05-11-2006, 08:59 PM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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| GMC Truck Commercial
I was just watching the end of Survivor, and lo and behold, a commercial for GMC trucks comes on with a fair amount of sabre fencing in it!
Anyone else seen this? Opinions? I thought it was awesome. | 
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05-11-2006, 09:15 PM
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| fencing commercials are always fun. Although I haven't seen that particular one, a favorite of mine is when two fencers are fencing with fish on the food network. | |
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05-12-2006, 09:41 AM
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| Saw it
I saw it!!! I think they were trying to use it as a metaphor for "precision engineering," because they also showed a wristwatch...in fact, I had thought it was a Bulova or Tag Heuer commercial before I saw the truck. It made fencing look very cool. Good publicity for us. | |
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05-12-2006, 09:52 AM
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| I would agree...it was definitely well done.
The watch was shown to represent "prcision engineering". The fencing scene was foolowed by the word "grace". I think there was one more thing shown, but I was so excited about the fencing I missed it! | |
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05-12-2006, 10:26 AM
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| But they still weren't dressed correctly. Proper sabre flunge but then on the close up the sabrist is wearing a foil lame!
Perhaps it's a preview of the "new" foil once the next set of rules changes goes through.  | |
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05-12-2006, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by TitanHawk fencing commercials are always fun. Although I haven't seen that particular one, a favorite of mine is when two fencers are fencing with fish on the food network. | yeah, that one is my fave. i will be on the look out for the GMC one though! | |
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05-12-2006, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Craig But they still weren't dressed correctly. Proper sabre flunge but then on the close up the sabrist is wearing a foil lame!
Perhaps it's a preview of the "new" foil once the next set of rules changes goes through. |
I saw sabre lames and no flunge. I guess we didn't see the same commercial. | |
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05-12-2006, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by fencergal33 I was just watching the end of Survivor | I'm sorry.
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05-12-2006, 11:52 AM
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| I know, it's a ridiculously stupid show, but my sister bets on it, and stupid me got hooked last season rooting for her chick to win. | |
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05-12-2006, 11:59 AM
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| You realize it's not getting better the more you explain, right? :)
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05-12-2006, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by TitanHawk fencing commercials are always fun. Although I haven't seen that particular one, a favorite of mine is when two fencers are fencing with fish on the food network. | I think I would get fewer touches against if someone was trying to poke me with a fish. ^_^ | |
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05-12-2006, 02:43 PM
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| Depends on the fish. Just get an electric eel and hook it up to a 2 prong and you've got flick city, baby! | |
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05-12-2006, 07:37 PM
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| hmm...
not a bad idea.
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05-12-2006, 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Angwilwileth hmm...
not a bad idea. | Depending, of course, on one's definition of "bad"... :)
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05-13-2006, 02:22 PM
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| True. 
Can anybody post a link? I can't find it anywhere. 
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