"Square D" ad - last pennant?

by DaveinHouston on Apr 7, 2008 6:35 PM CDT

One week into the season and I've already heard the new Square D ad more times than I'd like, but I can't believe Pat says it's been 100 years since the last pennant. A pennant is a league championship, right? How could they make such a simple error (and rebroadcast it thousands of times)???

The 1945, 1938, 1935, 1932, 1929, 1918, and 1910 Cubs must be rolling in their graves.

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Correct.

Is that the way it reads every time he reads it? I haven't heard much of the radio broadcasts this year.

If so, it was likely written by an ad copywriter who knows nothing of baseball history.

But you'd think Pat would know enough to fix it.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Apr 7, 2008 6:54 PM CDT reply actions

He doesn't read it

It's all taped, with Ron and other voices. I was aghast the first time I heard it.

But I don't turn off the radio when it comes on, like I do with the "biggest no-brainer in the history of earth" guy shilling his no-fee mortgage refis as the solution to the mess he and his ilk created.

Free the upper deck!

by cubzfan on Apr 7, 2008 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions

Yup

I sent Dave Eanet, the head of sports programming at WGN an email. Whether or not Pat and Ron knew all the entire script of the commercial or just the lines they had, it makes them sound like total idiots. Its just not very professional when you're a part of a major league organization as well as part of a major news organization.

DmL

by dmlichte on Apr 7, 2008 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions

Dave E

Did he reply?

by Shanghai Badger on Apr 8, 2008 3:08 AM CDT up reply actions

Even if he does....

... this ad is probably not in his department. He's the head of sports PROGRAMMING. Advertising isn't programming.

If you want to get results on this, you should find out who the head of the SALES department is at WGN radio and send him/her an email. That person could contact Square D and have them send over new copy for Pat to record.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Apr 8, 2008 4:10 AM CDT up reply actions

Yup

Email from Dave Eanet:

Thanks for the email. I'll be honest....we have a couple Square D spots
running, and I hadn't noticed the error in that one. I will let our
commercial copy folks know about it.
Thank you for listening to the Cubs on WGN....

I obviously knew that this wasn't in his rhelm but that he'd know who to tell about it.

Dan

by dmlichte on Apr 8, 2008 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions

Great news!

Thanks for doing this and good of Dave Eanet to get back to you.

Let's hope they change this by Wednesday.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Apr 8, 2008 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions

Ya

Agreed. I am somewhat surprised that this was the first he had heard of it. For a few days now its been on a 50,000 watt radio station and the error is pretty obvious. Again, I realize this isn't under his domain however Pat and Ron may be the most notable WGN radio personalities and that is under his domain. You'd think that someone somewhere at the station would have heard of this and told him and if I were him, regardless of how much Square D pays, I'd pull that commercial immediately (and you'd think that Square D would want that, too).

DmL

by dmlichte on Apr 8, 2008 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions

Square d commerical

I thought the exact same thing when I heard it! I thought, was I hearing something incorrectly.

by Madison Cub Fan on Apr 7, 2008 7:47 PM CDT reply actions

Yup

I pointed this out yesterday or the day before. You'd think that the Cubs announcers or even some low level person at WGN would realize this. I think its extremely embarrassing.

DmL

by dmlichte on Apr 7, 2008 7:49 PM CDT reply actions

How lame

I'm disappointed to hear the station I grew up listening to, the station my Dad listened to, going straight down the tubes. The TV side isn't much better either.

It's funny, Ch-9 runs these 60 years of the Cubs ads yet this season there's an ALL TIME LOW number of games being telecast on 'GN...71.

by blackhawk24 on Apr 8, 2008 5:39 AM CDT reply actions

thats amateur hour

If you are going to bother to do something like that you think they would make sure to get the facts right.

---AC 00 00 00 - Believe

by mjk83 on Apr 8, 2008 8:15 AM CDT reply actions

It's as annoying as hearing people talk about

100 years of the Billy Goat Curse. That's "only" 63 years running.

We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look.
Ronald Reagan

by snley on Apr 8, 2008 10:09 AM CDT reply actions