Honda Commercial

I love that commercial! However ...
A. Is the Dad teaching horrible mechanics because he has bad mechanics himself, or ...
B. Is he purposely teaching the kid bad mechanics to protect his car from being hit?

Which one do you think it is?

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I love that commercial. It is histarical. My son and I were watching it together. He thinks that my throwing motion is a little off. I told him... at least I throw better than that guy.

They are making fun of bad throwing mechanics as something you don't want to pass down to your kids...unlike a Honda.

Coach shows how well the commercial works it is a VW ad not a Honda ad

It is joke I think they are talking about things passed down generation to generation and playing off the tradition of a father teaching a son to throw.

Funny how many times I remember a commercial but not the product just recently had some talk about the Larry Bird/MJ basketball commercial that the recent Tiger and Rory golf shot commercial....I completely forgot that the Bird/Magic commercial was a McDonalds commercial

So much for the power of advertising

I think the dad is a spas

First of all, it's for Volkswagen. And secondly, it's hilarious.

At first I thought how sweet it was the dad was teaching his young son this great game.

Then he throws like I do!

Just another thing I'm glad I didn't hand down to my boys!

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Indeed...it's a Volkswagen® ad. I have been wondering about that ad too. Why would VW® want to associate their product with such an inept person? In this case a father. Why would that father even own a baseball glove when he has arguably no athletic skills?

I understand how the ad writers/marketers are trying to capture your attention by being 'cute', but that attention indirectly portrays the product in an unfavorable light in my opinion.



And what about the McDonalds® 'Camp' ad? I think there's a lot going on in that ad. A lot of 'New Normal' stuff.

A thirty 42 year old GMC® pickup instead of a sporty car

An old stainless steel clad travel trailer instead of a mountain cabin or beach cabana.

A politically correct diverse congregation of young people in a nondescript dusty location instead of someplace trendy.

And what are they doing for excitement? Eating a $.99 menu item instead of a $5.99 Angus® grilled/broiled/charred creation of some sort.

And playing horseshoes instead of riding horses or jet skis.

Lowered expectations with our college crowd?

What are your thoughts on McDonalds® marketing idea with this particular ad ?

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"Then he throws like I do!"

Even if you took lessons on 'How to Throw Poorly' for a year papi you still wouldn't look that inept!

To me it is a strange ad...and coming from me that's saying a lot about strange!



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I'm thinking they took two people who never played. Then they put the gloves on their throwing hands.

Here's a Honda commercial for you...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ve4M4UsJQo

I can't even look at it.. it made me cringe the first 2 times, i couldn't figure out the point so now i either flip the chanel or just look away...
I'm not in the market for a car right now anyway so i'm sure they don't care what my opinion is

I love the VW advertisement and think it is genius.

I remember the day my dad brought home ball gloves for my brother and I like it was yesterday (actually about 45 years ago). We were confused as to why the thing went on our weak hand and my dad explained, “the salesman at the store told me that’s how you do it, so it must go on that hand”. We were sure he was wrong because it felt awkward at first but we gave it a shot and to our amazement, it made some sense that we could throw better with the strong hand and relegate the weaker hand to catching with the glove. My dad never played catch with his dad and just didn’t grow up around sports at all. I am so glad he stepped out of his comfort zone. One of the things he taught me was, anything worth doing is worth doing wrong until you learn to do it right.

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Originally posted by RJM:
. . . . they put the gloves on their throwing hands.

I feel sure that's exactly what they did. I'm not ambidextrous, so if I were to try and throw with my glove hand, I'm sure my throwing motion would look a lot like that, and I'd bet a great many others here would too.

Reminded me about Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) from Seinfeld who dances her spaz dance.

Gotta say, I'm stunned by the dislike for this commercial.

Trust me, this Honda commercial is much more offensive.

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"I'm thinking they took two people who never played. Then they put the gloves on their throwing hands.

I think you're right RJM. Great observation.

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I'm going with 'A' meachrm:

A. Is the Dad teaching horrible mechanics because he has bad mechanics himself, or ...

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I must say the ad you linked to Bulldog did catch my attention, but didn't much pique my interest in buying a car. The crew that put that entire ad together must have had a lot of fun.

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And mcmmccm...I can understand how you found the ad interesting/genius because of your personal experience and thanks for sharing that by the way.

I think your father was portrayed well in the ad. And you and your brother's skills obviously progressed well beyond the level of the son shown in the ad. I just think that there aren't many sets of dads and sons who have had this type of experience.

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""I feel sure that's exactly what they did. I'm not ambidextrous, so if I were to try and throw with my glove hand, I'm sure my throwing motion would look a lot like that, and I'd bet a great many others here would too."

You'd be surprised. With a little thinking about it and not much practice I have been able to throw reasonably well with my glove hand. I've challenged all of my kids to do the same and they all were able to pull it off quickly. None of us were too proficient, but passable.

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"I'm thinking they took two people who never played. Then they put the gloves on their throwing hands."


I had a kid assigned to my Little league team once. It was after tryouts, I had never seen the kid before. If I remember right he was 9 or 10. He looked like a total spaz throwing the ball. After a few minutes I talked to him a little, asked where he had gotten his glove from. His mom ( a single parent) bought it for him. Wrong hand, oops.

