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Author: greenlimeoboe
Date: 2007-12-22 21:38
Hey all! Did any of you see the Alex Klein geico commercial? Its awsome! An oboist on national tv! Go Alex!! Representin the oboes!
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Author: doublereeder2
Date: 2007-12-23 04:18
I loved it!!! And when they said here is a normal person - I thought NO!!! Don't you know that is Alex Klein? Normal person? I think not!!! Hello - how many oboists are normal!!!!
:-)
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Author: Dutchy
Date: 2007-12-23 17:01
Um...there's no oboe?? How can they film it without at least a prop oboe?
That's just wrong.
![[grin]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie5.gif)
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Author: kdrew922
Date: 2007-12-23 20:51
Actually, there is an oboe on the mantle in the background.
Great commercial, but I agree that Alex Klein was miscast as the "normal person." In the oboe community, at least, he's more of a demigod.
Cheers,
Drew
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Author: greenlimeoboe
Date: 2007-12-23 20:51
Dutch and doublereeder2 I enjoted your responses greatly! I totaly agree with both of you! LOL!
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Author: johnt
Date: 2007-12-23 22:30
Allegedly a clarinet on the mantel (boo hoo) not an oboe.
Best,
john
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Author: johnt
Date: 2007-12-24 05:00
Cooper, check your blog of November 13th. Somebody said he thought it was a clarinet. That must have been where I got the idea that this is what it was, i. e., a clarinet & not an oboe. I never looked at the Utube video. I've seen it enough times on TV.
Best,
john
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Author: Dutchy
Date: 2007-12-24 18:51
It's still barely visible. [disdainful sniff] We demand a higher media profile for our instrument!
And, visually speaking, from the standpoint of composition, it should have been placed directly between the two guys, back there in front of the round window. But I suppose the director didn't want to make a definite statement, he wanted to be more oblique, like an "inside joke". But it's only an "inside joke" if people can spot it, and IMO it was *too* inconspicuous. Even after knowing it was there, I had to pause the video and then scrutinize the frame closely, like with one of those "spot the hidden object" games.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2007-12-24 20:46
> But it's only an "inside joke" if people can spot it, and IMO it was *too*
> inconspicuous.
Define "subtle hint" or "easter egg". ![[wink]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie3.gif)
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Ben
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Author: Dutchy
Date: 2007-12-24 22:40
Well, I don't think easter eggs are playing fair, either, because you need Secret Inside Information to access them, so there. ![[tongue]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie6.gif) ![[rotate]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smiley25.gif)
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Author: oboemoboe
Date: 2007-12-26 14:11
Should of read: "Alex Klein: ordinary guy by day, oboe super hero by night"!
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Author: Dutchy
Date: 2007-12-26 19:06
?
I'm terrible at puzzles to begin with, but I can't even figure out what you're supposed to do on that one. I tried typing "cat" in the box, and hitting Enter, and nothing happens. So, huh?
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Author: vboboe
Date: 2007-12-26 21:17
... golly gee whiz, we sure do need comic relief from all the crazy puzzles OBOE gives us, that joker beside the 'Ordinary Guy' sure is a HooT
at the risk here of commercially advertising, really good oboe playing examples are increasing exponentially on youtube, it's a real treat to listen to them, but just be alert for the other jokers ...
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Author: Dutchy
Date: 2007-12-27 19:00
Quote:
lets face facts most people dont even know what an Oboe is...I am always astounded when people ask "Whats an Oboe ?"
I always tell people, "Like a clarinet--but skinnier", which seems to work well. At least it enables the conversation to move along, as the other person will generally nod knowledgeably, "Ah, of course..." even if they don't have the faintest idea what I'm talking about.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2007-12-27 23:26
> If we don't shout loudly enough we may vanish almost entirely...
No you don't. Unless you're actually pampering that at-the-verge-of-being-extinct thing.
Think Tanita Tikaram's "Twist In My Sobriety". Go out more often. Be heard.
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Ben
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2007-12-27 23:33
How many of you have investigated the other "real people" in those ads to see if they're "average persons".
No one watching those ads cares about the "real people"...
Time to get a "real life".
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Author: oboemoboe
Date: 2007-12-29 17:24
Oh, please.
People are just exchanging about how excited they are regarding the Alex Klein ad. Isn't that what a forum is all about, exchanging?
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