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The Best Show on WFMU => Dear Tom => Topic started by: dania on November 26, 2007, 04:57:48 PM

Title: very unsettling promo.
Post by: dania on November 26, 2007, 04:57:48 PM

I had no that idea the energy market is currently being deregulated.  This video has amazing background images.  They just keep on coming and coming.   ??? :-[ :'(

http://bjpatel.energy526.com/ny/en/

Title: Re: very unsettling promo.
Post by: dania on November 26, 2007, 05:07:37 PM

by the way, i found this while looking at job listings.  it was under "general labor". 

Title: Re: very unsettling promo.
Post by: buffcoat on November 26, 2007, 05:42:38 PM

I thought this said "very unsettling porno."

I thought, oh, no, not the pterodactyls again.

Title: Re: very unsettling promo.
Post by: TL on November 26, 2007, 07:01:54 PM

Quote from: buffcoat on November 26, 2007, 05:42:38 PM

I thought this said "very unsettling porno."

I thought, oh, no, not the pterodactyls again.

Well... the music is pretty "porno."

Title: Re: very unsettling promo.
Post by: Rainer on November 26, 2007, 07:42:18 PM

One nuance away from a Tim and Eric video. All that's needed is a freeze-frame, sound of chalk writing and the words:

Great job!

Title: Re: very unsettling promo.
Post by: senorcorazon on November 27, 2007, 12:08:00 PM

I love the background graphics, it looked like they had bought a CD of the video equivalent of clip art.

I jumped through parts of it, but I think he was talking about Enron when he mentioned a Texas-based company that had a billion in annual revenues with the rest of the economy wasn't growing. Convenient omission.

Title: Re: very unsettling promo.
Post by: dania on November 27, 2007, 12:31:10 PM

There's a Jerry Seinfeld look-a-like at around 3:18 in the movie!  Even creepier!

Title: Re: very unsettling promo.
Post by: buffcoat on November 27, 2007, 03:25:30 PM

Quote from: girlorwoman on November 27, 2007, 12:31:10 PM

There's a Jerry Seinfeld look-a-like at around 3:18 in the movie!  Even creepier!

That bee looks like a jerk.

Title: Re: very unsettling promo.
Post by: dave from knoxville on November 27, 2007, 03:48:30 PM

My favorite excerpt?

"Now, how would you like to tap..."

I needed go no further

Title: Re: very unsettling promo.
Post by: Matt on November 27, 2007, 03:59:38 PM

"The Most Powerfull Way to Create Wealth"? Really? This video creeped me out. It's hard for me to believe that those are even real people.

That being said, I could see myself being seduced by the male speaker's expert hand gestures. 1:15-1:20 - that's craft. That's the only thing I can call it.

Title: Re: very unsettling promo.
Post by: buffcoat on November 27, 2007, 10:28:04 PM

Hmm, energy deregulation, Texas company... energy deregulation, Texas company, something about a Texas company and energy deregulation.

Didn't somebody already do that?  I think they made a movie about it or something.  It doesn't end as happily as this promo, though.

Title: Re: very unsettling promo.
Post by: John Junk on December 05, 2007, 07:03:50 PM

I'm gettin' in on this.  Sounds good.