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    Posted: 10 Feb 2013 at 7:53pm
OK... I realize this chick is supposedly a comedienne, and is supposedly trying to be funny, but it just doesn't work for me.


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This is ANNOYING! I hate how they keep pushing the WE DON'T WORK ON COMMISSION angle, they have been doing that in store for years. Yeah, I get it, you just want to seem helpful and not predatory. Problem is, I worked in electronics retail too so I know the game. You don't get monetary commission, but you DO get unrealistic sales goals. Said goals are tied to how much your manager likes you, and nearly always how many hours you end up getting scheduled for. So you still end up pushing things on customers in an effort to meet your goals just so you have the opportunity to earn hours.

Best Buy needs to give it up. I have never met a "knowledgeable" sales associate that works there. They want the expert environment but the majority of workers on the floor are under 25 so I'm not sure how they expect to do that. Best Buy is widely hated for that very reason.
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i wish she'd go away. she's not nearly as funny as the rest of the world would like me to believe she is.
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Originally posted by Triple J Triple J wrote:

OK... I realize this chick is supposedly a comedienne, and is supposedly trying to be funny, but it just doesn't work for me.


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I didn't realize you grabbed this one - daaaaaaamn, I can't stand it - I don' know Amy <whatever.her.name.is>  from 'Shinola', and could care less. She really appears over-made-up and under-funny. I've been searching for words to describe my feelings for this POS...you saved me the pain.
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Originally posted by dizrythmia dizrythmia wrote:

i wish she'd go away. she's not nearly as funny as the rest of the world would like me to believe she is.


YES!!! She and Tina Fey need to disappear. Everyone goes on about how funny they are. I don't see the appeal or the humor.
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^Tina, I like. But I have to admit she's actually better dramatically (Mean Girls), or playing the straight man (Which she tends to do most of the time on 30 Rock).

The weird thing about this commercial is that there is no joking person...Both of them feel like the straight man, and when you have a comedienne in an ad, someone has to be making a clear joke/funny act...but...nothing...
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Commercial with Amy Poehler? 

I hate it already.


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I remember that commercial music from somewhere, I've heard it before.

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Originally posted by Triple J Triple J wrote:

OK... I realize this chick is supposedly a comedienne, and is supposedly trying to be funny, but it just doesn't work for me.
 
If dead, awkward silence after a joke or bit is comedy, then she's the master of it....  LOL
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Originally posted by MrTim MrTim wrote:

Originally posted by Triple J Triple J wrote:

OK... I realize this chick is supposedly a comedienne, and is supposedly trying to be funny, but it just doesn't work for me.
 
If dead, awkward silence after a joke or bit is comedy, then she's the master of it....  LOL
She reminds me of a female Jimmy Fallon.  Always trying to be funny and failing miserably, and just piling on the "unfunny" in rapidfire bursts.  It must work on some people, because the aforementioned unfunny d*psh*t has his own late night show, and she's not doing too shabbily either. 
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She is so not funny, she couldn't make a convincing Hilary Clinton! Wacko
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Originally posted by EMCEE EMCEE wrote:

She reminds me of a female Jimmy Fallon.  Always trying to be funny and failing miserably, and just piling on the "unfunny" in rapidfire bursts.  It must work on some people, because the aforementioned unfunny d*psh*t has his own late night show, and she's not doing too shabbily either. 
 
   Some people might do anything to get themselves onto a TV network....  Wink
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Originally posted by MrTim MrTim wrote:

Originally posted by EMCEE EMCEE wrote:

She reminds me of a female Jimmy Fallon.  Always trying to be funny and failing miserably, and just piling on the "unfunny" in rapidfire bursts.  It must work on some people, because the aforementioned unfunny d*psh*t has his own late night show, and she's not doing too shabbily either. 
 
