Schevchenko on Sportscenter Commercial [Archive]

Soccernethost

28 Apr 2006, 09:40 AM

Very nice. In the cafeteria Van Pelt is trying to convince him that they should call American football soccer in Italy (or Russia). That way we'd have football and soccer in both countries. "I'll suggest it."

JRstriker12

28 Apr 2006, 09:42 AM

I saw it. Pretty funny! Encapsulated the whole Football - Soccer arguement confusion.

G Enriquez

29 Apr 2006, 06:43 PM

I saw it today.
It's pretty funny.

behemoth

01 May 2006, 12:58 PM

Football in the air is called American Football in the UK.
In fact, I talk so much footy here in the States, I call it American Football here too.

Behemoth

tobycharles

01 May 2006, 01:12 PM

I thought it was very clever...although I found Schev's punchline "I'll suggest it" a little hard to understand. Van Pelt is really good.

superdave

01 May 2006, 01:39 PM

Finally saw it.

Funny. Andrei sold his bewilderment well. Whether that was good acting, or he genuinely was bewildered, well, y'all can all guess. :D

BSjanitor

01 May 2006, 08:03 PM

they got a guy who looks a lot like Andryi Shevchenko. I was surprised by the commercial... even more because it was kind of funny.

dfb547490

01 May 2006, 08:27 PM

they got a guy who looks a lot like Andryi Shevchenko. I was surprised by the commercial... even more because it was kind of funny.

It IS Shevchenko. ESPN always gets pro athletes for their SportsCenter commercials, although I think that's the first time they've had a European soccer player (hasn't Cobi been in one??).

Gioca

01 May 2006, 09:06 PM

Finally saw it.

Funny. Andrei sold his bewilderment well. Whether that was good acting, or he genuinely was bewildered, well, y'all can all . guess. :D

W'all can guess that you're a redneck. :cool:

AndyMead

01 May 2006, 09:33 PM

I saw it today.
It's pretty funny.

I thought it was pretty stupid. I'm a big fan of the "This is SportsCenter" series, but this was definitely one of the weakest ones.

AndyMead

01 May 2006, 09:34 PM

It IS Shevchenko. ESPN always gets pro athletes for their SportsCenter commercials, although I think that's the first time they've had a European soccer player (hasn't Cobi been in one??).

There were two with Alexi, including one where he was sitting on a desk playing his guitar and Olbermann walked over grabbed the guitar, smashed it, then handed it back to him.

AndyMead

01 May 2006, 09:39 PM

There were two with Alexi, including one where he was sitting on a desk playing his guitar and Olbermann walked over grabbed the guitar, smashed it, then handed it back to him.

Here's a partial archive:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/thisissportscenter/archive

I don't see the Alexi ones, but they do have the Charlie Steiner/Andrew Shue "trade".

AndyMead

01 May 2006, 09:43 PM

Okay, this site has the one with Alexi Lalas and Tab Ramos (search for "Alexi") playing foosball

http://www.sportscenteraltar.com/multimedia/video.asp

The Alexi/Olbermann one is also there (search for "inner peace")

superdave

02 May 2006, 12:21 AM

W'all can guess that you're a redneck. :cool:
How're the Whale doing in the playoffs?

HSEUPASSION

02 May 2006, 12:29 AM

How're the Whale doing in the playoffs?

Superdave 1-0 Gioca

kebzach

06 May 2006, 01:09 AM

Thanks Andy. Those clips are great!

mpruitt

07 May 2006, 04:19 AM

There was also the one with Brandi Chastain playing foosball with Kevin Garnett. He scored a goal and they all waited for her to 'celebrate.'

billf

08 May 2006, 05:19 PM

Shevchenko is married to an American woman so its surprising but it makes sense.

eric515

09 May 2006, 11:48 AM

Very nice. In the cafeteria Van Pelt is trying to convince him that they should call American football soccer in Italy (or Russia).

You mean, Ukraine?

I don't know if you missed it, but the Soviet Union broke up about 15 years ago. :D

tobycharles

09 May 2006, 06:01 PM

I really liked the one a few years back when all those MLS guys "hijacked the network". I think it was called The Takeover.