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Jonathan Goldsmith Jonathan Goldsmith (born September 26, 1938) is an American actor. He began his career on the New York stage, then started a career in film and television. He appeared in several TV shows from the 1960s to the 1990s. He is best known for appearing in television commercials for Dos Equis beer, from 2006 to 2016, as the character The Most Interesting Man in the World. Goldsmith was born on September 26, 1938, in New York. His mother was a model and his father was a gym teacher. His parents were Jewish. Goldsmith graduated from Boston University in
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Jonathan Goldsmith Jonathan Goldsmith (born September 26, 1938) is an American actor. He began his career on the New York stage, then started a career in film and television. He appeared in several TV shows from the 1960s to the 1990s. He is best known for appearing in television commercials for Dos Equis beer, from 2006 to 2016, as the character The Most Interesting Man in the World. Goldsmith was born on September 26, 1938, in New York. His mother was a model and his father was a gym teacher. His parents were Jewish. Goldsmith graduated from Boston University in
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1984, he became the exclusive narrator of PBS' long-running "Frontline" television series, and he became best known as such. Other voice-over credits include documentaries for National Geographic, The History Channel, The Discovery Channel, and The Learning Channel, to name a few. Lyman has narrated many episodes of the WGBH-TV "Nova" series (including the "Frontline" partnership, What's Up With The Weather?) -- more recently he narrated a series of commercials for the Mexican beer Dos Equis, revolving around their character of "The Most Interesting Man in the World", portrayed onscreen by actor Jonathan Goldsmith. He has also provided the voice for
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match in a South American setting; surfing the killer wave; and bench pressing two young women in a casino setting, each woman being seated in a chair. In the commercial he says, "I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis." Each commercial ends with the sign-off: "Stay thirsty, my friends." After nearly a decade of being the mascot for the beer, Jonathan Goldsmith's character was sent on a one-way trip to Mars in a commercial. From September 2016, "The Most Interesting Man in the World" is a French actor named Augustin Legrand. The campaign was
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The Most Interesting Man in the World The Most Interesting Man in the World was an advertising campaign for Dos Equis beer. The ads featured a bearded, debonair gentleman with voiceovers that were both humorous and outrageous and the slogan "Stay Thirsty My Friends". The advertisements first began appearing in the United States in 2006 and became a popular Internet meme. The campaign was ended in 2018. The advertisements first began appearing in the United States in 2006, with The Most Interesting Man in the World portrayed by American actor Jonathan Goldsmith, and "Frontline" narrator Will Lyman providing voiceovers. They
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line – "Bohemia Weizen" a German Kristallweizen was released in summer 2011. Dos Equis is a lager that was originally brewed by a German-born Mexican brewer. The brand was named "Siglo XX" ("20th century") to commemorate the arrival of the new century, and the bottles were marked with the Roman numeral for 20 ("XX"), thus "Dos Equis" which is Spanish for "two Xs". The main brand Dos Equis XX Special Lager is a 4.45% abv pale lager sold in green bottles. Dos Equis XX Amber is a 4.7% Vienna-style amber lager sold in brown bottles, and was first exported to
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Centre and The Music Centre at Fair Park (for concerts featuring underage performers). The name changed again in January 2008 to Superpages.com Center when naming rights were awarded to Superpages.com. The venue was renamed in 2011 to Gexa Energy Pavilion. In January 2017, the name changed again to Starplex Pavilion. In April 2018, it was renamed to Dos Equis Pavilion. Dos Equis Pavilion The Dos Equis Pavilion (originally Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre) is an outdoor amphitheatre located in Fair Park, Dallas, Texas. The venue opened in July 1988 with a concert by Rod Stewart. It was originally known as the Coca-Cola
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Dos Equis Pavilion The Dos Equis Pavilion (originally Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre) is an outdoor amphitheatre located in Fair Park, Dallas, Texas. The venue opened in July 1988 with a concert by Rod Stewart. It was originally known as the Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre, with 7,500 seats under a pavilion and 12,500 general admission lawn seats. After Coca-Cola's naming rights expired in 1998, the venue was known simply as Starplex Amphitheatre. In 2000, naming rights were sold to the Smirnoff vodka company, as a result of a corporate sponsorship agreement with The House of Blues. The center was then called Smirnoff Music
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Sound was a 2010 Gold Winner in the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival and The One Show - Dos Equis radio, Euro RSCG, for the radio advertising campaign, "The Most Interesting Man in the World". The following is a filmography for Bob Pomann. Bob Pomann Bob Pomann is an American sound designer whose work has been used in films, and in animated television series, including "Doug" and "Little Einsteins". Pomann has also produced thousands of radio and television commercials, including award-winning ones. While still in high school, Pomann was handpicked for an internship at Wendell L. Craig Inc. Thrust into
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was also promoted and marketed through Drake's music and various tours, such as being part of the "Virginia Black VIP Lounge" additional package available for purchase during the Summer Sixteen Tour. Virginia Black shipped a further 30,000 units when rollout was extended to select international markets in late 2016. The company later aired commercials with Dennis Graham which featured the tagline of "The Realest Dude Ever" (in reference toward "The Most Interesting Man in the World" tagline employed by Dos Equis) after extending the sale of the drink to various European countries in 2017. Drake has lived in Hidden Hills,
