When I first saw this bit, the pre-teen or young teen girl riding in the car with her mom asks, “Why was I named Savannah?”
The mom replies, “Because you were conceived in Savannah.”
“Oh.” A pause while the announcer talks about the benefits of the Concorde automobile, and then… “Then why is she named Concorde?”
Both mom and daughter turn to look at baby sister in the infant seat in the back… then daughter’s face looks at the “Concorde” name embossed on the dashboard… it takes a second… and her face registers that she gets it. “Oh, yuck!”
End commercial.
Kind of clever - certainly not offensive.
New version, just saw tonight: they remove the daughter’s double take, and a voice-over of the mom says, “Concord, New Hampshire!”
This one falls flat as a lead balloon, IMHO. What happened?
I have seen both versions, although the mom said “Concord, Massachusetts” in the one I saw. Dinahman and I were lamenting the loss of the “oh, gross” version, when, in fact, that very version aired. I will need to pay more attention to the timeslots, but AFAIK, both versions are still airing.
I’m only seeing the “new” version now, far inferior if you aks me. What cracks me up is that they must have filmed both versions initially and then had a meeting to decide which one aired. I love the fact that they chose the “Oh gross” version initially.
Er… the more I think about it, the more I’m forced to conclude I’m an idiot. I think she does say “Massachusetts” in version two. Dunno where I got New Hampshire.
Has anyone seen the Honda commercial where the dad sops up the sprinkler drops on his car with the baby’s diaper? I think they changed that one too, however they way they changed it was weird. I seem to remember them showing the dad set the baby down on the drip, then pick the baby up and there’s no drip…now they’ve cut out the part where there’s no drip and go straight to him putting the baby in the car. Isn’t the gross part of the commercial when he puts the baby DOWN on the drip? The way they edited it looks weird and sort of bizarre. (And anyone who’s ever seen a diaper knows it’s not the OUTSIDE that’s absorbent. Why didn’t they just show the kid in a pair of puffy pants or something? Well, using that line of thinking, why’d they make such a retarded commercial in the first place??)
Except both Concord MA and NH are pronounced differently than the car. In both towns, the accent is on the first sylable and the second vowel sound is different. So, clearly, that’s not the reason the kid is named that.
I much prefered the first version. I was kinda shocked when they changed it.
I never got to see it, SIGH, but our Latin teacher told us about it, in an off subject moment, in class. We all thought it was really clever- I mean, you definitely remember the car’s name! And you’ve got that sex type thing, kind of risque. And it’s just funny. Finally a car commercial we can relate to. And now we have this stupid Concord, Mass? Ahh…
My guess is that they changed it for time, not content.
I see this a lot with commercials, especially funny ones (I probably remember the original funny ones better because they’re funny).
They still have the shot of the “Concorde” in the car, so it’s enough so that most people should still be able to get it. The mom saying “Concord, Massachusetts” is just her being silly trying to cover up the fact that she was conceived in the very car. You know how parents sometimes tell lies to cover up their own bad behavior.
I don’t think so, it’s basically a line for line switch, with the “Ewww” added as the car drives away. I’m pretty sure they changed it because they got complaints, or it was planned to change once they got some buzz.
So, you mean that little Concorde wasn’t conceived in an airplane?
My husband was trying to tell me how funny this commercial was. I’ll have to ask if he saw the “Ewwww” version. I saw the “Concord, Massachussetts” version.
Frankly, if I were Savannah, I’d have said “Oh gross” the moment my own conception came up.
Aaaahhhh, the “Ewwww!” ending makes much more sense. It makes it punchy, ya know . . .for that ending, I would forgive the stupidness of naming a child after where they are conceived. I mean, I don’t want to know where I was conceived. Who the hell talks about a subject like that with their small children? Ick!
I keep waiting for the cute little kid to ask, “What does ‘conceive’ mean?” Her bland acceptance of their explanation is a little creepy. The “Ewwww!” thing is a much better reaction. That’s what little kids are supposed to think.
Still don’t like the commerical because Concord isn’t pronounced the same as Concorde by the people who live in the towns of that name. Concord is pronounced almost identically to conquered.
And you’ve got that sex type thing, kind of risque. And it’s just funny. Finally a car commercial we can relate to. And now we have this stupid Concord, Mass? Ahh…