B-Side, I love you like a fat kid loves cake. I have to ask - are you by any chance originally from PA? I ask this b/c I have come across postings from you on Pittsburgh sites in the past. But maybe I was just riding blimp.

If you are not from PA, would you like to move here? I have a place for you to stay in my bed...errr...house. : )

oh my... i saw this the other day and i was looking around my empty apartment hoping someone else had seen that cause i knew nobody would believe it...

i'm glad i was hallucinating.

Ra -- I'm not from PA, actually. I just really like the Steelers, and in a random coincidence, WDVE in Pittsburgh sometimes calls me up and asks me questions about TV. One time I got to be on the air right before Vernon Haynes. It felt cool.

A Steeler fan and funny too? Sigh... : )

I am originally from the 'burgh, so I grew up listening to the DVE morning show. That's pretty cool that you have been on-air with them. They are hilarious.

Bside I love the days when you're on WDVE...Jim and Randy are ridiculous!!!!! Anyway since we all know how great of a guy Mr. Bettis is...you know fighting asthma, scoring touchdowns...the man was actually signing autographs while running out of a movie theater that had received a bomb threat the other night....what a guy

my cutie patotie bettis could be in a commercial for hemroids cream and i would still love him.

though the regifting of the fake jersey did make me cringe a bit.

go steelers!

Leah3t -- that was really funny.

Jerome Bettis is awesome. It's not his fault that this commercial is so silly.

FYI:

i don't know if it qualifies as 'ironic,' but i guess y'all are too young to recognize that this advertisement is basically a quotation/re-interpretation of the very famous coca-cola spot that debuted during super bowl XIV in 1980 (the last of the steelers' first 4 championships), featuring hall-of-famer 'Mean Joe' Green, the cornerstone of the legendary 'steel curtain' defense. Mean Joe is hobbling down the locker room tunnel after a game, where he encounters a young fan, who tells Mean Joe he's the greatest and timidly offers him his frosty 12-oz. bottle of coke. Mean Joe takes the coke and pounds it in one swallow; the little boy hangs his head and starts shuffling off, whereupon Mean Joe yells 'hey kid!'and tosses his soiled jersey to the boy, who cries 'thanks, Mean Joe!' as mr. green flashes a toothy grin at the camera ('have a coke and a smile').

the spot can be viewed here:

http://www.milkandcookies.com/links/13159/details/

the asthma ad is still silly, and the role reversal doesn't make much sense, but it seems less random and odd when taken as part of the wave of '70s-era steelers nostalgia inspired by this year's championship squad. and you are right, b-side & leah3t--jerome could do about anything short of midget porn and i'd still love him. go steelers!

Hey Jack, you beat me. I noticed the same thing. The kid even looks a lot like the Mean Joe Green commercial kid, same haircut!

#2:I'm sitting at home alone looking at this commericial too, but I am glad no one is here to witness my private hyena laugh. Thanks for sharing, B-Side.

Steelers suck!

For shits and giggles The Svan went to the site and indicated the most healthy option for every choice. Surprisingly, I was still told to go to my doctor and talk about asmtha control. Stupid fucking pharmacological companies.

thanks, jack, i thought the exact same thing and you just saved me a google search for the original commercial. i was only a toddler when that commercial came out, but i have seen it several times before since it's always in those "top 100 greatest commercials ever" type shows.

Wow. We have been making fun of this commercial for weeks now. I absolutely love that you all found the humor in it too! The jersey regifting is so backwards. What kind of monster takes the clothes off a poor uncoordinated, asthmatic kid with a bowl cuts'back?

Haha I laugh every time I see this ad!

Ok so this ad is cheesy as hell but I would give anything to have the chance to seriously thank the bus...for everything!

I'm also originally from Pittsburgh and bleed black and gold. Jerome Bettis is the man! He can do whatever cheesy commercial he wants (and yes I do know that it references the famous Mean Joe Greene commercial). My fave post-Superbowl (WINNING!) commercial was the Disneyland one with MVP Hines Ward where after he says the tag line, they cut back to him with Bettis and he says'...and I'm taking the Bus"! Too cute! I love that I can keep running my mouth about how great the Steelers are for many months to come now-and they cut Tommy Maddox so that's even better!

I love that you love the Steelers B-side! That makes me love you (more). :)

I guess that should be the DisneyWORLD commercial...oops.

go browns!!!

Boo Copygodd!! Steeler fans are vindictive and have looong memories.

So let's talk about hottie hotcakes Brett Favre's new commercial re: being afraid of ice cream. Sensitive teeth or no sensitive teeth, he could lick my cone any day. Oops - did I say that out loud? But seriously ladies, am I right? : )

On a side note, I too am not too young to remember the Mean Joe commercial. Although I actually got carded this evening, but that's a whole other story.

zoobabe-i know i know! wasn't that disney ad so great! i love bettis. just love him.

What the heck, I've seen this commercial at least 20 times since reading this post! It has cursed me or something...

As a Hines Ward fan, I'm very sad that I missed the Disney World commercial this year.

Zoobabe,

The Disney commercial was adorable. I also have to say that you made me laugh out loud with your comment re: "available vaginas" for the Oscar party. Too funny.

Thank you ra. I try.

B-side. Don't you have some sort of TV connection that could get you a copy of that commercial? Sorry you missed it.

As a tried and true (& tired) Browns fan, I can only hope that Jerome Bettis takes the sweet yet condescending jersey love of this kid and leaves football to pursue his gaspy dream to be the next Tom Cruise. You can't ignore that talent.

Hey Pittsburgh, it's gray and cold in Cleveland today. Touche.

hey k3- as long as the Browns keep playing the way they have been, it's gonna be gray and cold in Cleveland EVERYDAY!

True dat zoobabe.

Bettis would be much welcomed by the dawg pound. (society's finest) We'd even look the other way on the whole asthma thing. Hell, score ONE FRIGGIN POINT and you could be limbless for all we care.