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rich in stories and experiences, much the way the audience hopes to be in the future. Rather than an embodiment of the brand, The Most Interesting Man is a voluntary brand spokesperson: he and Dos Equis share a point of view on life that it should be lived interestingly." According to the company, U.S. sales increased each year between 2006–2010 and tripled in Canada in 2008, although exact figures were not provided. Sales of Dos Equis are said to have increased by 22% at a time when sale of other imported beer fell 4% in the U.S. Goldsmith said in
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and continuing through 2015, Goldsmith had been featured in a high-profile television ad campaign, promoting Dos Equis beer. The campaign, which transformed Goldsmith into "the most interesting man in the world", has been credited for helping to fuel a 15.4 percent sales increase for the brand in the United States in 2009 and also made him into a very popular meme. Goldsmith landed the Dos Equis gig by auditioning for the role. Auditioners were given the ending line "...and that's how I arm wrestled Fidel Castro" and asked to improvise. Goldsmith began his audition by removing one sock and then
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a mask, under his real name, losing a tag team match against The Dudebusters. Shortly after Arias signed a developmental deal with WWE following his try out match and started in WWE's farm league Florida Championship Wrestling. He later changed his ring name to Hunico although his mask and outfit remained unchanged. In April Hunico began teaming with Tito Colon, wrestling Florida Tag Team Champions The Uso Brothers (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) but were unsuccessful. Later on Tito Colon was given a new ring persona, an "enmascarado" (masked) character called "Dos Equis" (after the Dos Equis beer), which was
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booked to defeat Tyler Reks, Derrick Bateman and Vance Archer.The promotion's creative team gave him a new ring name "Tito Nieves", which was quickly changed to "Tito Colon". Subsequently, his character was revamped as a masked wrestler called "Dos Equis" (After the Dos Equis beer), while Incognito was renamed Hunico and their team was named "Los Aviadores" (Spanish for "The Aviators") On June 3, 2010 "Los Aviadores" defeated the Uso Brothers to win the Florida Tag Team Championship. Shortly after, his character was renamed again, now being known as "Dynamico" and then "Epico". On July 15 "Los Aviadores" lost the
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were produced by the marketing firm Euro RSCG (now Havas Worldwide) for Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery. Goldsmith landed the Dos Equis gig by auditioning for the role. Auditioners were given the ending line "...and that's how I arm wrestled Fidel Castro" and asked to improvise. Goldsmith began his audition by removing one sock and then improvised for 30 minutes before reaching the concluding line. The character was inspired by his deceased sailing partner and friend Fernando Lamas. In March 2016, Dos Equis announced Goldsmith's retirement from the role, with a commercial sending him on a one-way journey to Mars amid much
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is involved in churches with his family and has described himself as a "strong Christian." LSU Lady Tigers gymnast, Lloimincia Hall, incorporated the famous 'Les Clap' hand gesture into her floor routine choreography. In 2018, Les Miles was also featured in Dos Equis' "Keep It Interesante" campaign, showcasing Miles' affinity for playing field grass. Les Miles Leslie Edwin Miles (born November 10, 1953) is an American football coach who is the head football coach at the University of Kansas and a former player. His head coaching career began with the Oklahoma State Cowboys, where he coached from 2001 to 2004.
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with the company, expanding its reach throughout Latin America. The company will sell its products there through FEMSA, which is the largest bottler and brewery in all of Latin America, and maker of such brands as Dos Equis XX, Bohemia and Sol. FEMSA now owns 20% of Heineken N.V. after the early 2010 all-stock deal, becoming its largest single shareholder after the Dutch families (Heineken family and Hoyer family) who owns 25.83% and public shareholders owning 54.17%. The FEMSA acquisition is expected to keep Heineken in its strong position by growing its market share in the Latin American markets. FEMSA
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the Dos Equis “Most Interesting Show in the World” tour in 2010, where she debuted her alter egos Bella Morningstar and Leipchen Chantilly. Currently, Mandy's song "Champagne Champagne” is being featured internationally in all of the MAC Cosmetics stores. "More Like You" Rehab ft. Mandy Lauderdale She was nominated for both the Teen Choice Awards and TV Guide Awards, and won an award on the Kathy Griffin Really Awards. She was also awarded “Diva of the Year” by FAMSPA. Lauderdale has been featured in two books: "400 Years Of Music, Entertainment and Showbiz" and "The Cabaret World and Who's Who
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the United States in 1973. Tecate and Tecate Light are popular pale lagers named after the city of Tecate, Baja California, where they were first produced in 1943. Originally brewed by a local company, Tecate was acquired by Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma in 1955. Tecate is sold in both distinctive red and blue aluminium cans and in twist-top bottles. Tecate Light was launched in 1992 by Héctor Emilio Ayala, who was the project manager. In 2013 Tecate Titanium, containing a greater amount of alcohol was launched as a new product of the company. In 2007, Dos Equis inaugurated its "The Most Interesting
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improvised for 30 minutes before reaching the concluding line. The character was inspired by his deceased sailing partner and friend Fernando Lamas. On March 9, 2016, Dos Equis announced that it would replace Goldsmith in the role as the "Most Interesting Man in the World", saying that the brand hoped to "reboot (the character) in a way that's relevant for today's drinker so the brand doesn't get stale." In September 2016, French actor Augustin Legrand (who also speaks English and Spanish) became the new "Most Interesting Man in the World". In June, 2017, he returned to television advertising; he switched
