, it looks like we owe an apology to our friends at the Oklahoma City Chamber. After watching this promotional video produced by the Enid Regional Development Alliance, I guess the OKC Chamber video really isn’t that bad.
Check out the ad. It’s called “Enid, We Got It!”:
Here’s a quick little note to the people who made this thing. The next time you shoot a promo video, do it in the spring. That way your golf course will not look so drab and ugly.
For fun, I decided to channel my inner Jeff Foxworthy and make some observations about the video. Here they are:
• If your city openly promotes places like Staples, Starbucks and a Ross “Dress for Less,” you may be from Enid.
• If being schooled by Michael Jordan is the career highlight of the only celebrity featured in your city’s promo video, you may be from Enid.
• If your city openly encourages people to visit a different city located nearly 100 miles away for quality entertainment, you may be from Enid.
• If the only African-Americans featured in your city’s 110-second promo video are two elementary school students and a zumba dancer, you may be from Enid.
• If “playtime” in your city constitutes recklessly riding a four-wheeler without a helmet, you may be from Enid.
• If the voice of the cute bubbly girl in your town’s promo video makes you contemplate moving and/or killing a cat, you may be from Enid.
Okay, those were all kind of lame. Sorry about that.
Anyway, if you are an Enid resident and about to leave a nasty comment or fire-off a mean email, please don’t. I’m just giving your city a hard time. For what it’s worth, Enid is probably one of the top five cities in Oklahoma. Yeah, that’s kind of like being one of the top five alpine skiers in Oklahoma, but it’s better than nothing.
In fact — and just like Linda Cavanaugh — I kind of like Enid. The town has a quiet little charm to it. At my old job, I’d have to visit Enid a couple of times a year. It really boosted my ego because everyone in town thought I was a big city hot-shot. Plus, there was a semi-cute girl who worked in the lab at the hospital I’d have to visit and she’d always give me the eye. Now don’t get me wrong. I’d never want to live there or anything and I enjoyed leaving and going home, but still, the town was charming.
And if you’re still mad and still want to send me a mean email, just calm down and laugh about it. Or at least send me a pic of yourself posing in front of an Applebee’s (or Ross “Dress for Less”). That’s what the singers from the Oklahoma City Chamber video did:
Oh, it’s not THAT bad… other than for some, well, okay, ALL of the reasons you specified (especially pimping Staples & Ross – ouch). But besides those, it’s not THAT bad.
By the way, did you know “Enid” is an old Osage word for “Buffalo’s Vagina”? It’s true.
and San Diego means “a whales vagina”
Cool video? Enid’s got it!
DAMN!!!! I actually like reading your stuff sometimes and you have to make a dig on my town!!! I won’t hold it against you or anything. Heck maybe whenever you’re done gloating about all of OU’s championships we can sit down, have a beer, and try and figure out how we can get Emily Sutton to grow her bangs back out. Maybe at an applebees.
So the younger white guy with the dark hair won that America’s Greatest Dog TV show competition and had a minor role on Desperate Housewives like 5 years ago…looks like things haven’t really improved for him much…
Haters be hatin…
Seriously though…bagging on a guy who went out to Hollywood to give it try and got a little success??? c’mon…I know Enid sucks, but give ole Trav a break.
Haters from TLO are gonna hate
I always thought the cute Air Force pilots-in-training were the best thing about Enid (when I was a teenage girl growing up in the area). *shrug*
I think “We Done Got It!” would sound a little more authentic.
What’s really funny is the quote on Travis’ IMDB page “It was either go home and drive the tractor or move to the beach”, said Brorsen, “the decision was easy”.
As a former Enidite (Enidian? Enidiot?) I thought it was a pretty good pitch for the town. Of course I live in a town without a single Staples, so what do I know?
It looks like they “Don’t got” helmet laws for ATV riders.
Making fun of a fantastic community is something to be very proud of. Enid is one of the most progressive communities in the state. We are just completing a $100,000,000 investment in our schools. We are completing a $34,000,000 downtown renovation with a convention hall and conference center. We are developing Enid trail system that will touch every neighborhood, shopping area and university. We will be voting on a $50,000,000 city parks restoration and new recreational park and facilities. Enid is truly an Original city that was formed literally over night in 1893. We are a Vibrant city that is investing in its quality of life for residents and visitors and we are truly a city of Boundless opportunities with unlimited potential today, tomorrow and into the future. Thank you for your promotion of Enid even with your tongue in cheek critique. If you haven’t been to Enid in the last 3 or 4 years to see the investments and changes we have made, it would be like someone visiting OKC for entertainment today versus prior to the MAPS projects and Bricktown. Come check us out and we will amaze you.
