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• songspeak

  Feds get their own Eric Violette and make fun of the FreeCreditReport.com commercials

  posted by matt | 03.13.09 | permalink | comment?

  The Federal Trade Commission is trying to prevent people from getting scammed by FreeCreditReport.com by releasing parodies of the infamous commercials featuring Eric Violette using their own, less dreamy, singer guy. They encourage you to go to AnnualCreditReport.com instead, since you don’t have to sign up for any dumb memberships or pay any hidden fees to get access to your awesomely low credit score.

  That’s right, FreeCreditReport.com sure isn’t free, people. Don’t let that doe-eyed, curly haired french-canadian singer foolz ya.

  Here’s the FTC’s parody of FreeCreditReport.com’s Pirates

  Here’s another one, a parody of FreeCreditReport.com’s Dreamgirl

  Tags: annualcreditreport.com, apartment, commercials, credit score, dreamgirl, eric violette, federal trade commission, free, freecreditreport.com, membership, parodies, parody, pirate, restaurant, scam, sign up, TV

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• songspeak

  Yes! Ed McMahon raps on new FreeCreditReport.com commercials

  posted by matt | 09.26.08 | permalink | comment?

  When I read about this, I thought it was a joke, but it’s true. The newest commercials for FreeCreditReport.com feature Ed McMahon rapping. They will air throughout October. Does this mean that Eric Violette just isn’t cool enough with his own rap video for FreeCreditReport.com? (See the MSNBC article, “Sing It, FreeCreditReport.com guy!”)

  From the AP:

  The 85-year-old former “Tonight Show” sidekick will star in two viral rap videos for FreeCreditReport.com, a financial Web site owned by credit bureau Experian. The videos feature McMahon wearing a tracksuit, being chauffeured around Los Angeles in a Cadillac Escalade golf cart and waxing lyrical about his very public financial troubles.

  “I knew I could sing the blues, but I didn’t know I could rap,” McMahon said Wednesday…

  …After being joined by two scantily clad women, McMahon continues: “Got a bump from the media chumps, but that was temporary/Wife with bad credit was scary, so I got wise/I may have fallen, but I got back up/Now I’m back on the attack, like a ninja swinging nunchucks/I told the haters, ‘Go on, take a hike’/It’s my show now, and I can do what I like.”

  We’ve seen the FreeCreditReport commercials where Eric Violette dresses up like a pirate in a seafood restaurant, rolls around in a used subcompact, marries his dreamgirl, and rides around on a bicycle.

  And of course, here’s the latest rockstar rap video with Eric Violette:

  Here’s to hoping McMahon’s rap skillz measure up, son. Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere’s Money.

  Tags: 00s tv commercials, bad credit, cadillac, credit rating, credit report, credit score, ed mcmahon, eric violette, escalade, experian, freecreditreport.com, golf cart, johnny carson, L.A., los angeles, media chumps, rap, rapper, rapping, rockstar rap, tonight show

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• looking back

  It’s Friday; you ain’t got no job… you ain’t got shit to do

  posted by songspeak | 08.22.08 | permalink | 3 comments

  

  We posted a bunch of stuff this past week. Some posts made us laugh, some posts made us cry. When we got together over some burritos and diet pepsi last night to plot our takeover of the internet, we realized it may be awhile before global domination ensues. One thing is for certain however, songspeak is here to stay.

  Here are some of our recent faves.
  - Dungarees make me feel fine
  - Don’t insult our intelligence, Subway!
  - Comcast TV ads with terrible, yet clever puns
  - AC/DC: They’ve got the biggest balls of the Wal-Mart
  - Oh, What a feeling! Toyota!
  - New FreeCreditReport.com commercial with Eric Violette on a bicycle

  Whatever will next week bring us? Oh, the headline is a reference to this movie, in case you were wondering.

  Tags: chris tucker, comcast, don't insult our intelligence, dungarees, eric violette, freecreditreport.com, friday, ice cube, jared, jeans, subway, toyota, wal-mart

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• songspeak

  New FreeCreditReport.com commercial with Eric Violette on a bicycle

  posted by matt | 08.18.08 | permalink | 3 comments

  Our Songspeak readers have been big fans of the FreeCreditReport.com commercials starring Canadian actor Eric Violette; The Car Song, The Pirate Song, and The Dream Girl Song. I saw a new FreeCreditReport.com commercial last night (while watching House Hunters on HGTV) featuring Eric and his band on bicycles talking about high gas prices. I believe it is called, appropriately, “The Bicycle”.

  Is this commercial as good as the other ones?

  • Yeah, that Eric Violette is so dreamy.
  • No, not quite as good.
  • About the same, I like 'em all.

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  Tags: dream girl, eric violette, free credit report, freecreditreport.com, french canadian, HGTV, house hunters, the bicycle, the car song, the dreamgirl song, the pirate song

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• songspeak

  Songs in the FreeCreditReport.com tv commercials

  posted by matt | 04.23.08 | permalink | 25 comments

  For awhile now, FreeCreditReport.com has been running some clever commercials featuring Eric Violette singing clever songs about how he should have gone to FreeCreditReport.com instead of that tool on the stool saying, “I’m THINKING of a number…”. These commercials feature clever songs sung in English, even though Eric Violette is French-Canadian whose primary language is French.

  The Car Song: I was shopping for a new car, which one’s me… A cool convertible or an SUV?

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  Tags: 00s tv commercials, car song, dream girl, dreamgirl song, eric violette, free credit report, freecreditreport.com, pirate song

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