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appeared 17 times. In the 1980s Goldsmith started network marketing businesses (waterless car wash products) Dri Wash & Guard, and also SPRINT which was successful enough to allow him to "retire" from the Hollywood scene; he purchased an estate in the Sierra. He taught theater at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York from 1999-2004. He moved onto a large sailboat moored in Marina del Rey. As of 2011 he and his wife Barbara (who was his agent when he obtained the Dos Equis role) are moving to a house in the area of Manchester, Vermont. Beginning in April 2007
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that portray the "bad guys") or faces ("técnicos" in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2005) "Homenaje a Dos Leyendas" 2005 (Spanish for "Homage to Two Legends") is an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on March 18, 2005 Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The event honored "Lucha Libre Legends" CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth (who is always honored at the "Dos Leyendas" event) and Perro Aguayo, who came out
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of Pila Seca and La Candelaria by Swiss Bernhard Boldgard and Bavarian Federico Herzog. The industry truly began to develop in the latter half of the 19th century, due to an influx of German immigrants to Mexico and the short-lived Second Mexican Empire headed by emperor Maximilian I of Mexico of the House of Habsburg, an Austro-Germanic ruling family. The emperor had his own brewer, who produced Vienna-style dark beers. This influence can be seen in two popular brands of Negra Modelo and Dos Equis Ambar. From the mid-19th to the early 20th century, a large number of breweries were
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the "bad guys") or faces ("técnicos" in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2006) "Homenaje a Dos Leyendas" 2006 (Spanish for "Homage to Two Legends") is an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on March 17, 2006 Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The event honored "Lucha Libre Legends" CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth (who is always honored at the "Dos Leyendas" event). The main event was a "Lucha de Apuestas",
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be huge. You're welcome, America". Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma (Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma / Heineken México) (English: Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery) is a major brewery based in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, founded in 1890. It is a subsidiary of Heineken International. The company operates brewing plants in Monterrey, Guadalajara, Toluca, Tecate, Orizaba and, beginning in 2017, Meoqui. The plants produce, among other brands, Dos Equis, Sol, Bohemia, Superior, Carta Blanca, Noche Buena, Indio, Casta and Tecate. It has an annual production of 3.09 GL (gigalitres). The Cuauhtémoc brewery was founded in Monterrey in 1890 by José A. Muguerza, Francisco G.
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Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma (Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma / Heineken México) (English: Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery) is a major brewery based in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, founded in 1890. It is a subsidiary of Heineken International. The company operates brewing plants in Monterrey, Guadalajara, Toluca, Tecate, Orizaba and, beginning in 2017, Meoqui. The plants produce, among other brands, Dos Equis, Sol, Bohemia, Superior, Carta Blanca, Noche Buena, Indio, Casta and Tecate. It has an annual production of 3.09 GL (gigalitres). The Cuauhtémoc brewery was founded in Monterrey in 1890 by José A. Muguerza, Francisco G. Sada Muguerza, Alberto Sada Muguerza,
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of the finest beers of the world. The name comes from the Bohemia region in the Czech Republic that is known for beer. It is one of the longest-aged products from Cervecería Cuauhtémoc, and is the only one to use Lepa Styrian hops. There is a dark version of this brand, which is a Vienna-style beer. In 2009, the company introduced a wheat version of this beer called Bohemia Weizen made with wheat, Mount Hood hops, coriander and orange peel. It is the first wheat beer to be produced by a major beer company in Mexico. Dos Equis was first
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brewed in Mexico by the German brewer Wilhelm Hasse in 1897. The original name of the beer was "Siglo XX" (20th Century) with the double X standing for the number 20, and it commemorated the arrival of that century. The original version is the Dos Equis Ambar, a Vienna-style dark beer. This was Cervecería Moctezuma's best selling beer in the 1940s and 1950s. Demand for the beer has resurged, especially in the United States, where it is now the best-selling imported dark beer. The clear version of this brand is a lager derived from the Ambar. Sol was introduced in
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lagers brewed in large industrial plants, and made with minimal malt. Except for some dark beers, such as Dos Equis Ambar, León Negra, Negra Modelo, and Noche Buena, which are Vienna-style beers, almost all beer produced in Mexico is pilsner. Beers with top fermentation had been produced in Mexico. The Cervecería Toluca was founded in 1865 by a Swiss especially to produce this type of beer, but the introduction of Bohemian-style beers through the giant brewery Cuauhtémoc would define Mexican beer as pilsner. Globally, one of the best known Mexican beers is Corona, which is the flagship beer of Grupo
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with a guest appearance in "Rock On!!". In 2008, she was approached by Kiran Rao for the lead role in Rao's directorial debut film "Dhobi Ghat" - a role Dogra initially turned down, but eventually accepted. In December 2011, she served as a judge for "Rolling Stone"'s Never Hide Sounds musical talent contest. She is the host of "The Dewarists", a musical collaborative show on STAR World India. In 2013, she performed with award-winning violinist Scott Tixier, for a series of shows sponsored by Dos Equis around the US. In March 2014, she was featured on the cover page of
