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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Apr 1, 2019 8:00:05 GMT -5
I just realized Holly Holm was in a Mountain Dew commercial. Really!? Of all the UFC stars they have to choose from they pick the Buster Douglas of this generation.
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Post by BRV on Apr 1, 2019 10:59:50 GMT -5
With all due respect to him for having a solid 10-year NFL career with four Pro Bowl appearances, those Geico ads featuring Brian Orakpo interacting with the caveman were just so odd to me.
He had a pretty good NFL career but it was so strange to me that a non-household-name linebacker for a middle-of-the-road franchise got a national ad campaign.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Apr 1, 2019 11:27:16 GMT -5
Eddie The Eagle Edwards in anything post-1988 Olympics.
He made his name after being literally the worst competitor in his sport. Although he remains the only Olympian in the modern era to be namechecked by the President in the closing speech.
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on Apr 1, 2019 20:17:03 GMT -5
Bob Uecker
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Post by RadcapRadsley on Apr 1, 2019 20:35:14 GMT -5
Tim Tebow Harold Miner-Once called "Baby Jordan" and treated like a future star to be.Despite being a good dunker he only spent 4 years in the NBA and was an injury plagued bench player. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQAJem2o1Kc |
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Apr 1, 2019 22:21:34 GMT -5
Adam Morrison was in a commercial.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Apr 2, 2019 13:06:18 GMT -5
Eddie The Eagle Edwards in anything post-1988 Olympics. He made his name after being literally the worst competitor in his sport. Although he remains the only Olympian in the modern era to be namechecked by the President in the closing speech. That was fantastic, talking about how much of an inspiration he was.... then changing the rules so that could NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN I'd say Eddie was at least notable. For me it's, what? C? D? - List 90's footballer Jason McAteer, on his own, not as part of a team with bigger names around him, just him. |
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Post by brentreznor on Apr 4, 2019 3:04:37 GMT -5
I just realized Holly Holm was in a Mountain Dew commercial. Really!? Of all the UFC stars they have to choose from they pick the Buster Douglas of this generation. I wouldn't say Holm is the Buster Douglas of MMA, She legit lost to Tate and Shevchenko, got screwed in her loss to De Randmanie and went up in weight class in her loss to Justino. She's fighting Nunes for the title in July. She's still relevent in MMA, as oppsed to Douglas who fell of the face of the earth after the Tyson fight. I would say Peyton Hillis being the on the cover of Madden. He had one good year, was completely out of Football four years later. |
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Post by sfvega on Apr 4, 2019 6:10:54 GMT -5
I just realized Holly Holm was in a Mountain Dew commercial. Really!? Of all the UFC stars they have to choose from they pick the Buster Douglas of this generation. I wouldn't say Holm is the Buster Douglas of MMA, She legit lost to Tate and Shevchenko, got screwed in her loss to De Randmanie and went up in weight class in her loss to Justino. She's fighting Nunes for the title in July. She's still relevent in MMA, as oppsed to Douglas who fell of the face of the earth after the Tyson fight. I would say Peyton Hillis being the on the cover of Madden. He had one good year, was completely out of Football four years later. Yeah, Holm was legit. Not a star, but she had a solid career. Douglas was a complete journeyman who finally lived up to his potential for 8 rounds, and then faded back to obscurity. He did beat Trevor Berbick by a decision, but mostly a hollow record beating up a lot of tomato cans and avoiding most of the better competition. Hillis is a fun one. All the other cover athletes are HOFers. Then there's Culpepper who shredded his knee and was never the same. VY, who was a Heisman winner and mostly sucked after his solid rookie year. And then Hillis, who was a fullback at Arkansas (albeit, a very good one) and then got a shot after some injuries and had one ridiculous season and dropped like a stone. Jeremy Lin had a couple commercials, and Linsanity only occurred for a very short time. Overall, he's spent most of his career either on the bench or injured despite being an efficient player. Dontrelle Willis had finished 2nd in the Cy voting with 22 wins, won a World Series, and was at the forefront of the MLB trying to hit different demos. He would go on to only have 26 more career wins, pitching rather horribly until being DFA'd and never returning. His "funky" delivery, which was his trademark and made him standout, was his undoing as control problems plagued the rest of his career. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2019 6:30:53 GMT -5
Peter McNeely got a Pizza Hut commercial poking fun at his non-existent chin after the Tyson debacle/set-up.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Apr 4, 2019 14:35:43 GMT -5
Kimbo Slice.
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Post by Hit Girl on Apr 8, 2019 13:48:17 GMT -5
Stuart Pearce, Chris Waddle and Gareth Southgate mocking their penalty misses in the pizza advert.
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Post by arrogantmodel on Apr 10, 2019 20:36:25 GMT -5
But how many people remember Uecker even played? Most people know him from Mr. Belvedere, Major League, and broadcasting. I've met him a few times. Really nice guy. 😊 |
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Post by Push R Truth on Apr 12, 2019 10:25:56 GMT -5
But how many people remember Uecker even played? Most people know him from Mr. Belvedere, Major League, and broadcasting. I've met him a few times. Really nice guy. 😊 And he got choked by Andre the freakin' Giant and LIVED |
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Post by arrogantmodel on Apr 13, 2019 1:43:34 GMT -5
But how many people remember Uecker even played? Most people know him from Mr. Belvedere, Major League, and broadcasting. I've met him a few times. Really nice guy. 😊 And he got choked by Andre the freakin' Giant and LIVED I work at a major league park, and I've gotten to meet and talk to some of my favorite players as a kid, who are in broadcasting now. Jim Thome, Sandy Alomar, John Smoltz, etc. But I always have to keep from freaking out when Bob "By God" Uecker shows up. I just want to ask him questions and get him to say every line from Major League. lol. |
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Apr 14, 2019 13:49:44 GMT -5
But how many people remember Uecker even played? Most people know him from Mr. Belvedere, Major League, and broadcasting. I've met him a few times. Really nice guy. 😊 Uecker's whole schtick was centered around how awful he was when he played. |
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