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Old 05-29-2012, 02:20 PM
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Ill Have Another....Make it a Milkshake lol. Catchy yeah?
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Old 05-29-2012, 02:26 PM
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As far as the Breeders Cup goes:

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Old 05-29-2012, 02:39 PM
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I really can't believe that the BC had the audacity to release this today. Really, "the best is yet to come" focusing on the BC in early November, when we have a horse who is less than 2 weeks away from trying to make history, while trying to break a 34 year old drought.

I can't believe that they couldn't hold off an extra 2 weeks before releasing such a wonderful and creative marketing campaign.......................
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Old 05-29-2012, 02:49 PM
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It is so awesome to wonder how much the PR company was paid to come up with that gem.

No disrespect to the songwriter, to Sinatra or anyone else who recorded it but what are they doing? Yeah let's perpetuate the whole out of date / out of time mentality.

Lets go backwards!

Some of us have no one around who is into this and so we are the ones who understand the way the sport is perceived by others.

A crappy little catchphrase and one they phoned in at that and then look at what the HKJC is doing to make it appealing, fun, interesting, a social event.

This is the Breeders Cup for God sake and it's turning into yet another missed opportunity.

The commercial...

http://www.breederscup.com/gallery/b...nita-park-2012

It's fine.

The problem is it shouldn't be FINE. This is Los Angeles. There are literally thousands of film makers, editors, etc. who could have done something so utterly fantastic.....

Ridiculous.

... and as MaTHie there is something else to focus on right now (for a change) that could be so good for the sport but no one seems to take the initiative to allow it to help clean up the post NY Times cesspool.

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Old 05-29-2012, 02:56 PM
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Personally G, the commercial isn't fine. We don't need any more people from the Sinatra/Tonny Bennett era, the sport needs to develop a newer/younger fanbase. That song probably isn't going to be the hook that lands or even turns the heads of any younger people who happen to see that commercial. I think that they need to go in a drastically different direction music wise.
Also, some shot of a toteboard with ballon payouts might not be a bad thing to include as well.
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Old 05-29-2012, 03:02 PM
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Personally G, the commercial isn't fine. We don't need any more people from the Sinatra/Tonny Bennett era, the sport needs to develop a newer/younger fanbase. That song probably isn't going to be the hook that lands or even turns the heads of any younger people who happen to see that commercial. I think that they need to go in a drastically different direction music wise.
Also, some shot of a toteboard with ballon payouts might not be a bad thing to include as well.
Oh I totally agree with all of this and yeah "fine" is not a good thing.

The imagery that the song itself evokes is not the way to go.

The whole thing needs to be scrapped and the powers that be need to be exposed to, acknowledge and understand things that the rest of the world is doing to promote the game in general.
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Old 05-29-2012, 03:25 PM
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I see:

pretty pictures, old people dressed up like they're going to a social event of some kind, a lot more pretty pictures, a lot more overdressed douchebags, some racing clips, some celebrations clips.


It's basically trying to say 'Come to this beautiful atmosphere and hang out with a bunch of over dressed douchebags. Some of which will be celebrating'


If I didn't know better -- I'd have no idea you could bet on this. It's the kind of commercial I would have expected for a horse race event like they have in the Carolina's where they have some Queen's Cup race or something that no one can bet on.

It's off the charts pretentious. They don't get it.
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There is only one marketing campaign- I'll Have Another. He wins the TC and stays in training.
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Old 05-29-2012, 04:55 PM
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I see:

pretty pictures, old people dressed up like they're going to a social event of some kind, a lot more pretty pictures, a lot more overdressed douchebags, some racing clips, some celebrations clips.


It's basically trying to say 'Come to this beautiful atmosphere and hang out with a bunch of over dressed douchebags. Some of which will be celebrating'


If I didn't know better -- I'd have no idea you could bet on this. It's the kind of commercial I would have expected for a horse race event like they have in the Carolina's where they have some Queen's Cup race or something that no one can bet on.

It's off the charts pretentious. They don't get it.
Truth. They should try and capture footage of a Thursday or Friday night at the Canterbury Park grandstand. Loads of 20-somethings causally dressed. People outside, enjoying the weather, casual atmosphere. If you're trying to catch general public interest that's what you need to plant in their heads
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Old 05-29-2012, 02:57 PM
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It is so awesome to wonder how much the PR company was paid to come up with that gem.

No disrespect to the songwriter, to Sinatra or anyone else who recorded it but what are they doing? Yeah let's perpetuate the whole out of date / out of time mentality.

Lets go backwards!

Some of us have no one around who is into this and so we are the ones who understand the way the sport is perceived by others.

A crappy little catchphrase and one they phoned in at that and then look at what the HKJC is doing to make it appealing, fun, interesting, a social event.

This is the Breeders Cup for God sake and it's turning into yet another missed opportunity.

The commercial...

http://www.breederscup.com/gallery/b...nita-park-2012

It's fine.

The problem is it shouldn't be FINE. This is Los Angeles. There are literally thousands of film makers, editors, etc. who could have done something so utterly fantastic.....

Ridiculous.

... and as MaTHie there is something else to focus on right now (for a change) that could be so good for the sport but no one seems to take the initiative to allow it to help clean up the post NY Times cesspool.

This

is

un

be

lieve

a

ble.

This was already taken:

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