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To Make You Better Known" as part of a charity event taping. Rose has been hired by corporations including Microsoft and regularly speaks as a consultant for PR firms; in this regard he has been pictured on the cover of "The Wall Street Journal" and "Fast Company", and is featured in the marketing book "The Deviant's Advantage". His PR company represents poker sites and manages publicity for top poker players. In 2008 Rose was hired as spokesperson and performer for Dos Equis in the "Jim Rose Most Interesting Show In The World" U.S tour. Rose has also served as a
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Anthony Bidulka Anthony Bidulka (born July 24, 1962) is a Canadian writer of mystery, thriller and suspense novels. Bidulka's books have been nominated for Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Awards, Saskatchewan Book Awards, a ReLit award, and Lambda Literary Awards. His novel "Flight of Aquavit" won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Men's Mystery, making Bidulka the first Canadian to win in that category. Bidulka received Lambda Literary Award nominations again in 2008 for "Stain of the Berry", in 2009 for "Sundowner Ubuntu", and in 2013 for "Dos Equis". Born and raised on a farm near Prud'homme, Saskatchewan, Bidulka
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the portrayal of Santa Anna invoked memories of the cartoon Snidely Whiplash and the character The Most Interesting Man in the World from the Dos Equis advertising campaign. Lowry held that the show "pays more attention to the marketing campaign than the script". The Washington Post reported that the series seemed more concerned with portraying those fighting for Texas's independence as if they were in John Wayne's 1960 film "The Alamo" rather than addressing the complexity of the actual historical events. An approach one might not suspect from a channel that is named "History". The Post held that it was
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with the alkalinity simultaneously mellowing the acidic flavors of the dark malts in the final product. The result was a popular, mellow, darker style of Vienna lager. The popularity of the Toluca y Mexico beers was such that Graf frequently had difficulty filling orders and was forced to seek outside investors to rapidly increase production. Current popular brands of Graf style Viennas include major brands such as Negra Modelo, Nocha Buena, and Dos Equis Amber. Graf died on August 31, 1904 from endocarditis vegetations as a complication of an ongoing infection and is buried in Toluca, Mexico Santiago Graf Santiago
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win over Western Michigan. As a senior at Kent State, Zabo averaged 13 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists per game and shot 42.1% from the field. After completing his collegiate eligibility, Zabo participated in the inaugural Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship. On August 2, 2018, Zabo signed a one-year deal with the St. John's Edge of the NBL Canada. Kevin Zabo Kevin Zabo (born December 5, 1995) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the St. John's Edge of the NBL Canada. He completed his college basketball career with Kent State. Zabo was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec to Congolese father
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Devils Backbone Vienna Lager, Abita Amber, Yuengling Traditional Lager, Dos Equis Ámbar, August Schell Brewing Company Firebrick, and Negra Modelo. In Norway, the style has retained some of its former popularity, and is still brewed by most major breweries. Lagers would likely have been mainly dark until the 1840s; pale lagers were not common until the later part of the 19th century when technological advances made them easier to produce. Dark lagers typically range in color from amber to dark reddish brown, and may be termed Vienna, amber lager, dunkel, tmavé, or schwarzbier depending on region, color or brewing method.
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Ceboruco Ceboruco is a dacitic stratovolcano located in Nayarit, Mexico, northwest of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. The largest eruption, the Jala Plinian eruption, was around 930 AD ±200, VEI 6, releasing of tephra. The most recent and best documented eruption from Ceboruco lasted from 1870–1875, with fumarole activity lasting well into the 20th century. The mountain features one large caldera, created during the Jala eruption, with a smaller crater nested inside that formed when the Dos Equis lava dome collapsed during the Coapales eruption around 1100 AD. Within both of these craters, are several explosive volcanic features, including scoria deposits,
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chief creative officer, Global Brands. He created new campaigns for Atlantic City Tourism (DO AC), New York Life (Keep Good Going) as well as supervising the successful "Most Interesting Man" campaign for Dos Equis. On January 1, 2014, Lee returned to holding company, IPG and assumed the role of CEO at Draftfcb New York. On March 10, 2014, Draftfcb officially changed its name to FCB (Foote, Cone and Belding) and renamed the New York office FCB Garfinkel in recognition of Lee's creative standards. Today, Lee is the Chairman of The Garfinkel Group LLC. Lee Garfinkel has received every major advertising
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for at least three seconds at the beginning, after every commercial break, and at the end. The first legal product placement on British television came during an episode of "This Morning", for a Nestlé-produced coffee maker. As with all other advertising, the BBC is barred from using placements on its publicly funded services. "I, Robot" offers placements for Converse, Ovaltine, Audi, FedEx, Dos Equis and JVC among others, all of them introduced within the film's first ten minutes. One moment includes a straightforward advertisement where Will Smith's character responds to a compliment about his shoes, to which he replies "Converse
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legacy is as one of the greatest television pitch men of all time. He really is part of an era of people who did television commercials, who did them live. His other legacy is also as a very generous guy in teaching young ventriloquists; up and coming ventriloquists over the years who were interested in the art form from his instructional records.” Clips include his appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show, Texaco Star Theater as well as Nestles Quick commercials. Edgar Bergen Kelly Asbury opens this segment by stating, “Edgar Bergen’s considered the great master in this day and age.
