Gutenberg Lampoon on Facebook

Recent Comments

Michael Tobias
I'm Mr. Manager
Eric Carroll, William Crawford
Contributing Editors

You! Yes, you! Join forces with us. learn how you can contribute posts, submit links, and promote your own comedy on Gutenberg Lampoon.

Telecommunication

I’m not impressed with AT&T’s new ad

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Picture 8So, AT&T failed at its attempt to sue the pants off Ver­i­zon for those “There’s a Map for That” ads. This doesn’t mean they’re throw­ing in the towel. In fact they’re toss­ing in Luke Wil­son in an ad called “Side-by-side” (embed­ded below.)

The ad fea­tures Luke in the mid­dle of an aban­doned ware­house (surely empty because AT&T’s sales are so incred­i­ble.) He’s got a bunch of mag­netic Xs, which he will use to illus­trate which com­pany is the best in each con­test. Of course, AT&T picked the con­tests and ignored any that might reflect badly on them.…

Ver­i­zon just has the bet­ter ad. It’s witty and sim­ple, where this one is forced. I don’t even know why they hired Luke Wil­son. And of course the jab at the end just seems like bad sports­man­ship. Boo, AT&T. Boooooo.

AT&T’s new ad',tweet:'So, AT&T failed at its attempt to sue the pants off Verizon for those \"There\'s a Map for That\" a',description:'So, AT&T failed at its attempt to sue the pants off Verizon for those \"There\'s a Map for That\" a'})">

Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in Telecommunication | Comments

Verizon and AT&T are getting catty, meow!

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

If you haven’t seen the com­mer­cials, Ver­i­zon has launched a “There’s a Map for that” TV ad cam­paign, which mocks the cov­er­age of AT&T’s 3G net­work. It’s a clever play on AT&T’s iPhone ads that solves your mediocre prob­lems with iPhone apps and the tagline “There’s an app for that.” Well, AT&T then cre­ated a law­suit against Ver­i­zon, claim­ing that Ver­i­zon is being dis­hon­est. Today, Ver­i­zon is fight­ing back by say­ing that all they hear from AT&T is waahhh wahhh wahhh wah­h­hhh!

Geez, guys, it’s so awk­ward when peo­ple fight. In real life, I just try to dif­fuse sit­u­a­tion with self-deprecating humor. Like, hey, look at me and my own prob­lems, eh, eh? Well, uhhh, look, guys, let’s not fight! I mean, if some­one has shitty 3G cov­er­age it’s me!

Look at my map:

mike_coverage

AT&T, please run ads that say, “Not as good as Ver­i­zon, but at least we’re bet­ter than Mike Tobias.” Please, please, please just stop fight­ing. I really want to invite you both to my party, and I don’t want no drama at my party. I’m serv­ing a plate of cheeses. So, Ver­i­zon, AT&T, let’s just get to the makeup sex already.

AT&T are get­ting catty, meow!’,tweet:‘If you haven\‘t seen the com­mer­cials, Ver­i­zon has launched a \“There\‘s a Map for that\” TV ad campaign,’,description:‘If you haven\‘t seen the com­mer­cials, Ver­i­zon has launched a \“There\‘s a Map for that\” TV ad cam­paign,’})”>

Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in Telecommunication | Comments