I Know This is an Ad But I Don’t Care

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1. Janette says:
   November 12, 2011 at 6:50 pm

   Love it. It is adorable and funny.
2. Geoff K says:
   November 12, 2011 at 7:17 pm

   They had me on “Engage Hyperdrive”… (Well, way before that too)
3. vaughn says:
   November 12, 2011 at 7:37 pm

   Might be a nice replacement voice for the proper Brit accent I use now. Would definitely thrill my granddaughter! =)
4. Chris Gladis says:
   November 12, 2011 at 8:01 pm

   “HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS??”

   Ernie’s newfound telekinetic powers would wreak havoc at the prom….
5. Michelle Ossiander says:
   November 12, 2011 at 8:07 pm

   The Star War’s ones a funny also.
6. Digital Atheist says:
   November 12, 2011 at 9:17 pm

   This is funny, but it would’ve been much, much better if it had been Statler and Waldorf instead. ;-)
7. Elizabeth says:
   November 12, 2011 at 9:33 pm

   That was totally awesome. Thank you. Made my day. I now kind of want to sell my Garmin GPS so that Ernie can tell me to turn left.
8. Murfkat says:
   November 13, 2011 at 12:04 am

   heh… excellent! the hyperdrive bit was the best part. =)
9. Jonathan Vos Post says:
   November 13, 2011 at 1:06 am

   If they were in the GOP debate tonight, they’d be neck & neck with Huntsman and Gingrich, who entertained me already… Huntsman WAS in a rock group, you know…
10. Jonathan Vos Post says:
    November 13, 2011 at 1:07 am

    Statler and Waldorf and Ron Paul would be a hoot…
11. Scorpius says:
    November 13, 2011 at 2:16 am

    “I Know This is an Ad But I Don’t Care”
    Why? Commercials are some of the most creative things on TV.
12. John Scalzi says:
    November 13, 2011 at 4:08 am

    Commercials are indeed a really interesting art form (or can be, at least).
13. Erbo says:
    November 13, 2011 at 6:14 am

    I looked on TomTom’s Web site to see what voices they have available…

    Oh my God. They have Daria.

    That alone makes me sorely tempted to get one, just so I could have the sarcastic voice of Daria Morgendorffer doing my navigation.

    (Yes, I am weird, did you even need to ask?)
14. Brian Mac says:
    November 13, 2011 at 8:18 am

    I’ve always found it interesting that Garmin seems to have most of the market share, but TomTom has all the really good voice sets.
15. JJS says:
    November 13, 2011 at 9:57 am

    Commercials can be very entertaining. But sometimes I get the feeling that advertising agencies are deliberately competing to see who can produce the most stupid, asinine, insult-my-intelligence spots.
16. Candace says:
    November 13, 2011 at 11:17 am

    Loved it! This made my day….
17. MaryL says:
    November 13, 2011 at 11:33 am

    Aww. Cute. But for me, Brian Blessed wins the Tom Tom voice-off.

    Also: “What would be the fastest way to get Brian Blessed to the top of Mount Everest?”
18. Manny says:
    November 13, 2011 at 12:11 pm

    Beaker is my favorite, but he’s not available.
19. Greg says:
    November 13, 2011 at 12:43 pm

    swedish chef as a gps navigation voice: hoidy doidey foren gleeb. What? hoidey doidey gleeren gleeb. What are you saying? baken ze you torn breety sue en. SHIT WE’RE GOING THE WRONG WAY ON A ONE WAY STREET! Gaaaah! Yeah. I can dig it.
20. Greg says:
    November 13, 2011 at 12:45 pm

    also, as per your request, paperwork for the lawsuit is in the mail.
21. Bruce E. Durocher II says:
    November 13, 2011 at 1:59 pm

    Considering some of the other licensed voices, I’m surprised that they don’t offer Dalek. Now THERE’S one that you’re not likely to ignore…
22. Troy (@electrictroy999) says:
    November 13, 2011 at 2:52 pm

    [Deleted because it's off topic to the thread. Troy, there's this magical thing called e-mail, which you may use to contact me if you like. Posting unrelated material to a comment thread is not the way to go -- JS]
23. Lauretta says:
    November 13, 2011 at 3:22 pm

    Heh. I have at least one Australian cousin with a Tom-tom (with USA maps so they can find their
    way around when they’re visiting us). Time to post this on their Facebook Wall. Heh, heh, heh.

    I *want* a car with hyperdrive.
    Almost as badly as one with an ejection seat.
    That was excellent.
24. Xopher says:
    November 13, 2011 at 5:32 pm

    This is wonderful. I have a feeling that actually having Ernie on your GPS would be too distracting though…precisely because it IS so funny.

    An online acquaintance got so irritated with the cool British voice called “Mandy” on her GPS that she shut the whole thing off and threw it in the glove compartment.

    I said “Awww! She came and she gave without taking, and you sent her away!”

    Earworm entirely intentional. Curse my name as you wish. Let me also add: bwah hah hah.
25. Digital Atheist says:
    November 14, 2011 at 1:49 am

    “Meemeememeeeemeeemeep.”
    “Beaker says turn left in ten seconds.”

    “MEEEMEMEEEEMEMEEEEEEEEEEP!”
    “Oh dear me. Beaker says you missed your turn and need to turn back now. Beaker, how could you. That was a very important turn you let get messed up. I shall have to find another assistant immediately.”
    “MEEP!”
26. Jim says:
    November 14, 2011 at 6:30 am

    @MaryL 11:33: +1 for Brian Blessed!

    Completely by chance I was at an event on Saturday where I found out he was supposed to be doing a live reading (in St Pauls’s cathedral in London – the acoustics would have made it interesting :-). For five minutes I was really excited, until it was announced that he was unable to attend because of illness :-( Get well soon!
27. --E says:
    November 14, 2011 at 10:31 am

    I have utterly hated every GPS talking-direction system I’ve ever heard, but I confess that one that spoke to me as Cookie Monster might be acceptable.
28. Naomi Kritzer says:
    November 14, 2011 at 2:25 pm

    Bert & Ernie are great, but I agree with Greg that the next is to get Muppet voices.

    I want Animal.

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