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than five percent for Anheuser-Busch and Molson Coors in the same year. Mexican beer has done so well in the United States that Miller SAB tried selling citrus and salt-flavored Miller Chill and Anheuser Busch attempted Bud Light Lime. The best-known and best-selling Mexican beer in the United States by far is Corona, produced by Grupo Modelo and distributed by Anheuser Busch. FEMSA entered the US market later, but has paired with Dutch enterprise Heineken USA to promote and distribute its brands, especially Dos Equis and Tecate. Some Mexican beers, such as Modelo Especial and Negra Modelo, are available in
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Scott Tixier Scott Tixier (born 26 February 1986) is an award-winning French jazz violinist and a recording artist. Professor of jazz violin and alternative styles at the University of North Texas Tixier was born in Montreuil, France, and studied classical violin at the conservatory in Paris. Following that, he studied improvisation as a self-educated jazz musician and under Florin Niculescu then Malo Vallois. Scott Tixier has worked in many genres, in the theater, film scoring, Broadway shows, for Sony Pictures, ARTE Creative, Heineken, Dos Equis, Fisher-Price, America's Got Talent on NBC, with Zedd on the David Letterman Late Show on
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Gesù", it was specially made by Dimitri Musafia. As leader As sideman Scott Tixier Scott Tixier (born 26 February 1986) is an award-winning French jazz violinist and a recording artist. Professor of jazz violin and alternative styles at the University of North Texas Tixier was born in Montreuil, France, and studied classical violin at the conservatory in Paris. Following that, he studied improvisation as a self-educated jazz musician and under Florin Niculescu then Malo Vallois. Scott Tixier has worked in many genres, in the theater, film scoring, Broadway shows, for Sony Pictures, ARTE Creative, Heineken, Dos Equis, Fisher-Price, America's Got
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endeavor. German influence has had a lasting impact on Mexican beers, with brands such as Negra Modelo and Dos Equis Ambar, both deriving from a malty subset of dark lagers known as Vienna-style. The German-Mexican population is especially prevalent in southern Mexico, particularly the state of Chiapas, where German farmers and industrialists were encouraged to immigrate in the late 1890s. Following collaboration between Otto Von Bismarck and Porfirio Diaz to German colonies were established to develop modern coffee plantations and food processing facilities in the state. German-Mexicans make up a large minority of the population of the soconusco region of
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his AFL/NFL career, Moorman returned to his home city of Louisville, Kentucky and started Mo Moorman Distributing Company. The distributing company featured Coors Light, Zima, Corona, and other imports such as Stella and Dos Equis. In 2007, Mo sold the company to River City Distributing Company giving River City over 80% of the market share in the city of Louisville. Mo Moorman Maurice "Mo" Moorman (born July 24, 1945) is a former American college and professional football player. He played collegiately for Texas A&M, and went to the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs as a first-round draft choice in
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There are secondary advertisements that are similar to the final part of the original advertisements. They feature the man sitting in a social setting, surrounded by beautiful young women, conveying a short opinion to the viewer on certain subjects, such as bar nuts, the two-party system, self-defense, trophy wives, and "bromance". He then finishes the advertisement by holding a Dos Equis beer and saying, "Stay thirsty, my friends." The advertisements featuring Legrand end with a slightly different sign-off: "Stay thirsty, "mis amigos"" (Spanish for "my friends"). The agency's rationale for the brand strategy was defined as: "He is a man
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is studying Business Administration and says she has no partner. The major influences for action Dos Ramos are the actors Daniela Alvarado, Emma Rabbe, Diego Boneta, Johnny Depp, Natalie Portman, Thalia, Edgar Ramírez y Saúl Lisazo. Kimberly Dos Ramos Kimberly Dos Ramos De Sousa (born April 15, 1992) is an actress, entertainer, model, and singer from Venezuela. The actress began her career in commercials and promotions on the Venezuelan television station Radio Caracas Television (RCTV com abbreviated acronym). She then acted in telenovelas in starring roles on RCTV International such as "Eugenia Alcoy Del Casal" on "La Trepadora", and as
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inaugural Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship. On August 2, 2018, Clark signed a deal with the Italian club New Basket Brindisi for the 2018–19 LBA season. Wes Clark (basketball) Wes Clark (born December 12, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for New Basket Brindisi of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). As a junior at Missouri, Clark averaged 9.8 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists per game. He was dismissed from the team in February 2016 due to failing to meet the academic standards. Clark decided to transfer to Buffalo, whose coach Nate Oats was Clark's coach at Romulus
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of Chicago's Frozen Fun Fest, SOURCE Maui, Dos Equis Most Interesting Academy Flash, New York City Burning Man Decompression, Electric Forest Festival, Chiditarod Shopping Cart Race, Chicago Halloween Art Parade Environmental Encroachment Environmental Encroachment (also known as "EE") is a Chicago-based marching band and performance art troupe. Its origins date back to 1994 with the mission to create site-specific adult playground installations. In its current incarnation, EE fuses traditional Latin and North African rhythms with folk, jazz, and rock melodies, along with incorporating circus antics, costumes, and dance, to provide a spectacle which has been described as “incomparable to anything
