Slap Chop Remix Being Used As A Real TV Ad
from the fantastic dept
Back in May, we wrote about the amazing remixed autotuned "rap remix" of the infamous Slap Chop infomercial. In the post, we noted that the ad was almost certainly infringing on basic copyright, but it was actually doing an amazing job attracting more attention to the product. It's much more entertaining than the original ad itself. And, amazingly, it looks like the folks behind Slap Chop (no slouches when it comes to recognizing viral ways to get their message out to the world) have embraced the remix. Details are minimal, but Lee points us to the news that the remix is going to start airing on TV as a real commercial for the Slap Chop:Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Awesomesauce
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Boring Life
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or the Heavy for Kaboom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHgEnN2PFzo
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zhHRcxc_qM&NR=1
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Uh Huh
That's all well and good until someone produces a Slap-Chop video using mice.
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Re: Uh Huh
For some reason your post makes me think of the Bass-o-Matic Saturday Night skit where the whole premise is that they're blending Bass into a drink. Completely gross, absolutely hilarious, and in no way altered my decision to buy my last blender.
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Nice
It is quite well done in my opinion.
Catchy.
One of the only times I look forward to seeing a tiny infomercial.
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That is cool...
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if they can provide
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yes, the exact same thing has been around for the last twenty years or so, but A)I watched the entire thing and B)I now would have no problem buying one simply for the fact that they are taking that and using it as an ad rather than suing the hell out of the guy that put it together.
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Genius
I found it riveting - I actually watched it until the end and then went to see the (boring, sleep-inducing) original.
This is the first commercial I've watched in ages.
The only thing is - how do I get it to stop from running over and over in my head?
If i buy a slapchop, will the music stop? I guess I'll buy a slapchop.slapchop chopslap. must have chapslop slopchap.chipchapslop. whatever.
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- Is/should the creator of the re-mix be compensated or is it still seen as property of the Slap Chop people?
- Do we really have to love his nuts?
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What about the monkeys?
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Slap Chop Remix
In the mid-90's, I operated a website called the Church of SPAM. The good people at Hormel® never bothered me because I only sang praises of SPAM®, while trouncing rival, ripoff product Treet®. At the same time they were shutting down other sites that used their name inappropriately, I was left alone.
For the last year, I've had a video on YouTube that concerns Burger King.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8WqtToeHpE
Again, not only no comment from Burger King, but I've had folks suggest I should do commercials for them.
You be the judge.
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The reason they embrace it? They have NOTHING to lose. There is no lost sales of the original commercial (nobody was buying the ad, just the product), and the remix helps to extend the ad and make more sales (the intent).
Not exactly the music industry, is it? The object in music is to sell music, not a third product. So there is no easy way to link this to music unless you first assume that nobody is buying music.
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DUDE
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awsomenesss
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Awesome Vid
Great item they're cheap now. Ebay.com has them cheap and i found a website that sells them for under 14 bucks including shipping! (www.embdoc.com) btw it really isnt the best when chopping tomotatoes ;(
Best used when doing a lot of cooking.
Susan D.
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you americans are the stupidest people alive..
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Kidding me
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watch this ur gonna love my nuts..
watch this ur gonna love my nuts..
watch this ur gonna love my nuts..!!!
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slap chop remix
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slap chop remix
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