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Old 01-15-2019, 08:46 PM   #21
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This 2018 Christmas ad with Elton John was really well done.


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A classic from youth, if you’re 40ish.

Who knew that it just took illfitting Canadian Tire shoulder pads to show the kids on the lake, and his older brother, how to be a pro.

Even as a kid I wondered was this kid’s name Albert Albert? Or foreshadowing the first pro hockey player with his first name last, like Pele or Ronaldo?

I don’t think there has ever been an NHL player with the first name Albert. al maybe, but not Albert.

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That Albert commercial was so brilliantly done and resonated with little brothers and sub par hockey players every where.


Sure you buy this Canadian Tire gear and you'll be a great player.


I remember every year or two, in August the old man and me would pile into the car and go to Canadian Tire to get me new gear. We would have these amazing arguments.



"These skates are perfectly good, why do I need to pay $100.00 bucks for fricken skates"


"You don't need those $12.00 sticks, when we can get a bundle of these Eastons for $5.00 bucks each, its not like you're going to be scoring a lot of goals from the penalty box."


Looking at those shoulder pads in that ad compared to what kids wear now is amazing though.
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Old 01-15-2019, 09:47 PM   #24
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Wow, that ad actually hit me in the feels.
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I don’t think there has ever been an NHL player with the first name Albert. al maybe, but not Albert.

You are correct. No NHL player has ever gone by Albert as a first name.



Downgoesbrown used to advocate the Leafs sign John Albert just because of this commercial.


http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/p...php?pid=105375


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Edeka is a German Supermarket company who put out this well done Holiday Ad about a grandfather that tries to get his family home for Christmas. It received over 43 million views on youtube.



If this doesn't bring a tear to your eyes......

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You are correct. No NHL player has ever gone by Albert as a first name.



Downgoesbrown used to advocate the Leafs sign John Albert just because of this commercial.


http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/p...php?pid=105375


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I always thought this "Recalculating" commercial for Jeep was very well done.

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Not only does it have a CP member in it. Gave me October Sky vibes. Have to go back and rewatch that movie again.
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Albert "Battleship" Leduc

Montreal Canadiens, 1925-35

Wow. I just went to hockeydb and typed in Albert and it didn't bring up any first name Albert, but when I typed in Leduc, it did come up.
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Wow. I just went to hockeydb and typed in Albert and it didn't bring up any first name Albert, but when I typed in Leduc, it did come up.
Something I remembered from when I used to play a ton of hockey trivia games.
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Edeka is a German Supermarket company who put out this well done Holiday Ad about a grandfather that tries to get his family home for Christmas. It received over 43 million views on youtube.



If this doesn't bring a tear to your eyes......

Jesus. That Father’s Day short...

Glad no one can see me right now.
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Wow. I just went to hockeydb and typed in Albert and it didn't bring up any first name Albert, but when I typed in Leduc, it did come up.
I don't think you can search by first name on Hockeydb.

Hockey-Reference.com comes up with:

Albert Holway
https://www.hockey-reference.com/pla...holwaal01.html

Albert Hughes
https://www.hockey-reference.com/pla...hugheal01.html

Albert Langlois
https://www.hockey-reference.com/pla...langlal01.html

And, of course, Andrew Alberts
https://www.hockey-reference.com/pla...alberan01.html
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Budweiser makes these amazing emotional heart string pulling commercials








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No mention of one of the best inspirational commercials in recent memory?




As for the Gillette commercial, the message is fine but I’m not a huge fan of the source. What’s next, a Walmart commercial promoting employees getting paid a living wage?
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For 7% of their advertising budget, Nike could pay their foreign workers a comfortable living wage, instead of the soul crushing poverty they live in instead. They value moral posturing far more than any actual sense of morality.
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