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Aside from his television and film work, Wilson has been cast in an array of television commercials for companies such as Allstate and AT&T. His first national commercial was for the video game "". Wilson is the namesake of his father, Guy Wilson, an attorney and the former mayor of Sebastopol. Wilson currently resides in Los Angeles with his two cats. He is an avid sports fan. His favorite teams include the San Francisco Giants, the San Francisco 49ers, and Everton FC. He has two siblings: a younger sister, Valerie, who is a sculptor, and a younger brother, Willie. Guy
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Canadian Tire guy The Canadian Tire guy is a character played by actor Ted Simonett in a series of television commercials for Canadian Tire stores that ran for eight years. The character typically touted the features and benefits of products unique to Canadian Tire in a friendly, helpful everyday scenario. In 2005, Canadian Tire changed advertising agencies, which led to a gradual phasing out of Simonett's character. In March 2006, he and on-screen wife "Gloria" were let go since the commercials had become the subject of parody, and as such were no longer considered effective. They have been parodied on
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Show!", "Late Show with David Letterman", "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and "Harry Hill's TV Burp". Grylls recorded two advertisements for Post's Trail Mix Crunch Cereal, which aired in the US from January 2009. He also appeared as a "distinguished instructor" in Dos Equis' "Most Interesting Academy" in a webisode named "Survival in the Modern Era". He appeared in a five-part web series that demonstrates urban survival techniques and features Grylls going from bush to bash. He also has marketed the Alpha Course, a course on the basics of the Christian faith. In 2013, Grylls appeared in an airline safety video for
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bowling equipment manufacturer, Brunswick Corporation. Edelman also worked with Finland to improve its image in part through the Finnfacts Institute it founded in the 1960s. It promoted wine for the California Wine Institute and promoted bowling for the National Bowling Council by emphasizing it as a way to stay in shape. The firm worked with Symantec to promote the Norton brand of antivirus software in more than 35 countries since 2008. Heineken hired Edelman in 2012 for its U.S. corporate public relations and its Dos Equis brand. In April 1998 the "Los Angeles Times" reported that Edelman had drafted a
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the integration of the Moctezuma brewery in 1985, the Dos Equis, Superior, Sol, and Noche Buena brands were added to the Carta Blanca, Tecate, Bohemia and Indio brands. In 1988 Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A. de C.V. was formed as the main subsidiary of Visa containing the beer and other companies. In 1994 FEMSA sold a 22 percent share of its beer business to John Labatt Ltd. of Canada and signed an agreement with Labatt to associate their respective companies in the United States. FEMSA became the successor of Visa in 1998. On 11 January 2010, the Dutch brewing company Heineken
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had a lasting impact on Mexican beers, with brands such as Negra Modelo and Dos Equis Ambar, both deriving from Vienna-style lager. It was German brewing styles that helped cement brewing as a Mexican cultural trait and enterprise. Although Lebanese Mexicans made up less than 5% of the total immigrant population in Mexico during the 1930s, they constituted half of the immigrant economic activity. Lebanese influence in Mexican culture can be seen most particularly in food, where they have introduced many foods and dishes and created their own recipes such as "tacos Árabes". Carlos Slim, formerly the richest man in
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1893, and eventually changed its name to Cervecería Moctezuma. It was a major producer of beer since the early 20th century, and was one of the largest brewing companies in the world with the merger of the two, but the new company controls over twelve brand names. FEMSA bought the combined breweries to add to its other businesses, such as bottling and packaging enterprises. FEMSA's brands today include Tecate, Sol, Dos Equis, Carta Blanca, Superior, Indio, and Bohemia. Grupo Modelo's brands include Corona, Corona Light, Negra Modelo, Modelo Especial, Victoria, Estrella, Léon, Montejo, and Pacifico. Most of these beers are
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of the ring to stop him from counting the pinfall. On June 3, The Usos lost the Florida Tag Team Championship to "Los Aviadores" (Hunico and Dos Equis). On the May 24, 2010 episode of "Raw", The Usos and Tamina made their debut as heels by attacking the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions, The Hart Dynasty (Tyson Kidd, David Hart Smith, and Natalya). The following week, Raw General Manager Bret Hart stated that he had signed them to contracts. That night, the trio cut a promo, stating that they were looking for respect for their families. They were interrupted and
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he worked at agencies including Ogilvy & Mather and McCann-Erickson (both New York) then his own boutique shop MadScience Creative (also New York). His clients included Budweiser, Sam Adams, Dos Equis, Rolling Rock, Burger King, Microsoft Xbox, Sony P2P, Dennis Publishing (Stuff, Maxim and Blender), Coke, Stella Artois, Caffeine Apparel and Viacom (WNEW FM) with annual budgets from $2M to $400M. Watson put his advertising skills to use most recently by directing a viral campaign for Deadliest Catch season 10. One of those spots, Crabzilla, (where a giant CG crab attacks the Time Bandit) garnered Watson a Silver Telly Award.
