Cabel Sasser

the other day, my son called me, and i answered the phone by saying "moolamanaka meeside!" and he went "uhh… what" and i went "uhh… what"

why has this ad been lodged in my head for this long? why? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECukqY7RaIA

anyway, today i learned he's actually saying "bula vinaka beachside"

AT&T Fiji Commercial

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Show threadEric A. MeyerNov 3
@cabel I thought you were doing a Gungan riff until I saw the YouTube preview.
Show threadSteve Hayman 🇨🇦🇬🇱🪊Nov 3
@cabel i still do not understand how the guy managed to dial Fiji instead of Phoenix, twice. Were calls being routed phonetically?
Show threadCM HarringtonNov 3
@cabel my brain immediately replied ‘is this phoenix?’ ‘No, fiji!’
Show threadJason SnellNov 3
@cabel I AM NOW!! <harumpf>
Show threadKenNov 3

@cabel @hotdogsladies made this reference in a podcast recently (RecDiffs?) and I was so delighted I wasn’t the only one to remember this commercial I got goosebumps

This, the voice of Magnum PI telling me “you will” (do some cool computery stuff)¹ and Ian Malcolm telling me there is no step three² — these were the soundtrack of my childhood

¹ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RvZ-667CEdo
² https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ihOxl1v5BRk

AT&T - 1993 "You Will" Ad Campaign

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Show threadChristopher BowersNov 4

@cabel “Bob Wehadababyitsaboy” is seared into my brain but I never remember it was for Geico

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JxhTnWrKYs

Bob Wehadababyitsaboy

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Show threadDan MorenNov 4
@cabel Man, I always had this in my head as something to do with Acapulco for some reason but I remember this ad vividly.
Show threadJason SnellNov 4
@dmoren @cabel I knew he was saying beachside but yeah, I absolutely know it by heart. Amazing what we remember.
Show threadJohn SiracusaNov 4
@jsnell @dmoren @cabel I don’t remember the shoulders on that suit being so big! (The messed-up aspect ratio on the YouTube video probably doesn’t help.)
Show threadmikesuszNov 4
@siracusa @jsnell @dmoren @cabel queue these up with the “you will” ads. have you ever sent a fax… from the beach?
Show threadJason SnellNov 4
@mikesusz @siracusa @dmoren @cabel people joke about those but they were amazingly prescient, and I say that as someone who has absolutely sent a PDF from the beach
Show threadmikesuszNov 5
@jsnell it’s one of the things that made me optimistic about the future. and led to me entering IT/web development in the mid-90s. then i saw Hackers. i know it was ridiculous, but i also knew it reflected what was possible. and that was exciting.