There are at least four Brakes Plus radio ads, and they all have pretty much the same dialog (one of the commercials has an extra line or two added). You know how they go – woman calls for pricing, friendly Brakes Plus guy give information, woman asks about special metallic linings that her husband mentioned, bla bla bla. So here are the four Brakes Plus commercials that I know of:
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[li]Shrill-voiced woman making phone call. No background noise.[/li][li]Lower-voiced woman making phone call. Different guy playing Brakes Plus employee too. No background noise.[/li][li]Same dialog. Pneumatic drill noises in background.[/li][li]Same dialog. Background music. I think this is the one where they have the extra line or two of dialog.[/li][/list=1]
Has anyone else heard all four of these? Do you have any more to add?
Wow, thats pretty lazy.
The closest thing I have to compare is a commercial for a local pizza joint called “Garlix Pizza”. They have been reusing using the same commercial since 1987. I have dozens of old videotapes of Mystery Science Theater (the really old ones with Doctor Erhart) pepperd with the same old Garlix commercial.
Whats more is that the commercial wasn’t all that great to begin with. The two homely owners in tie-dyed shirts doing bad puns.
This is how dated this commercials is: they at one point parody the old Bartles and James Wine Cooler commercials. Who the heck remembers even remembers Bartles and James wine coolers, let alone two deadpan spokesmen?
I think I have heard all of them, but what really irks me is how the lady ALWAYS just repeats everything that the guy says - sure, maybe we need to hear it twice, but that’s no conversation…
Um, you do?
Do you live in Minnesota?
Can I come over and watch them?
Cordially,
Myron M. Meyer
The Man Who
Please change every instance of “Brakes Plus” to “Just Brakes” in my OP and the subject line. Sheesh.
Those commercials can cause a real brake systems nightmare.
hahahahahahahaha!!!
we have those in dallas and it id about enough to cause violence
I think I might have heard at least two more versions of the same commercial - different actors, sometimes the “mechanic” has a big Radio Announcer voice.
What gets me is that the woman always states that her HUSBAND told her the car would need “expensive metallic brake pads.” Y’know, my wife is smart enough to check the owner’s manual on that sort of thing. I’ve always found that part of the commercial particularly condescending to women.