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- From: buck@cavlry.enet.dec.com ()
- Subject: Re: Coaster spotted in GTE ad
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.191708.23891@engage.pko.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <1992Nov10.155609.5029@pmafire.inel.gov> <1992Nov16.125543.7022@ccd.harris.com> <1e8mu8INNetq@newmdata.meaddata.com>
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:17:08 GMT
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- >OK, now that we've had The Big Debate about which coaster appears in
- >the GTE ad, now which coaster appears in the new pain reliever ad?
- >(Excedrin Ultra? It's some combined headache and stomach upset relieving
- >medicine) The commercial starts with a guy at his desk in his office,
- >then they use clever background shot tricks to show the guy "riding"
- >the roller coaster at his desk.
- >
- >The coaster is not a racing coaster, and it's an unpainted woodie (i.e.
- >it's natural wood colored/stained). My first guess was Mean Streak, but
- >the shots are so short that I couldn't confirm it.
-
- Well, I was wrong on the GTE ad, so take this with a
- grain of salt! 8^)
-
- I saw this ad last night while watching the Jacksons thing,
- and it looked a lot like the Psyclone at MM to me. It was
- moreso the profiles on the drops which lead me to this
- conclusion.
-