Terry Tate trained with the WWF & he's a wrestler

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

from USA today:

 

In a 60-second spot, the 6-foot-7-inch, 320-pound linebacker is sent by Reebok to a fictional company, Felcher & Sons, to enforce such rules as a ban on long-distance calls. Tate's the avenging angel, streaking out of nowhere with an open-field tackle to take out an office mate goofing off with a game of computer solitaire.

 

"You want to play games, Gene? Well, when it's game time, it's pain time!" exulted Terry over the cringing victim. The spot was created by Arnell Group, New York and Hypnotic, Los Angeles.

 

The ad, starring actor Rasta, finished No. 6 in USA TODAY's exclusive 15th annual Ad Meter testing, beating out spots with the likes of Michael Jordan, Jackie Chan and the Osbournes. It was No. 2 with consumers in the key ages 18 to 45 and was the ad with the biggest differential in scoring for younger vs. older consumers.

 

Ad Meter scores come from a focus group, which is polled as the ads appear during the Super Bowl. In unscientific reader voting at USATODAY.com, the "Office Linebacker" ad is scoring much higher, alternating at No. 1 with the Anheuser-Busch Instant Replay ad. (Related: Vote for your favorite, and see latest results.)

 

Rasta (real name Lester Speight) plays Tate as a combination of superhero, football player and wrestling star, all roles he's had at some point (see accompanying box), and he performs his own stunts. The 56 on Tate's jersey is for legendary former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor.

 

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from http://www.geocities.com/smokyrobmoore/jp012599.htm

 

WWF Funkin Dojo:

 

1/1 - 1/9/99

Hawk, Giant Silva, Brian Heffron (Blue Meanie), Kurt Angle, Glenn Kulka, Todd Passmore, Steve Bradley, Shane Sewell, Lester Speight, Kevin Loughnane, Andy Lewis.

 

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BRING TERRY TATE TO THE WWE

 

Wouldn't you feel like cheering if Regal was foiled when Terry Tate ran out and tackled him. "DON'T USE BRASS KNUX IN YOUR MATCHES, WILLIAM"

 

Or if he comes out to beat on Rosey and Jamal in the back. "SNACK TIME IS OVER, ROSEY AND JAMAL, GET YOUR BUTTS PREPARED, YOU WRESTLE TONIGHT!"

 

Sure, I don't want Terry to wrestle, he can just show up backstage, for what might be no apparent reason, until the truth is revealed.

 

The truth, if I said so, is that Terry Tate (WWE Linebacker), is on loan to the WWE because Linda McMahon made a deal to control RAW by having Terry enforce the rules on bad guys.

 

"Terry Tate just attacked Triple H as he spit that water"

 

Terry Tate: "DON'T SPIT WATER IN THE WORKPLACE HUNTER! PEOPLE DIE DUE TO LACK OF WATER. YOU ARE HERE TO WRESTLE, NOT SPIT. THIS IS NOT YOUR GAME TIME. GAME TIME IS PAIN TIME!"

 

Long live Terry Tate, who first stole our hearts in GWF as Rasta the Voodoo Man

[Guest Mik at Cornell]

Glenn Kulka?? Now there's a blast from the past. Wasn't he supposed to change wrestling or something like that?

[Guest mach7]

You can see the commercial at

 

http://reebok.com.edgesuite.net/lastexit_t...s_world_dsl.mov

[Zetterberg is God 0]

It's a shame that the world wasn't ready to accept Kulka-Mania.

[Guest creativename]

Wouldn't you feel like cheering if Regal was foiled when Terry Tate ran out and tackled him. "DON'T USE BRASS KNUX IN YOUR MATCHES, WILLIAM"

 

Or if he comes out to beat on Rosey and Jamal in the back. "SNACK TIME IS OVER, ROSEY AND JAMAL, GET YOUR BUTTS PREPARED, YOU WRESTLE TONIGHT!"

 

...

 

"Terry Tate just attacked Triple H as he spit that water"

 

Terry Tate: "DON'T SPIT WATER IN THE WORKPLACE HUNTER! PEOPLE DIE DUE TO LACK OF WATER. YOU ARE HERE TO WRESTLE, NOT SPIT. THIS IS NOT YOUR GAME TIME. GAME TIME IS PAIN TIME!"

 

 

I have to say that the guy was borderline Steiner-levels of incomprehensibility in that commercial though. I had know idea what he was saying most of the time.

[Guest Bling-Bling Buchanan]

Glenn Kulka sounds like a hoss name, is he?

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

did Kulka sign off his rights to use his last name, so the WWE can have a guy named Kulka.

 

KULKA-MANIA BRUTHA!

 

as for Terry Tate..

 

*Terry tackles Steven Richards as he was hitting a trash can with a cane*

 

"DON'T DENT THE TRASH CANS, STEVEN. YOU KNOW PEOPLE GOTTA PUT THEIR TRASH IN THESE CANS. IT'S TIME YOU RESPECT THE TRASHCANS"

 

*Terry throws Steven in the can and rolls him off into the sunset*

[Guest DerangedHermit]

I have to say that the guy was borderline Steiner-levels of incomprehensibility in that commercial though. I had know idea what he was saying most of the time.

Meh.....more like Booker T incomprehensibility. Steiner's just sad...