Vader shilling for Target (advert)

Author: ADigitalMan
Time: 22-Nov-2004 9:47 AM (Edited)
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Anybody seen the new Target ad with Vader and Heidi Klum?

Pretty f’ing funny, actually.

Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXWTmDbcOD0

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Author: Hal 9000
Time: 22-Nov-2004 10:21 AM
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What channels are this commerical on?

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Author: ADigitalMan
Time: 22-Nov-2004 10:30 AM
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My wife saw it this a.m. on Ellen (I think this is an NBC show). I got called in to see it. It's definitely a national ad.

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Author: Bossk
Time: 22-Nov-2004 10:33 AM
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Couldn't find the actual commercial yet, but here's a still from it.

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Author: Bossk
Time: 22-Nov-2004 10:39 AM
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And if you visit this site -- Target 2-day Sale Wake-Up Call -- you can receive a wake-up call for a Target two-day sale from Ice-T, Cheech Marin, Heidi Klum, a few other people I'm unfamiliar with, and Lord Vader. Wonder if they got James Earl Jones to actually do the voice or if it's just some hack voice actor. Likely the latter.

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Author: yanksno1
Time: 22-Nov-2004 10:56 AM
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Bossk, didn't look hard enough.

Here it is for you guys.

Did anyone see the Star Wars ESPN Sports Center commercial? That was hilarious. LOL

Author: ADigitalMan
Time: 22-Nov-2004 11:23 AM
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Maybe they're just using the Darth Vader Voice Changer and it's actually Heidi Klum waking you up.

You know, I almost signed up for this, but then I realized, I really don't want Target having my home phone number.

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Author: Bossk
Time: 22-Nov-2004 11:55 AM
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Originally posted by: yanksno1
Bossk, didn't look hard enough.

Yeah, I know. I'm feeling a bit lazy today.

Today? There's an understatement if I ever heard one.

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Author: Hal 9000
Time: 22-Nov-2004 1:13 PM
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I mean we're probably gonna have somebody eventually put a sound file up surely.

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Author: ricarleite
Time: 22-Nov-2004 1:29 PM
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Might be a stupid question, but what is Target? A phone company?

“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering

Author: ADigitalMan
Time: 22-Nov-2004 1:44 PM
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Target is kinda like a slightly more upscale Wal-Mart.

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Author: Kingsama
Time: 23-Nov-2004 4:10 AM
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espn ad owns the target one, watching chewy bash the coffee, vader face down lennox lewis, and r2 break out the hologram is classic...

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Author: Bossk
Time: 23-Nov-2004 4:25 AM
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Those ESPN ads rock, period. I don't know who their creative staff is, but they are incredibly talented. But I must say that Heidi Klum would make my artificial respirator race as well.

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Author: GundarkHunter
Time: 23-Nov-2004 5:18 AM
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Mine too.

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Author: PSYCHO_DAYV
Time: 26-Nov-2004 8:27 AM
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Originally posted by: Bossk
And if you visit this site -- Target 2-day Sale Wake-Up Call -- you can receive a wake-up call for a Target two-day sale from Ice-T, Cheech Marin, Heidi Klum, a few other people I'm unfamiliar with, and Lord Vader. Wonder if they got James Earl Jones to actually do the voice or if it's just some hack voice actor. Likely the latter.

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Author: PSYCHO_DAYV
Time: 26-Nov-2004 8:43 AM
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Originally posted by: Kingsama
espn ad owns the target one, watching chewy bash the coffee, vader face down lennox lewis, and r2 break out the hologram is classic...

THAT WAS AWESOME !!!

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Author: Hal 9000
Time: 26-Nov-2004 10:14 AM
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I signed up for the silly thing to call me at 715 and it didn't call me until 830!!

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Author: TheSessler
Time: 26-Nov-2004 1:55 PM
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D'oh, I guess they don't really want you to come out

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Author: Galahad_Skywalker
Time: 26-Nov-2004 2:35 PM
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Originally posted by: Bossk
But I must say that Heidi Klum would make my artificial respirator race as well.

Tell me about it. How did I only just now see that? But I have to say the ESPN ad is great. I'm with Bossk, I want to know where they get their creative staff.

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Author: PSYCHO_DAYV
Time: 27-Nov-2004 11:33 AM
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Originally posted by: Hal 9000
I signed up for the silly thing to call me at 715 and it didn't call me until 830!!

TARGET WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CALLS. I ACTUALLY GOT CALLED TWICE.

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Author: Warbler
Time: 28-Nov-2004 9:19 PM
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Originally posted by: Hal 9000
I signed up for the silly thing to call me at 715 and it didn't call me until 830!!

a time zone mixup perhaps?

Author: Bossk
Time: 29-Nov-2004 4:08 AM
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The thing that cracks me up about the wake-up calls for Target is that they were supposed to be timed for 6 a.m. when the sale actually started. People were lined up well before that time. So much for headway.

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Author: Lethe
Time: 29-Nov-2004 6:16 AM
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the ESPN add owns the Target add by a margin. Honestly, I was laughing so hard at the ESPN commercial, just because its so original.

I think the ESPN commercial even one ups the Energizer commercial from the 90's. Is that when it originally aired?

EDIT: I was looking at the SW.com link for the ESPN commercial and it said that there will be more in the future. Thats great, I just hope I get to see them all.

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Author: Bossk
Time: 29-Nov-2004 7:11 AM
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I think the Energizer bunny actually started in the 80s. But I could be wrong.

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Author: Galahad_Skywalker
Time: 29-Nov-2004 10:23 AM
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Just Energizer commercials in general, or the Vader ad? If it's the Vader ad, I think it came out in the mid-90s, because I remember seeing it before I was even a Star Wars fan and wondering what it was all about. I was perhaps nine or ten at the time, and I remember that the dialogue of the commercial kept running through my head. Talk about effective.

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