The kid played for me through the age of 12. Wasn’t a bad LL player, turned into a great young man. He walked up to me at a HS football game last year, said hello, shook my hand, we had some small talk. He was in the marching band, played the tuba but had to sit out the game because he had hurt his wrist somehow and could not perform. I had never thought of a musician being on the DL.

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"Trust me, this Honda commercial is much more offensive."

Trust me papi I'm sitting here this morning tapping my foot to that tune and belting out the lyrics...

Copy, copy Communist!
Copy, copy Communist!
Tap, tap, tap!

Although times are tough I was so inspired by that rousing display of Honda® happiness that I went out and bought this for me, ain't she a beaut?...





And this jaunty red one for my wife, the 'fuzziness' will hopefully buff out...




Me and the missus got so tuckered out watching that ad over and over and over again we were famished so we thought we'd recharge our personal pantries by jumping in our newly acquired vintage Hondas® and tag teaming it down to Beckly and then treating ourselves to a Tudor's Biscuit World® breakfast Gravy Platter with Biscuit. I opted for the 'two biscuit' platter and the missus shared half of hers with me. I figured that ought to hold us 'til Point Pleasant and sure enough...b-u-r-r-r-p...I was right. We settled into the broke back banquette and then shoe horned a couple more of those scrumptious hillbilly scones into our belly tanks for the long push back to Chi-town.

I'm always so thrilled when my hillbilly beacon comes into view...




"There it is...Tudor's!"

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Dumb commercial, but there is an element of truth in it. I once coached a 9 year old that had a peculiar flaw in the way he threw. I tried and tried, but never could get it corrected. I happened to be at the HS field one day and saw his older brother throwing. Same flaw. Later on I saw the 9 year old throwing with dad and I saw where both sons had picked it up. Since then I have seen several kids that throw a LOT like their dads. Sometimes that's a good thing, sometimes not.

Simple concept. Teaching your young son to throw is something that is passed down. Since this dad can't obviously, then buy a vw passat.

However, if anyone thought it was another brand...that's bad.

That honda commercial is amazing.

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Here's another one papi. But gee willikers! Lose the noisy Honda® hand thumpers and sit down. Enjoy a few frosty Kirin® Lagers...then be like Takeru and chowdown on a few dozen ballpark Gotemba Kogen Arabiki Pork Wieners®. How do expect your owner to stay in business if all you do is make noise?

More like 'Music to Make Mud Pies By'.

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Everybody! Everybody!

I don't know my Japanese too well, but best I can tell the cheer goes something like this...

Put our pedal to the metal,
And ours won't stick!
Ta, ta, Toyota!

Have a listen to the Honda® bonus cheer!




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Well, other than the fact that some people seemed to think it was a Honda commercial....it did exactly what it was supposed to.....make people notice it. I'm pretty sure I've never read about any other commercials here on HSBaseballweb.....or any other sports website for that matter. Commercials aren't necesarily designed to make you run out and buy something at that moment. They are designed to put that product image in your head....so that when you are ready to buy a car (or whatever product) it is, you'll think of their product first. Evidently it's working

Well, here's a link to the commerical shown on youtube:

Volks Throwing Commercial

The first time my son and I saw this, it cracked us up. I think it would have been a good one to debut in the Superbowl ads.

This commercial was a joke to make people laugh, but I think many people simply missed the punch line. . .or maybe it's just to subtle???

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The announcer did mention durability...I'm sold!

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I took the durability to mean it could stand up to all the balls that would be bouncing off of it!

I am quite pleased to say that neither of my boys throws as poorly as I do (and I'm first rate compared to that commercial!)...I have the worst arm in my family (with the possible exception of my Mother-In-Law)...

My son and I laughed our butts off....of course its a joke. Don't get me wrong, I have seen dads that throw that way. At the end of the day...at least he's spending time with his kid!
Correction...VW Passat Commercial.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...eature=youtube_gdata

I think the guy is a great actor because I truly don't think I could throw that bad on purpose.....or he's just truly horrible. But I will give him the benefit of the doubt.

My son was lucky. He learned how to throw from me, not his Dad. Fortunately, there is less to correct in my motion and he wasn't scarred for life.

One time when he wanted to throw a football around and I really didn't feel like it, I told him to ask his Dad. My son's words to his Dad were, "Dad, do you even know how to throw a football?"

As far as baseball commercial go, did everybody see this one: http://youtu.be/j6WW8SRjrEc

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Wow...that's a great commercial CABBalFan! I'm sure it ran here in the Chicago market, but I must've lost it in the Kris Kringle crush of advertising. Our two boys and our two daughters sorta' went through all of that. I know for sure one thing was just like here...the snow!

Thanks for posting that...it brought back good memories and a tear not quite large enough to roll down my cheek. Maybe I'll watch it again.



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The kid could use getting away from the house & Dad & his dorky Volkswagen. As a kid, my brothers & I threw rocks, walnuts, gourds. We would make up our own games, like who could pitch a gourd & hit the Farmers Union tag on the corner post. The best was playing WAR with over ripe peaches, those would leave a mark

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Nothing was as repulsive as a 'Wet Willy'!

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Funny commercial. My son had a bad arm slot for years. We realized it was because he was t throwing just like his dad. The commercial is only funny because my son corrected his arm slot!

You don't have to tell a kid "throw like this". He is looking right at Dad (or whoever) and will mimic that motion. IMHO.