i do not believe it wrote:
nah...probably 2 actors
nah, they gotta be 'real Kenyan-good runners'...they look and run like it, in the ad.
i do not believe it wrote:
nah...probably 2 actors
nah, they gotta be 'real Kenyan-good runners'...they look and run like it, in the ad.
I say actors, but i'm just guessing.
not good for a chuckle... wrote:
I didn't like it because it makes fun of top distance runners and our sport....some jackass in street clothes with a Taco Bell bag is able to run along with the leaders of some big race, then take off from them, once he's given them a taco....makes a mockery of our sport. Let's see him show up on a surfboard next to a world class surfer or running down the field with Reggie Bush offering him a taco. then I'll laugh.
Wow. You might be the most overly sensitive person ever. Do you think football players are offended by the burger king ad that shows the king mascot playing in the NFL? I bet Randy Moss wrote a pretty nasty letter to BK about that one. I mean it makes a mockery of the sport. Oh, and just to clue you in, that ad is humorous because it is obviously absurd. People look at it and know that the guy could never hang with the top runners. It isn't intended to make the statement that he could. So basically, to summarize, you're a bitch.
I take my sport seriously. I eat, breath and live distance running. I'm the guy who goes everywhere in his silk sweats in the latest shoes. I 'scream out' --here is a good runner, everywhere I go.
rono fan.... wrote:
I say actors, but i'm just guessing.
What kind of acting is necessary?
those are the 2 Kenyans who set the pace at Boston and had a huge lead, advertiising some new, ultra bright shoes.
i don't know who they are but its definitely one of the funniest running commercials yet.
I saw that commercial too and it's even funnier if you know what they are saying. These 2 guys are Kenyans. They speak authentic swahili.
Actually the commercial is quite funny if you know anything about Swahili.. The word tako (pronounced just like taco) means ass...
One of them is definately Paul Muite a former UCLA distance runner; I think he may have been of Kenyan origin, but he went to North Hollywood High School...by no means a 2:10 marathoner.
in last years boston, i saw a guy eat a taquito at mile 17. he ended up finishing at 2:34.
Juma Ikanga