For the perfect balance of annoyance and repetition...(Tour thread)

[jobob]

Do you suppose the Versus announcers get a bonus each time they mention George Hincapie?

[OakLeaf]

I hate most of the commercials they're running. But I LOVE the one with Jonathan Vaughters describing what it's like to crash in a bike race: next time you're doing 50 mph in your car, strip down to your underwear, open the door and jump out.

Not original. I heard it first from Colin Edwards (although of course in a motorcyle racer's case he let you put on his leathers and the rest of his gear, but took the car up to 120 ). Now that I've heard it a second time, I doubt it was original with Colin, either.

That Saab commercial is annoying even when I'm fast-forwarding through it and can't hear the audio

[DrBee]

Do you suppose the Versus announcers get a bonus each time they mention George Hincapie?

If only the new guy would pronounce his name correctly. He seems to have a problem with Hin-cuppie and ...oh...there's another one he messes up that escapes me at the moment...

I'm glad my hubby and I aren't the only ones that want to drill our ears out when the Saab commercial comes on. Pausing for a while and then fast forwarding through the commercials helps maintain sanity.

[jesvetmed]

Now all of that I can handle, but the male enhancement commercials???? UGH! Maybe they only do those on the night time review!? But I cannot stand that ad!

[Trek420]

Even the Trek ad is a re-hashed dog food ad.

"we believe in dogs, dogs rule!!" too funny.

C'mon Lance, you can do better.

[bmccasland]

Can't do the Mojito dance. Anyone notice the girls are wearing the same skirt design?

And the commercial where the stoopid photographer is 'neaking up on the ducks, slams her tailgate down, then bemoans the fact that she missed getting the first flight on film. or something like that. If the dang broad didn't slam the tailgate down, the birds wouldn't have flown off!! geeze. Cars make terrific duck blinds too. For some reason they ignore you, right up to the point you actually get out of the dang vehicle.

And I change channels for the Saab ad, Saab ad, Saab ad; and the wrestling commercials.

Ooops. gotta go, the Tour is on....

[boy in a kilt]

When the tour first got big, there was the Lincoln Navigator with the short yuppie woman and her goofy date. Dude does a display of mock chivalry by putting his coat down so she doesn't have to step in the water. When she unlocks the tank, the running boards come down, making him look like even more of a goof.

They showed that one for TWO DAMNNED YEARS!!!

And someone please clarify. How is Caisse d'Espargne prounounced? In last year's pronunciation, they didn't say any of the three s's. This year they don't seem to be able to make up his mind.

Al was a dork. The new guy is a little better but I could still do without him.

And for the record, most men find "male enhancement" ads terribly funny. The Enzyte theme was the unofficial theme song of my platoon in Oklahoma. I can't get into the rest of our opinions without violating the Male Terms Of Service I signed at age 14. I'd lose my license.

[Zen]

Can't do the Mojito dance. .

I'm working on mine

[NJBikeGal]

This just dawned on me. they stopped playing the "Brand New Start" ad right after the caught Beltran doping. Guess that tag line wasn't going to work anymore. I think I should write Beltran a thank you note. I wanted to shoot my TV every time I heard that dumb song start!

Happy Rest Day everyone...back to vegging in front of the TV for hours tomorrow morning!

[Crankin]

Well, I don't like the Saab ad, but other than that, I like the others. I might get up and do something, but I don't turn the sound off. That's because they remind me of a certain time of year. I can't explain it, but it's like a seasonal thing.
I guess our cable company is very conservative; we don't get the "male enhancement" ads. In fact last year, we noticed they would start, and then some other ad would come on.

[7rider]

Happy Rest Day everyone...back to vegging in front of the TV for hours tomorrow morning!

Today's a rest day??
Yay! I can finally watch my movie from Blockbuster that's been sitting around for far too long!!!

[chutch]

I agree- Sabb ad is awful. I see the point of a repetitive commercial, but not when its shown every commercial break for three weeks.

The Trek ad bothers my hubby... Here's Lance saying "we believe in bikes" but, um, he wrote a book called Its NOT About the Bike... I see hubby's point.

And categorizing cycling with cage fighting and bull riding isn't doing it for me.

Oh well, at least we have coverage. Although I really miss the days when OLN aired Giro and Vuelta and we had Phil and Paul on the primetime coverage too.

[beccaB]

I like the riding backwards ad.

Versus doesn't get it that cycling fans, unlike ice hockey fans, DO NOT watch for the crashes. Their Red White Black and Blue ad is just silly for cycling fans.

The mojito ad had me dancing the first day, but now it's very old.

Locally, there is at least one bike shop with ads. That's cool.

I'm using that MUTE button alot.

EXACTLY. Hockey fights and getting slammed into the boards is normal and expected. Bicycle crashes are not.

[beccaB]

Oh Yeah, and why don't they still show the ad where people are applauding military personnel in an airport? I really liked that one. It brought a tear to my eye.

[IFjane]

Oh well, at least we have coverage. Although I really miss the days when OLN aired Giro and Vuelta and we had Phil and Paul on the primetime coverage too.

Cyclism Sundays. I DVR'd every race this spring.