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It’s a simple question: Would you eat the moon if it were made of ribs.

Published by
Patrick
 on June 20, 2008

Back in December, we ranked the “Top 7 Awesomely Bad Local Commercials.” Topping the list was the now infamous Mr. Spriggs BBQ Commercial found below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PkgOqVdpkU

It’s hard to believe, but that video has now become somewhat of a small internet sensation. The YouTube video has been played nearly 50,000 times, and super sites like College Humor and Stupid Videos now host it. That’s all great, but now we’ve learned this: Will Ferrell has highlighted the video on his FunnyorDie page. Here’s what Mr. Ferrell said:

Usually even a good commercial makes me think “Yeah, right. Of course you’re saying that. You wanna sell your thing.” This video makes me want to move to Oklahoma and eat Mr. Spriggs for breakfast, lunch, dinner and Taco Bell fourth meal. Enjoy the joy.

Will F*cking Ferrell is pimping Mr. Spriggs BBQ. I think this proves that anything in this world is possible (except for maybe Mr. Monday writing a funny column or me not being so damn good looking).

Anyway, the last thing I want to do is give the geniuses at Mr. Spriggs any advice, but they should probably take a big plate of bbq spare ribs and overnight them to Will Ferrell. They should also send him a tall, cool Budweiser to polish things off.

(Thanks to Honorary Ogle Ryan at OklahomaRock for tip.)

Category: OKC Advertising and Uncategorized. 14 Comments

Clever Advertising

Published by
Clark Matthews
 on June 12, 2008

For those who have not heard or are completely disinterested in art, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art is bringing in a display of Ancient Roman art that is on loan from The Louvre. Personally, I am extremely excited by this development. For one, I am fascinated by Roman history. Second, I am interested in art, particularly sculptures.

While in Atlanta last year, my wife and I actually went to see another travelling Louvre exhibit that had a few Roman pieces. It is difficult to describe how incredible it is to be mere feet from a sculpture that is more than 2000 years old and was more than likely once owned by an emperor of one of history’s greatest civilizations…so I won’t even try.

Today on NewsOK.com there is a video article discussing the exhibit’s impending opening. Being nerdily excited, as I displayed above, I chose to go against my typical inclination of avoiding all NewsOK video. I was greeted by this advertisement:

I only took one marketing class when I was at OSU, so perhaps I am no expert on the subject. On the other hand, I do have a mild fascination with the field of advertising. (See here and here.) One thing I did learn was that an advertisement is most effective when viewed by a target audience. Now, I will not go so far as to say that there are no off roading four-wheel ATV drivers who are also art aficionados, but…okay I will go that far.

Category: NewsOK and OKC Advertising. 12 Comments

Big League City?

Published by
Clark Matthews
 on February 29, 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubNNhaBb_B4

In the minutes of grueling research I do for this website, I ran across the YouTube video you can watch above. I have no idea who had the access to, or had the idea to upload a forty-year old commercial related to a local bond issue. That said, thank you “Silentsensei.”

For one, I learned that people who voted before my parents were eligible to cast ballots changed the course of this city. In Yessing ‘em all, our forefathers (and I guess mothers since this was post-suffrage) made it where I can partake in drinking water. I like water. They improved the sewer systems. I like not smelling feces. It also created the Northwest Expressway and expanded many major roads of this city from two to four lanes. I like not sitting in traffic. After seeing this commercial, I wondered what our fair city would look like if the residents of that time had No’ed ‘em all….probably a bit like the Oklahoma City portrayed in Saving Grace.

Oklahoma City’s next chance to leap forward comes March 4th. This campaign slogan is not as catchy or instructive as yes ‘em all, but Big League City does have some merit. As my public service to you, I will rattle off the talking points. Continue reading ‘Big League City?’

Category: Basketball in OKC, Mick Cornett, NBA in OKC, OKC Advertising, Oklahoma Politics and Sports. 33 Comments

Bowl Season

Published by
Clark Matthews
 on December 5, 2007

It is bowl season and as a result, I, as an OSU fan, will be subjected to countless jabs from Sooner fans deriding the Cowboys invitation to the “WhoCares.com Bowl”. The jokes hurt because they are true. While Insight, thankfully, dropped the “.com” from their bowl sponsorship title, my beloved Cowboys who lost just as many games as they won (including a blowout at the hands of the mighty Troy Trojans) are on their way to a stupidly named bowl “classic” against another .500 team.

While the NCAA clings to the archaic BCS status quo as every rational fan and member of the media clamors for a playoff plan, the system is already broken. There is little glory in winning a bowl these days. In the days of yore, your school might have gone to something with a girly name such as the Bluebonnet Bowl, but at least it had a name and there were only a few bowls to which teams could be invited.