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Guy Ritchie Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968) is an English filmmaker, businessman and occasional actor, known for his crime films. He left secondary school and got entry-level jobs in the film industry in the mid-1990s. Ritchie eventually went on to direct commercials. In 1995, he directed his first film, "The Hard Case", a 20-minute short that impressed investors who backed his first feature film, the crime comedy "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" (1998). He then directed another crime comedy, "Snatch" (2000). Ritchie's other films include "Revolver" (2005), "RocknRolla" (2008), "Sherlock Holmes" (2009), and its sequel "" (2011).
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host Joseph Gordon-Levitt played the unimpressive son of The Most Interesting Man in the World in a pair of sketches, with Jason Sudeikis appearing as his father in the second. The Most Interesting Man in the World The Most Interesting Man in the World was an advertising campaign for Dos Equis beer. The ads featured a bearded, debonair gentleman with voiceovers that were both humorous and outrageous and the slogan "Stay Thirsty My Friends". The advertisements first began appearing in the United States in 2006 and became a popular Internet meme. The campaign was ended in 2018. The advertisements first
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short film, and selections from Grand Jury and Audience Award films. The films will be screened domestically throughout 2011, including at IFC Center in New York and 14 Pews in Houston. "Strongman", a previous Slamdance Grand Jury Documentary winner opened in late January at the IFC Center in New York. Awards were sponsored by Adobe, Dos Equis, Kodak, Panasonic, Good Health and Pierce Law Group. The Feature competitions at Slamdance are limited to first-time filmmakers working with production budgets of $1 million or less. 10 narrative films and 8 documentaries were selected to screen in competition. 14 of them are
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parts of Hispaniola and Jamaica and later made landfall near Majahual, Mexico. It regained hurricane status in the Bay of Campeche and made landfall near Veracruz. Gusts as high as were recorded in Veracruz. Apparently there was little damage to the city itself but several small boats were lost offshore and several sailors drowned. The 800-ton steamer "Dos Equis" sank with the loss of everyone on board. No exact figures exist. The storm quickly dissipated inland. Hurricane Eight existed from September 23 to September 28 in the open Atlantic Ocean. A tropical depression developed in the vicinity of the Bahamas
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named Jillz to their list of brands. Since mid-2007, Heineken has also taken ownership of former S&N International brands such as Strongbow and Bulmers Ciders and John Smith's and Newcastle Brown Ale. In 2010, Heineken bought Mexican brewery FEMSA Cerveza, including brands Tecate, Sol, Dos Equis, Indio and Kloster. The shares of Heineken International are traded on the NYSE Euronext Amsterdam and OTCQX under the symbols: HEIA and HEINY respectively. As at 31 December 2013, the shareholding in the group's stock was as depicted in the table below: Heineken's main advertising slogan in the UK was "Refreshes the parts other
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brand Undercover, as a voice-over artist for Michael "Mic" Neumann's Kung Faux, and worked on projects with Burton, Vans, Supreme and DC Shoes. There are Kaws-designed small edition bottles for Dos Equis and Hennessy, rugs for Gallery 1950 and packaging for Kiehl's cosmetics. In 2004 he collaborated with Undefeated Brand on a billboard project in Los Angeles. In 2008 he collaborated with John Mayer on guitar picks. For the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, Kaws redesigned the MTV Moonman trophy in the form of his "Companion" character. His 3D model was also used to create a 60-foot tall inflatable version,
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as Cemex (the world's third largest cement company), FEMSA (Coca-Cola Latin America, largest independent Coca-Cola bottler in the world), Alfa (petrochemicals, food, telecommunications and auto parts), Axtel (telecommunications), Vitro (glass), Selther (leading mattress and rest systems firm in Latin America), Gruma (food), and Banorte (financial services). The FEMSA corporation owned a large brewery, the Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery (Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma) that produces the brands Sol, Tecate, Indio, Dos Equis and Carta Blanca among others, in the beginning of the year Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery was sold to Dutch-based company Heineken. By the end of the same year, there were more than
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International announced it would acquire the beer activities of FEMSA, including Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery. The company operates plants in Monterrey, Tecate, Navojoa, Guadalajara, Toluca, Orizaba and for 2012 one in Chihuahua. The company has an annual production of . The Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery has an art gallery and can be visited. Hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00 to 17:00 and Saturday from 9:00 to 14:00. Tours are available free of charge and are offered in both English and Spanish. The Brewery has a beer garden which offers a free glass of Bohemia, Dos Equis, or Carta Blanca. The Garden
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and "URB", as well as radio support from such tastemakers as KCRW (Los Angeles), Indie 103 (Los Angeles), KEXP (Seattle), and KUT (Austin). Mexican Institute of Sound released its second album, "Piñata", in 2007. The disc continued the vision established by the debut as a collage of musical influences that reflect Lara's impression of life in the sprawling metropolis of Mexico City. Special guests include members of Tom Tom Club, Fantastic Plastic Machine, and Babasónicos. Songs from M.I.S. releases have been featured in ABC's "Ugly Betty", Showtime's "Californication", New Line Cinema's "Pride and Glory", a Dos Equis national advertising campaign,
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Documentary Features “American Jihadist” and “Mind of the Demon: The Larry Linkogle Story,” and Narrative Features “The Scenesters” and “The Wild Hunt” will be available for a seven-day period for movie fans to rent though their computers or on Xbox LIVE until February 2, 2010. There are three competitive divisions at this year's festival, the Grand Jury, Audience Awards and Special Sponsored Awards provided by Kodak, Dos Equis and Lonely Seal Releasing. The Grand Jury and Audience Award winning films will be screened in several domestic venues throughout the year, including the IFC Center in New York City. The Feature
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know how it felt, and finding the Fountain of Youth but not drinking from it, "because he wasn't thirsty". Other feats are more centered on his physical abilities and personality. These include his small talk changing foreign policies, parallel-parking a train, and slamming a revolving door. At the end of the advertisement, the most interesting man, usually shown sitting in a night club or other social setting surrounded by several beautiful young women, says, "I don't always drink beer. But when I do, I prefer Dos Equis." Each commercial ends with him stating the signature sign-off: "Stay thirsty, my friends."