   Some people might do anything to get themselves onto a TV network....  Wink
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For some reason, this made me think of Fallon giving some network exec head, pausing in between bobs to make stupid, random jokes, laugh to himself, and mug to the camera ("Tee hee, giving head to a head," "Man, this job blows. Get it? Job. Blows?"  "More Holler for yer Doller!"). 
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I was originally going to have my post have the both of them do something like that ("network exec casting couch"), but couldn't quite find the right words.  But I got the same intent across....  Wink
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Originally posted by MrTim MrTim wrote:

I was originally going to have my post have the both of them do something like that ("network exec casting couch"), but couldn't quite find the right words.  But I got the same intent across....  Wink
That you did, MrTim.  That you did. LOL
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Originally posted by Hezadancer Hezadancer wrote:

This is ANNOYING! I hate how they keep pushing the WE DON'T WORK ON COMMISSION angle, they have been doing that in store for years. Yeah, I get it, you just want to seem helpful and not predatory. Problem is, I worked in electronics retail too so I know the game. You don't get monetary commission, but you DO get unrealistic sales goals. Said goals are tied to how much your manager likes you, and nearly always how many hours you end up getting scheduled for. So you still end up pushing things on customers in an effort to meet your goals just so you have the opportunity to earn hours.

Best Buy needs to give it up. I have never met a "knowledgeable" sales associate that works there. They want the expert environment but the majority of workers on the floor are under 25 so I'm not sure how they expect to do that. Best Buy is widely hated for that very reason.


Exactly.  Every time I ask when of those a-holes for help, they have to go get somebody else.
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OMG, I hate this commercial.  I saw it during the Superbowl and I thought it was the stupidest commercial I have ever seen.  She's about as funny as watching your house burn to the ground. 
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I was looking for the punchline in this commercial, and I never got it! There wasn't one!
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^^ The only punch in this commercial should be one of the dick punch variety.


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Best buy is closing stores, but they are wasting money contracting SNL stars? Maybe they need to put the money back into the company instead of wasting it on "stars" for their commercials.
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I have no bloody idea who this square headed woman is. Apparently from reading some of the other responses, this annoying woman is a comedienne? Why isn't she funny? I thought people in comedy were supposed to be funny! I miss Rodney Dangerfeild.
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Originally posted by clamshell clamshell wrote:

Best buy is closing stores, but they are wasting money contracting SNL stars? Maybe they need to put the money back into the company instead of wasting it on "stars" for their commercials.


Yes, they are losing money and have been for a long time. I doubt that we'll be seeing many more Best Buy ads in a few years.
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Originally posted by Jimmy Jimmy wrote:

I have no bloody idea who this square headed woman is. Apparently from reading some of the other responses, this annoying woman is a comedienne? Why isn't she funny? I thought people in comedy were supposed to be funny!
 
Maybe the crowd she runs with thinks she's hilarious 'cause they're bombed out of their skullz on coke and acid.  Or maybe I just don't 'get' NYC/SNL humor....  LOL
 
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Best buy is closing stores, but they are wasting money contracting SNL stars? Maybe they need to put the money back into the company instead of wasting it on "stars" for their commercials.
 
No, if you are at the top of a company that may go under, you waste money like crazy.  Then you take a tax credit on all your 'losses'....  Wink
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The way she intently stares at him through the entire ad is odd, possibly creepy. This ad is a huge swing and a miss. I guess Best Buy spent so much money on it - it debuted during the Superbowl - that they have no choice but to try and leverage some value from it. That it's terrible, not even mildly funny, aggravating to the very demographic you're trying to coerce into your stores, is apparently a non-issue. Amazing how these companies are successful enough to be able to afford national advertising, but wholly inept about choosing a good ad to spend their money on. I don't get it.
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Originally posted by MrTim MrTim wrote:

Originally posted by Jimmy Jimmy wrote:

I have no bloody idea who this square headed woman is. Apparently from reading some of the other responses, this annoying woman is a comedienne? Why isn't she funny? I thought people in comedy were supposed to be funny!
 
Maybe the crowd she runs with thinks she's hilarious 'cause they're bombed out of their skullz on coke and acid.  Or maybe I just don't 'get' NYC/SNL humor....  LOL
 
 
SNL was hit-or-miss even in those beloved early days.  I remember entire shows in which only one or two skits were at all funny.  And I was smoking pot back then and, thus, very easily amused!
 
 
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