New Yao/Barkley/D-Wade Commercial

[Indazone]

Have you guys seen this yet? Pretty funny.

Yao to Barkley, "Don't be a baby! Eat the Head" LOL


http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTQ2MTU1NjA=.html (http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTQ2MTU1NjA=.html)

Yao to Barkley: Try the shrimp
T-Mobile campaign puts Rockets center to work as cuisine advocate

By DAVID BARRON
Nov. 20, 2008, 4:10PM

The continuing melodrama of Charles Barkley and Dwyane Wade and, of course, their cellular telephones, launched a new season Thursday night with the addition to the mix of Rockets center Yao Ming and a bowl of live shrimp.

In the advertisement for T-Mobile, which premiered Thursday night on TNT, Barkley and Wade are presented at a Chinese restaurant with what the waitress describes as Yao’s favorite dish – drunken shrimp, which are freshwater shrimp delivered to the table alive but stunned by immersion in a potent Chinese liquor.

Barkley, who as we know from a previous T-Mobile advertisement does not eat shrimp, and Wade balk at the delicacy but are prodded by the cook, the waitress and Yao.

The center calls in from his mobile phone as one of Barkley’s “Fave Five” with instructions to “eat … the … head … eat … the … head.”

Barkley and Wade, of course, decline.

“Charles might even be a better actor than he was a basketball player,” Yao said in remarks released by the company. “I really like how the commercial turned out, but next time they better really eat the shrimp.”

The new spot, titled “Yao’s Comfort Food” and produced by Publicis West USA in Seattle, is the first of three in T-Mobile’s fourth season of NBA-themed advertisements, said Jenna Beardsley-Smith, the company’s director of advertising. She would not say which players would appear in the future spots.

“We liked the international flavor of it, coming off the heels of the Olympics,” she said. “It reflects the international flavor of the NBA. Yao was a good fit, and he is a very funny man.”

By the way, Beardsley-Smith said no shrimp were actually harmed during the filming of the commercial.

[Indazone]

FYI - Drunken Shrimp :lol

:toast

Shanghai Drunken Shrimp



Yeah I've said all kinds of nasty things about Shanghai's cuisine (http://www.weirdmeat.com/2006/12/shanghai-restaurants-top-10-favorites.html). I will again. Nearly every Shanghainese person I've talked to about food has been quietly understanding -- "yes, we Shanghainese people are the only people who enjoy the taste of Shanghai food," they usually say. They're correct.

China is a big country (really?) and there's a lot of different styles of cooking here. Most of what is called Chinese food outside of China is derived from Cantonese food, because it's mostly the southern Chinese that have ventured abroad over the years. So the chances are rare that you've had Shanghai food unless you've been to Shanghai.

Consider yourself blessed. Shanghai food is the most oily-greasy food I've ever had. Even the vegetable dishes are served sitting in a pool of (often rancid) oil. Add two scoops of sugar and MSG to that -- yeah I don't know why either -- leave out anything spicy, and destroy anything subtle.

So it took some special motivation to once again venture into a Shanghai-style food restaurant. Drunken shrimp!

Drunken shrimp -- you may have seen a dish by this name on a menu in your country, but those are usually cooked. In Shanghai, drunken shrimp is not only raw -- it's alive !! Now I've heard many a Shanghai person talk with disgust about how the Cantonese eat all sorts of weird creatures, but eating a live animal is as weird as it gets. OK, some Americans eat raw oysters, which are actually alive also, but these Shanghai shrimp have little claws -- they bite back as you try to eat them.

http://www.weirdmeat.com/uploaded_images/drunk_shrimp2-750854.jpg (http://www.weirdmeat.com/uploaded_images/drunk_shrimp2-754725.jpg)

They're served in a bowl, alive, swimming in sweet alcohol. It's a good way to go, I think -- if a giant were going to consume me, I'd prefer to have a bath in strong liquor first also. The alcohol helps to make them a little less feisty, too, as if humans needed more of an advantage over little shrimps.

So I rounded up some friends to dine at Shanghai Ren Jia, on a swanky section of Nanjing Road. Shanghai Ren Jia is a local upscale chain. They serve Shanghai food, and people actually pay for it. We started out with plenty of beer and an appetizer of cow's stomach. The cow's stomach was one of the better dishes of the 15 or so that we tried -- soft chewy texture, with little criss-cross indentations that are not only pleasant to look at, but soak up the sauce nicely.

http://www.weirdmeat.com/uploaded_images/cow_stomach-723613.jpg (http://www.weirdmeat.com/uploaded_images/cow_stomach-730974.jpg)

When the drunken shrimp arrived, in a clear glass bowl, I cautiously tried to remove the cover to take a closer look. The waitress nearly slapped my hand and held the lid down, explaining the shrimp needed to have more time to get drunk and stupid. Then she poured me more beer.

http://www.weirdmeat.com/uploaded_images/drunk_shrimp3-722653.jpg (http://www.weirdmeat.com/uploaded_images/drunk_shrimp3-726100.jpg)

After 5 minutes of mutual intoxication and toasts, the shrimp and I went head to head. Using chopsticks, I pulled out one of the larger shrimp and held it up for the camera. A long shrimp arm slowly reached out and pinched my finger. We laughed. Then I put the little guy on my plate and used my fingers to remove his head. The drunken arms struck out again, from the decapitated head, but slower this time. I then placed the slowly twitching body into my mouth and chewed. Tender and delicious. Soft and sweet. Live meat.

http://www.weirdmeat.com/uploaded_images/drunk_shrimp4-799319.jpg (http://www.weirdmeat.com/uploaded_images/drunk_shrimp4-702407.jpg)

[Kobe24Forever]

so now honestly which one was you in that pic, the asian dude holding the shrimp or that moustache fella, either way it confirms that killbillpana is not greek all along.

[Indazone]

I"m not drinking from DD's koolaid and neither should you. Jim Jones had better koolaid.

[Matchman]

so now honestly which one was you in that pic, the asian dude holding the shrimp or that moustache fella, either way it confirms that killbillpana is not greek all along.

how do ya kno that mustache fella aint greek?:lol
the commerical is funny :rollin

[Indazone]

yeah I keep watching it over and over..the look on D-Wades face at the end when the shrimp jumps Priceless!

[Indazone]

By the way, Beardsley-Smith said no shrimp were actually harmed during the filming of the commercial.

Immediately after, the shrimp were beheaded, deveined, battered and fried for lunch.