Don’t forget to throw some money to help improve Fugly’s on the south side of town.
Based upon your post, I think you should have been consulted on the video! I just re-read it and not once do you hawk Ross or Staples and so on. I think the critique is just that, you have valid points of progress and postives for Enid and the CofC does a dorky video hawking generic chain establishments. You should forward a link of this to the Enid CofC, it might shame them into improving their product.
Been there. Enid sucks.
Maybe some of that should’ve been mentioned in the video…
I would imagine that a $100,000,000 reinvestment in education would call for a new gym for your 6A high school to call its own. The high school was built in the early 1900s. I’m pretty sure a portion of that reinvestment went to building a new elementary school while the very outdated junior high, high school, and various elementary school just got patch jobs. Get with the times and build a new high school that can better handle the technological needs of your graduates to better prepare them for jobs, mostly outside of Enid. Too many old conservatives that love to bitch about education spending and “where my tax dollars are going.” I grew up in Enid, and had a great childhood. I just fear that the close mindedness of many of the decision makers in Enid will set the city back further and further. If you want to attract new businesses to Enid, invest in your education, quit building huge buildings that get used just s few times a year (see Chisholm trail expo center, and don’t give me that “lt belongs to Garfield county” crap, Garfield county = 95% Enid), finally, nepotism is rampant in your city, if you want to attract young talent, then quit hiring descendants of the Champlins for your high paying jobs.
The OKC Chamber video was corny! It reeked of the usual OKC inferiority complex. Look out Tulsa, Enid is coming for your spot.
They blew it. The best thing about living in Enid is the light traffic and the short commutes from home to work. Of course, if they’re successful that traffic will get worse. So I can see the conundrum.
Well, the ironics/hipsters have to rail about everything while saying they’re only having fun with you. It’s a little passive/aggressive thing they like to do.
…and anyway, why did Travis appear in the video? He’s from Perry, OK not Enid. (Yes, I currently live in Enid and Teke is right, lack of traffic is its only selling point.)
I think it’s part of a series of promo videos.
Go here: http://www.growenid.com
or here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ7Xs-UqMQw&feature=player_embedded
For a video that does a little better job of promoting the community.
Looks like there is a bunch of new readers in here…
If I could work this same job in Enid I would relocate in a heartbeat.
Enid isn’t the best place in the state, but hey, at least we don’t have the androgynous ginger version of Sally Kern as our Congressman.
I learned from that video that we have the same things as Stillwater, and that there are only Caucasian adults living here. I got it! There were TONS of special things here in Enid, but they chose to cover the national chain businesses???
That said, a town is only as good as what people put into it. Enid could be prettier. It could be friendlier. It could be less “elite”. Here’s my question; what have YOU done to make Enid better?
Not that some of your comments aren’t funny and probably appropriate (i.e. – golf course and over-abundance of anglo people), but the knocks are pretty harsh, even for TLO.
Couple thoughts of mine as a non-Enid native:
The “career highlight of the only celebrity” in the video…Oklahoma is pretty proud of the Price family and especially of Brent and Mark’s career in the NBA. Plus, I am pretty sure Brent had a pretty solid night against one of the greatest NBA players ever…you may just try and pay some attention to detail, this was a low blow!
And last time I checked with the OKC Thunder, they were the STATE of Oklahoma’s Team…especially since something like 3,000 special ticket purchases come from the Enid area alone. Also, it is a 75 mile trip, not 100. So, I would say that promotion of the Thunder here in Enid is pretty important to their organization.
Maybe you need a little time on a four-wheeler to know what ‘reckless driving’ is. If you spent more time enjoying actual Oklahoma landscape and culture, you would know how useless it is to wear a helmet on an ATV…just try to flip one of those things!
You are right though, the girl in it is cute and bubbly. Not too bad of a promotional tool!
Anyway. Those are my thoughts.
This new video isn’t all that bad and Enid really is a great place and has some excellent City Leaders (Eric Benson to name one of them). There’s some great camera work in it and lots of not so good camera work, too. Unfortunately the really bad audio peaking from most of the on-camera talent takes this from a decent production to a “we hired local talent because their bid came in 83% lower” production. Can’t blame them I guess.
It’s not bad. They tried and did a commendable job, really.