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  The Hammer Pants Dance can only mean one thing… IT’S HAMMERTIME!

  posted by matt | 06.11.09 | permalink | comment?

  Ladies and gentlemen, for your viewing pleasure, a bunch of people put on MC Hammer pants and storm a retail clothing store. This is a promo for A&E’s upcoming realty tv series appropriately called Hammertime.

  From A&E’s Hammertime site:

  Hammertime follows the life of rapper and dancer MC Hammer, his wife of more than 23 years and their family of seven. The show takes an unprecedented look behind his larger-than-life personality and into his life as a devoted husband, father and business entrepreneur.

  Tags: A&E, hammer, hammer pants, hammer pants dance, hammertime, mc hammer, reality show

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• songspeak

  Cash4Gold Super Bowl commercial with Ed McMahon and MC Hammer

  posted by matt | 02.02.09 | permalink | comment?

  I can’t decide if it was funny, sad, or funny because it was so sad. Ed McMahon and MC Hammer hawk their wares in the Cash4Gold.com tv commercial that aired during the Super Bowl last night.

  It was gold, Jerry. Gold!

  What did you think of the Cash4Gold commercial?

  • Funny
  • Sad
  • Funny because it was sad
  • Who are these people?

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  Tags: 00s tv commercials, 43, cash4gold, cash4gold.com, ed mcmahon, gold record, gold toilet, mc hammer, super bowl, super bowl ads, XLIII

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• looking back

  Sex, religion, politics, music, and Danza

  posted by songspeak | 08.30.08 | permalink | comment?

  This past week, much like last week, brought us some good times. Here are some of our faves from the past week.

  Jesus Christ, Katy Perry! The Today Show?

  David Duchovny wants to believe…that he can have sex with everyone on the planet

  Is MC Hammer ready for some football?

  Girl performs Carry On Wayward Son on a keyboard, and it TOTALLY ROCKS

  Hold me closer, Tony Danza

  We’re just Biden our time until the DNC

  Tags: addiction, david duchovny, dnc, electone, elton john, espn, football, girl, good times, jesus christ, joe biden, kansas, katy perry, mc hammer, sex, spouse, today show, Tony Danza, yamaha

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• songspeak

  Is MC Hammer ready for some football?

  posted by jamie | 08.28.08 | permalink | 3 comments

  There’s a new commercial for Monday Night Football on ESPN with MC Hammer, and I sure do get a kick out of it. I’ve discussed in other posts the usage of MC Hammer’s songs in commercials, but this one’s different. For one thing, MC Hammer actually appears as himself. For another, well, I won’t ruin it, but just listen to what’s said just before the dude wakes up. I just think this commercial’s great because who hasn’t had a totally weird dream that gets weirder when their alarm goes off, and the sound of their alarm is incorporated into their dream? I know I have.

  Anywho, I get a kick out of it. So here it is, for your viewing pleasure (there is a second commercial after it that’s also pretty amusing, but it doesn’t have MC Hammer in it, so nuts to them):

  I mean, I don’t even care about sports and this commercial almost makes me want to watch Monday Night Football. Almost.

  Tags: 00s tv commercials, 90s music, alarm clock, are you ready for some football?, back to the grind, dream, espn, espn monday night football, football, hammer, keytar, mad keytar skills, mc hammer, mc hammer monday night football commercial, monday night football, monday night football commercial, please hammer don't hurt em, weird dreams

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• songspeak

  U Can’t Putt This!

  posted by jamie | 08.13.08 | permalink | 2 comments

  We’ve posted here before about the use of songspeak in commercials. However, I don’t know that we’ve ever praised the virtues of the local commercial. The Office even dedicated an episode to the art of the local commercial.

  This post is a wonderful example of the local commercial combined with songspeak in advertising. Fenway Golf is a mini-golf/pitch & putt/driving range/par 3 golf course/batting cage all-around activity center located in East Longmeadow, MA. It’s a fun place to spend a Saturday with the family, but more importantly, it has one of the most phenomenal local commercials we’ve ever seen.

  It features their own special version of U Can’t Touch This by MC Hammer (which itself samples Superfreak by Rick James). There must be something about that catchy bassline, given that numerous commercials have utilized both songs, or alternate versions thereof (Mohegan Sun, for instance, or the many examples here). Well, in Fenway Golf’s version, their adorable golf ball mascot bounces to and fro throughout the grounds, singing his own catchy version of the MC Hammer classic.

  Words really don’t do it justice, so you’ll just have to see for yourself:

  Tags: 00s tv, 00s tv commercials, 70s music, 90s music, east longmeadow, fenway golf, local commercials, mc hammer, rick james, songspeak in advertising, stop hammertime, superfreak, the office, u can't touch this

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• songspeak

  Busted Tees knows a good Songspeak

  posted by matt | 08.07.08 | permalink | comment?

  We have to give some kudos to Busted Tees for printing some clever shirts. They sure know how to Songspeak.

  Not everyone gets this one at first, but…

  

  Here are the lyrics in case you are scratching your head. Jamie and Kristen both argue that you shouldn’t have to try so hard to figure out a t-shirt. Maybe that’s true, but I still think it’s clever.

  Here are some other Busted Tees gems. Kudos.

  

  

  Tags: busted tees, dj jazzy jeff, don't stop believin', fresh prince of bel air, journey, mc hammer, mims, push it, salt n' pepa, t-shirts, this is why i'm hot, too legit to quit, will smith

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