rant · moment 8 of 21
Check Cashing Places and the Dell 'Dads' Commercial
from Depths of Self-Deception · #30
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5 minTim describes the humiliation of using check cashing places, then launches into a long story about shooting a bizarre unaired Dell commercial called 'DADS' playing an overweight college student who keeps damaging his laptop.
- 12:18Tim still uses check cashing places despite losing 10% on every transaction.
- 13:01The humiliation of check cashing: they call the person who wrote the check to verify it while you stand there.
- 13:57Tim just filmed a commercial for Dell's new protection plan called 'Dads'.
- 14:38The casting call wanted a college student like Chris Farley—a big fat pig who keeps damaging things.
- 15:05Dell is trying to compete with Apple's popular AppleCare program by creating their own protection offering.
- 15:26The director is a kid from stand-up who claims his dad is a filmmaker and they have a sketch group.
- 16:02The product name 'Dads' stands for 'Dell Advanced' something, and Tim calls it so bad it's repeated four times.
- 16:25In the sketch, Tim plays a clumsy college student spilling tea, getting tangled in headphones, getting hit with footballs.
- 16:48The entire commercial is designed around him constantly damaging the laptop in various ridiculous ways.
- 17:06Despite all the damage, the point is that Dell's 'Dads' protection plan covers it.
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