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Team pulls Don Overbeck ads E-mail
Written by SG   
Saturday, 13 December 2008 00:12
In a wise non-roster move, Minnesota Timberwolves officials Friday pulled TV ads featuring faux-sportscaster Don Overbeck – citing a need to present a more serious marketing message.

Todd Andrews, spokesman for the Timberwolves’ Minneapolis ad firm, Martin/Williams Advertising, said the NBA franchise pulled TV ads featuring Overbeck’s “Ball Talk” show after a tumultuous week for the Timberwolves...


This year, the Wolves recycled the “See what they can do” ad theme, this time using Overbeck, washed-up amalgamation of American sportscasters, in its TV advertising.

Overbeck was a balding, black plastic-rimmed glasses guy positioned as a mesh of Howard Cosell, Harry Caray, Dick Vitale, Marv Albert and Mean Gene Okerlund.


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written by Jamie, December 13, 2008
THANK GOD! That has to be one of the stupidest, most-annoying advertising campaigns for a sports franchise ever...
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written by SG, December 13, 2008
I think Martin/Williams should be fired for even proposing the Don Overbeck idea. It was so godawful. I was very relieved when I read that they were pulling it.
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written by Nicholas, July 13, 2009
Hi everyone. Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
I am from East and learning to read in English, give true I wrote the following sentence: "The national police academy is the country premier institution for education and training of middle and senior level law enforcement."

Thanks for the help ;-), Nicholas.

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