Trunk monkey commercial in Superbowl
01-26-2003, 05:25 PM
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Trunk monkey commercial in Superbowl
I saw a commercial during the superbowl,
It had a guy being harrassed while stopped at a light by some road raged guy who's out of his pick-up and yellin at the guys window, so the guy inside the car he hits a button marked "trunk Monkey" and a chimp climbs out of the back with a tire iron and clubs the aggressive guy on the head. Pretty funny.
Anyone else seen this?
edit:
Ok I figured out it was a local commercial for an Auto group here in the Portland area, so it would have only been seen by folks in the Portland /Vancouver area. I need to get a copy of this damn comercial, it feels like a hallucination, but my wife saw it too.
Ok folks , thanks to Sean at Trunkmonkey Racing the ad can be seen here...
http://www.trunkmonkeyracing.com/Vid...nkmonkeyAd.mpg
It had a guy being harrassed while stopped at a light by some road raged guy who's out of his pick-up and yellin at the guys window, so the guy inside the car he hits a button marked "trunk Monkey" and a chimp climbs out of the back with a tire iron and clubs the aggressive guy on the head. Pretty funny.
Anyone else seen this?
edit:
Ok I figured out it was a local commercial for an Auto group here in the Portland area, so it would have only been seen by folks in the Portland /Vancouver area. I need to get a copy of this damn comercial, it feels like a hallucination, but my wife saw it too.
Ok folks , thanks to Sean at Trunkmonkey Racing the ad can be seen here...
http://www.trunkmonkeyracing.com/Vid...nkmonkeyAd.mpg
Last edited by Giamilton; 01-28-2003 at 07:04 PM.
01-26-2003, 08:59 PM
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Re: Trunk monkey commercial in Superbowl
Originally posted by Giamilton
I saw a commercial during the superbowl,
It had a guy being harrassed while stopped at a light by some road raged guy who's out of his pick-up and yellin at the guys window, so the guy inside the car he hits a button marked "trunk Monkey" and a chimp climbs out of the back with a tire iron and clubs the aggressive guy on the head. Pretty funny.
Anyone else seen this?
I saw a commercial during the superbowl,
It had a guy being harrassed while stopped at a light by some road raged guy who's out of his pick-up and yellin at the guys window, so the guy inside the car he hits a button marked "trunk Monkey" and a chimp climbs out of the back with a tire iron and clubs the aggressive guy on the head. Pretty funny.
Anyone else seen this?
01-27-2003, 10:01 AM
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I called the company that the ad was for, and they will get back to me on when it will be onthe air again or whether they can send me a copy, I told them that hundreds of people around the country want to see it.
the website is
http://www.suburbanautogroup.com/
Maybe a small e-mail campaign will get the fire started and they will send me a copy on VHS....
the website is
http://www.suburbanautogroup.com/
Maybe a small e-mail campaign will get the fire started and they will send me a copy on VHS....
01-27-2003, 12:31 PM
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Ok, I called KATU the local ABC affiliate and it will be on Tuesday morning between 6-7 am during the morning news show.
So anybody in the PDX area be sure to tune in!
I have a friend who's going to Tivo it for me and I'll get in into a web format asap.
So anybody in the PDX area be sure to tune in!
I have a friend who's going to Tivo it for me and I'll get in into a web format asap.
01-27-2003, 07:06 PM
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I've contacted Suburban and they're getting me in contact with the ad agency since I'm the one who came up with the Trunkmonkey concept three years ago. I cited www.trunkmonkey.com as prior art and simply asked for a copy of the ad. Once the ad agency gets in contact with me and ships me a copy of the ad I'll capture it! 
/Sean/
(You know, the guy who came up with the Trunkmonkey)
/Sean/
(You know, the guy who came up with the Trunkmonkey)
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01-28-2003, 09:50 AM
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Originally posted by Giamilton
heh, yah Sean, I e-mailed you glad to see you got in contact with them. I'ts pretty cool seeing your idea up in lights, some people might be upset you were copied, but I see it as proof of your killer concept.
heh, yah Sean, I e-mailed you glad to see you got in contact with them. I'ts pretty cool seeing your idea up in lights, some people might be upset you were copied, but I see it as proof of your killer concept.
Now if only my wife had let me spend the $350 to trademark it three years ago...
/Sean/
01-28-2003, 10:47 AM
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Here's the news story:
http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=53140
Here's the video clip:
http://easylink.playstream.com/katu/021219monkey.wvx
http://www.katu.com/news/images/stor...unk_monkey.jpg
Trunk monkey commercial pokes fun at road rage
PORTLAND - If you've ever been the victim of road rage on Portland's freeways you might be able to relate to a new commercial being shot in Portland.
"Jonah" a monkey actor takes the stage in a trunk of a car. In the scenes being shot in Portland he is otherwise known as the trunk monkey.
In the commercial, when the driver of the car is victimized by 'road rage' the monkey pops the trunk and hops out and starts shaking a crowbar at the offending driver.
The suburban auto group is producing the commercial, which obviously is intended to be a tongue-in-check representation of road rage.
/Sean/
http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=53140
Here's the video clip:
http://easylink.playstream.com/katu/021219monkey.wvx
http://www.katu.com/news/images/stor...unk_monkey.jpg
Trunk monkey commercial pokes fun at road rage
PORTLAND - If you've ever been the victim of road rage on Portland's freeways you might be able to relate to a new commercial being shot in Portland.
"Jonah" a monkey actor takes the stage in a trunk of a car. In the scenes being shot in Portland he is otherwise known as the trunk monkey.
In the commercial, when the driver of the car is victimized by 'road rage' the monkey pops the trunk and hops out and starts shaking a crowbar at the offending driver.
The suburban auto group is producing the commercial, which obviously is intended to be a tongue-in-check representation of road rage.
/Sean/
01-28-2003, 11:09 AM
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Can someone tape this? 5:55 PM on KATU Channel 2. Yes, 555.
/Sean/
From: "Mespelt, Julie" <JulieM@katu.com>
Date: Tue Jan 28, 2003 1:35:44 PM US/Eastern
To: "'sean@trunkmonkey.com'" <sean@trunkmonkey.com>
Subject: FW: E-mail from KATU.com visitor
Sean!
I see that the commercial is scheduled to air TONIGHT at 5:55P.
Hopefully, you can tape it then -
Julie
Date: Tue Jan 28, 2003 1:35:44 PM US/Eastern
To: "'sean@trunkmonkey.com'" <sean@trunkmonkey.com>
Subject: FW: E-mail from KATU.com visitor
Sean!
I see that the commercial is scheduled to air TONIGHT at 5:55P.
Hopefully, you can tape it then -
Julie
01-28-2003, 11:11 AM
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Ok we got it on Tivo, I'm heading over to captur4e it on my DVC
and I'll compress it for consumption.
I'll need a host!!!
I should be back in a couple of hours and then we can see the final commercial product!!!
-Mike
www.geocities.com/giamilton
and I'll compress it for consumption.
I'll need a host!!!
I should be back in a couple of hours and then we can see the final commercial product!!!
-Mike
www.geocities.com/giamilton
01-28-2003, 11:14 AM
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Originally posted by Giamilton
I'll need a host!!!
I'll need a host!!!
ftp://ftp.trunkmonkey.com/subaru/
Fire me an email at sean@trunkmonkey.com and I'll move it into a spot for public consumption.
Thanks!!!
/Sean/