AMEX Commercial

[throttleman]

Originally Posted by MJM

I saw it too! Very cool.

I'm thinking they add the guy in the background by region. So when the commercial airs in New England, it references Winni. When it airs in other regions, it references something local to them. Notice, the celebs never say a specific name - their part is the same. Well done.

It's nationally televised. My relatives on the West Coast saw it. Pretty funny!!

[MJM]

Did their version say "Lake Winnipesaukee", or some other thing close to them on the West Coast?

[AC2717]

and heard it on the radio it is an attention grabber. All of us that are AMEX card holders should submit for lake Winni to be clean up of Millfoil. We should all submit that as what we want to works towards

[gtxrider]

I saw the same commercial last night on EPSN during the SOX/Yankees. Kind of make one think the Lake is dirty. They should see the lakes down here.

[NHKathy]

I saw it last night, here in RI. Lake Winni was referenced.
I think the commerical is the same nationally, because I recognize the guy that talks about the Lake as an actor, can't remember where I saw him, but I think it was on a sitcom, Friends maybe? as a a recurring role.

[Gatto Nero]

You can see it here.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykz5dGurTCA

It's about getting people to suggest ideas that AmEx will spend up to $5M on. Interestingly, I did a search on the currently suggested projects (2750+ of them when I looked) on the website they talk about https://www.membersproject.com and found that "Keeping Lake Winnipesaukee Clean" is not one of them. I guess Tim didn't follow through.

[ghfromaltonbay]

I also saw this commercial over the past weekend on several channels. I agree with gtxrider, Ellen DeGeneres's quote makes it sound like the lake is the next thing to Love Canal or Lake Erie a few year's back. She states that she swam in Winnipesaukee once and when she removed her swimsuit it caught fire. This is an insult to our lake, but on the other hand, maybe this will keep a lot of people away and the lake won't get any more crowded than it already is on the weekends! (LOL). If as FLL stated the CEO has a place on the lake he won't want too many people discovering our gem in the northeast.

[Rose]

Originally Posted by ghfromaltonbay

Ellen DeGeneres's quote makes it sound like the lake is the next thing to Love Canal or Lake Erie a few year's back. She states that she swam in Winnipesaukee once and when she removed her swimsuit it caught fire.

But she also says it happens every time she goes swimming. I got the impression she was implying that it burst into flame because she's so hot.

I swam in Lake Erie in the early 70's and my swimsuit didn't burst into flames (that was the Cuyahoga River which flows into the lake ), although we all did have some respiratory discomfort afterwards.

[jetskier]

Originally Posted by Rose

But she also says it happens every time she goes swimming. I got the impression she was implying that it burst into flame because she's so hot.

I swam in Lake Erie in the early 70's and my swimsuit didn't burst into flames (that was the Cuyahoga River which flows into the lake ), although we all did have some respiratory discomfort afterwards.

The actor in the background indicates that he would like to Keep the Lake Clean. Then Shawn White says that he was there once and it was nice. So, the comment was not indicating that the lake was dirty, although I fail to see Ellen as being "hot". Nice promotion for the lake, however.

Jetskier

[Alton Mumma]

Yes he said he'd like to KEEP the lake clean, I don't think they are implying that our lake is dirty.

I don't think Ellen is saying she's hot, my take on it was quite the opposite. If your swimsuit bursts into flame every time you swim, I don't think that's a good sign.

[Lin]

Cool commercial. Gives the lake a bit of notoriety and recognition.

[Rinkerfam]

Just saw the ad on Letterman. I enjoyed the link from this site, but I have to be honest in that it didn't compare to seeing it on television.

[jetskier]

Originally Posted by Alton Mumma

Yes he said he'd like to KEEP the lake clean, I don't think they are implying that our lake is dirty.

I don't think Ellen is saying she's hot, my take on it was quite the opposite. If your swimsuit bursts into flame every time you swim, I don't think that's a good sign.

I think that her attempt at humor was a bad sign. The commercial is quite good; Ellen, I could do without.

Someone with an AMEX should suggest keeping the lake clean as a worthy project. Maybe they will actually donate some money to the cause.

Jetskier