Now, any school who can win six games (even if some of those wins are versus lower division teams) get invited to a bowl which is named after any company who can pony up a couple million dollars.   Legitimate powers like Auburn and Clemson end up at things called the Chick-Fil-A Bowl.  There are 32 bowl games that will be played this season. That means more than half of Division-IA schools get an invite.  Of the teams that qualified with the minimum of six wins, only seven are not playing in the post season.

If this were the Sports Animal and I were Craig Humphreys, this is the part where I would explain how to fix the system. Instead, I intend to exploit it. Those seven teams were shafted and Oklahoma needs to get in the game of hosting bowls to correct this injustice. After the jump, see our proposals. Continue reading ‘Bowl Season’

Category: Brad Henry, Lauren Richardson, Mathis Brothers, OKC Advertising, OSU Football, Oklahoma Blog Awards, Oklahoma City Alumni, Sports, The Lost Ogle, The Sports Animal and Toby Keith. 10 Comments

Make it Shine for Aught-Seven

Published by
Clark Matthews
 on November 8, 2007

As an eleven-year-old sixth grader in 1989, I remember my dad trying to convince me that the centennial parade sounded like fun. Being eleven, I disagreed and refused to accompany him.

“You probably won’t live to see the next centennial,” he reminded me.

Now, as a 29 year old father and CPA, I just skipped another centennial parade, and am contemplating whether “Statehood Day” festivities are worth my time. I mean seriously, the one hundred year celebration of Oklahoma City as the capitol is less than three years away, and the centennial celebration of Paul Harvey spreading urban legends via “The Rest of the Story” is a couple years after that.

Besides, the Land Run Centennial was superior for one reason: “Make it Shine!” Continue reading ‘Make it Shine for Aught-Seven’

Category: OKC Advertising, OKC History and OKC Music. 10 Comments

Oklahoma Initiative Ideas: 60 - 51

Published by
Patrick
 on October 22, 2007

Well, we are half way through our 100 Ideas for the Oklahoma Ideas Initiative.  Remember to email us at TheLostOgle at gmail if you have any ideas that you would like to see on our list.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYEzhpaOdtc

60. Name the BC Clark Christmas Jingle as the state’s official song of Christmas.

We should also make all schools sing the jingle at their Christmas assemblies.

Continue reading ‘Oklahoma Initiative Ideas: 60 - 51′

Category: 100 Ideas, OKC Advertising and Oklahoma City Weather. 23 Comments

Oklahoma Halloween Costume Ideas

Published by
Patrick
 on October 18, 2007

Aaron Tuttle

The other day, Clark, Tony and I were at The Lost Ogle headquarters debating what costumes we should wear for the Gazette’s “Ghouls Gone Wild” Halloween parade. Clark wanted to be a baseball player. Tony wanted us to dress up like Devo. I thought a costume based upon people or things related to Oklahoma seemed like a good idea.

Check out ten of these ideas after the jump:

Continue reading ‘Oklahoma Halloween Costume Ideas’

Category: Amy McRee, Gary England, Jenni Carlson, Mike Gundy, OKC Advertising, Oklahoma City Media, Sports and The Oklahoma Gazette. 11 Comments

Vote No For Kids

Published by
Clark Matthews
 on October 9, 2007

Sure, everyone likes kids.

Sure, everyone hates taxes.

Sure, everyone is embarrassed by Oklahoma’s ranking in all educational rankings.

You know what else everyone hates, though?  Being told what to do.

And everyone is saying “Vote Yes for Kids on October 9th” (which just happens to be today).  Every day last week, I received a full color mailing with quotes from civic leaders like school board chairman Cliff Hudson, state treasurer Scott Meacham, and local billionaire Aubrey McClendon informing me to vote the way they think I should.  Yesterday, I had a message on my answering machine from Mayor Mick also trying to boss me around. 

“It will improve classroom facilities in our public schools,” this group of politically diverse civic leaders says.

“It won’t increase taxes,” they say.

Well, what about the people who don’t like kids and do like paying taxes?  Where is their equal time?  And considering that there has been no opposition on this bond issue, why didn’t they just take the money that they used to fill my recycle bin with pretty cardboard and use it to buy computers for classrooms?

Alright, I had intended to make a tongue-in-cheek call for a rollout of “no” protest votes at this point of the post.  After actually thinking about it, though, I’d feel pretty guilty if the vote somehow fails.

Category: Mick Cornett, OKC Advertising and Oklahoma Politics. 4 Comments
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