hidinginthegrass
@teksavvy.com | reply to mlerner
Re: BREAKING: Bell beavers call it quits
Goodbye Frank |
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hidinginthegrass
@teksavvy.com | reply to mlerner
Good Bye Gordon |
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hidinginthegrass
@teksavvy.com | reply to mlerner
We won't miss you. But hahaha at the teacher joke. |
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Alittlegreen
join:2008-07-24
Montreal, QC | reply to mlerner
now THAT's funny. |
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shikotee
join:2007-01-11
Toronto, ON
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Bell Sympatico
| reply to mlerner
Well it is about time!
These guys were well known for marketing unlimited magical internet access that clearly does not (and never did) exist.
Perhaps Bell should choose a more adequate spokesperson/symbol that better represents their strategy.
Is Hitler available?
If not, maybe they can borrow the Pythonesque Hilter?
Just picture uniquely moustached man at podium yelling charismatically to crowd of Canadians, telling them what their internet will be.... |
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Ikarasu
join:2004-01-09
Port Coquitlam, BC | Am I the onlyone that liked the beavers? Maybe I wasnt bombarded with them, so they didn't annoy me... Being out west I only saw a few of their commercials on Expressvu... but they were kinda funny! |
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TI POIL
join:2006-03-05
Toronto, ON | Yes you were the only one. |
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anon149
@vaxination.ca
| The beavers were a great marketing device. But they went overboard. (consider the energizer bunny, of of the greatest devices ever, and it has lasted far longer).
The beavers lasted at least 4 years. It started with olympic coverage. Not that bad when you think about it.
The first commercial was the best. Two beavers interviewing for the job. One of them says "it isn't as if they can afford a real actor like Norm MacDonald". (norm macdonald does at least one of the 2 voices in english).
(norm macdonald, in case you didn'T know, is a montrealer who played in saturday night live, including doing the newscast for quite some time). |
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En Enfer
This account has been compromised
join:2003-07-25
Montreal, QC
·VIF Internet
| reply to Ikarasu
said by Ikarasu  :Am I the onlyone that liked the beavers? Yes, you were.
Over here on the east coast, we had to endure advertising everywhere!
- one FULL page in ANY newspaper *every* day,
- one FULL page in any magazines (weekly or monthly),
- postal advertisings, with or without your address on it,
- metro stations, whole metro wagons, ads inside and outside autobus,
- radio advertising, all stations,
- TV advertising, anytime of the day and evening,
- for Quebec market, the exact same bell ad plays at 10:00 sharp at the same time on the 3 major TV channels (SRC, TVA, TQS) before the news which had to start 30 seconds later (at 10:00:30),
- For Montreal, the Molson Center is now called the Bell Center (where hockey team "Canadiens" plays),
- Any major outside event, like the Festival de Jazz de Montréal, was sponsored by the beavers...
You see, it came fast to a point of advertising pollution strangling can't stand it no more.
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"I unofficially declare Beaver Hunting Season is on!" (© DR_JAYMAHDI) |
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TI POIL
join:2006-03-05
Toronto, ON | reply to mlerner
But.... I must say that the beavers in French were more watchable then in English. |
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anon149
@vaxination.ca
| I have found out why the beavers are going.
Michel Sabia, as part of his golden parachute contract, had stipulated that he would be supplied with 4 beaver pelts to be made into a fur coat. This is in line with canadian history where initially, beaver pelts were considered currency when trading with the indians.
It is not known how the 2 english pelts and 2 french pelts will be mixed when making the coat, and not known whether the coat maker will have the presence of mind to insert electronic playback system to play norm macdonal's voice (as frank or gordon) over and over when Sabia wears the coat  |
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alien presence
@telus.net
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said by dbc25 :I'm glad to see the beavers go, but I'm really dreading what they might be replaced with... This guy »upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e···hoto.jpg seems appropriate. |
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NO way
@teksavvy.com
| HAHAHHAHAHAH Ya, Ed with a hot tub full of naked ladies doing bell Ads LMAO!! |
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mlerner
Premium
join:2000-11-25
Nepean, ON
 ·Rogers Hi-Speed
·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Bell Sympatico
| reply to alien presence
Now I'd love to see those ads!
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"If bullshit was money this guy would be richer that Bill Gates." - quote by olebiker on Mirko Bibic |
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theninjasqua
join:2007-09-26
Oakville, ON | reply to mlerner
haha even the CBC is reporting on this »www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008···ell.html
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DarkStar33
join:2008-03-27
Toronto, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| Bell will announce there new spokes person, previous employed at AT&T in the US.
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TekSavvy Residential DSL (Peer1 Routing)
»www.speedtest.net/result/261856645.png |
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The Flash
You don't win friends with salad
Premium
join:2002-10-17
Toronto, ON
1 edit | reply to mlerner
Re: BREAKING: Bell beavers call it quits
I think Beavers are wonderful animals, Bell just ruined their reputation... |
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drjp81
join:2006-01-09
canada | Beaver fever.
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Cheers! |
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ymboc
join:2003-02-22
Ottawa, ON | reply to mlerner
You know I have to say there was one beaver advertisement I really enjoyed...
It was the "We Miss You" letter I got in the mail after I switch to TS... |
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