{"id":5057,"date":"2010-05-17T09:30:12","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T13:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=5057"},"modified":"2010-05-17T09:30:12","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T13:30:12","slug":"geico-zimmerman-ad-lacks-continuity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/05\/geico-zimmerman-ad-lacks-continuity\/","title":{"rendered":"GEICO Zimmerman ad lacks continuity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nats-FAIL meme was a tired one because even when it wasn&#8217;t the team&#8217;s fault, they took the heat for it. That is what happens after back to back 100 loss seasons like the Washington Nationals did.<\/p>\n<p>Now, things are better and even under-the-radar superstar <strong>Ryan Zimmerman<\/strong> has some exposure. Take this commercial for GEICO:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/9IJyeNkWS6o&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x5d1719&#038;color2=0xcd311b\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Even though I have only seen it a few times, I noticed the Caveman is leading off second, but winds up <em>running to second<\/em>, only to appear at third base at the end. What are we to  believe, that the basepath magically changes the base Caveman is running to? Boy, I hope somebody got fired for that.<\/p>\n<p>GEICO-FAIL!<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Where is the <strong>Nyjer Morgan<\/strong> Easterns Motors commercial. I used to say that I won&#8217;t believe we really have a team until I see a player in  one of those ads.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/feed\">New RSS feed!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nats-FAIL meme was a tired one because even when it wasn&#8217;t the team&#8217;s fault, they took the heat for it. That is what happens after back to back 100 loss seasons like the Washington Nationals did. Now, things are better and even under-the-radar superstar Ryan Zimmerman has some exposure. 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