Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Larry Bird was "Feeling Up!" in 1979
By Basketbawful at 7:59 AM
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I love Larry Bird commercials. Maybe it's the fabulous scripting, or maybe it's because Bird always comes off like he's acting at gunpoint. At least that might explain those blank stares and the lifeless oration.

But this commercial -- which is from Bird's rookie year -- shows us Larry's playful side. Also his painfully dorky side. The commercial's climax features a hilariously fake dunk, shameless mugging for the camera and the most awkwardly delivered line in Bird's long and storied history of awkwardly delivered lines.

I hope that bottle of 7UP was worth it, Larry.

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Larry Bird loves a good car deal
By Basketbawful at 8:29 AM
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Would a 6'9" millionaire cram himself into a 4'6" economy car for simple features like a digital clock and rear window defrost? He would if it was the 1980s and his name was Larry Bird.

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Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Larry Bird versus homelessness and chocolate
By Basketbawful at 10:52 AM
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Here's some more method acting by Larry Bird. And I can only assume his "method" is to pretend to be working on a particularly difficult Sudoku puzzle after suffering a deadly head wound. While covered in biting fire ants. Way to make Billy Crystal look like a master thespian, Larry. I wonder if this experience gave Billy the inspiration to write My Giant...


In this Nestle Crunch commercial, the frustration Bird feels at being distracted by the candy-bar-munching janitor is almost palpable. Or something. Bird's exaggerated reaction reminds me of how the late Johnny Carson once said that Chevy Chase "couldn't ad-lib a fart after a baked bean dinner."

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