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he did not know off camera. To fill this need, John Huston hired a Mexican to record the lines, and then the elder Huston memorized them so well that many assumed he knew the language like a native. As with most of the Mexican actors selected from the local population, Alfonso Bedoya's heavily accented pronunciation of English proved to be a bit of a problem. Example: "horseback" came out as "whore's back". Bogart only knew two Spanish words, "Dos Equis", a Mexican beer. The fight scene in the cantina took five days to shoot. During the shooting of the entire
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Anderson of INSAINTS; "Pleasant People" directed by Dave Bonawits; and "Road Dogs", a documentary directed by Shane Aquino that follows the bands HTTH (Heavenly Trip to Hell) and Kettle Cadaver on cross country tours. In an interview with "The Park Record", festival president and co-founder Peter Baxter said attendance had been "excellent" and most of the screenings had sold out. There were three competitive divisions at this year's festival: Grand Jury, Audience Awards and Special Sponsored Awards provided by Kodak, Panasonic, Dos Equis and Good Health. New this year, the festival added a theatrical distribution award for best feature, best
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Bowl saw a sharp rise in popularity. 26 national tournaments were held and Tecmo Madison XIII’s livestream had 161,076 viewers, in addition to ESPN.com coverage. Gameplay is featured in the "Family Guy" episode "Run, Chris, Run", where Peter uses Bo Jackson to beat Quagmire. "Tecmo Bowl" is a central theme for two 2016 Kia Sorento commercials. Both commercials star the aforementioned Bo Jackson and play off the ridiculously advantageous characteristics he possesses in the game. One also features Brian Bosworth, who was famously run over by Jackson during a "Monday Night Football" game in 1987 as he attempted to score
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Kimberly Dos Ramos Kimberly Dos Ramos De Sousa (born April 15, 1992) is an actress, entertainer, model, and singer from Venezuela. The actress began her career in commercials and promotions on the Venezuelan television station Radio Caracas Television (RCTV com abbreviated acronym). She then acted in telenovelas in starring roles on RCTV International such as "Eugenia Alcoy Del Casal" on "La Trepadora", and as "Karen Montero" on "Que el Cielo Me Explique". She was later known throughout all of Latin America as "Matilda Roman" in the Nickelodeon television series "Grachi" with her best friend Maria Gabriela de faria. Kimberly became
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potato chip and extruded snack lines. The Granny Goose potato chip line is produced by Shearer's Foods under license from Snak King. Granny Goose products can be readily found in the Western United States. Its logo and mascot, also named Granny Goose, is an anthropomorphic cartoon goose. In a series of television commercials first aired in the 1960s, the company's spokesperson, who self-identified as "Granny Goose", was portrayed by actor Philip Carey as an ultra-masculine tough guy, depicted in the commercials as such manly stereotypes as a cowboy or a James Bond-style spy. Granny Goose Granny Goose is an American
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advertisements for Subway, promoting the restaurant's massive feast sandwich. Chief marketing officer Tony Pace commented "Peter's a good representation of the people who are interested in the Feast, and "Family Guy" is a show "that appeals to that target audience." "The Boston Globe" critic Brian Steinberg praised the restaurant's use of the character for the commercials. Peter Griffin Peter Griffin is the main character of the American animated sitcom "Family Guy". He is voiced by the series' creator, Seth MacFarlane, and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the Griffin family, in the 15-minute pilot pitch of "Family
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Lyonya Golubkov Leonid "Lyonya" Golubkov () is a "common Russian guy" played by Vladimir Permyakov in notorious MMM commercials from 1992 to 1994. Due to a very aggressive advertising campaign by MMM owned by Sergei Mavrodi, most people know Vladimir Permyakov by this name. In advertising, Lyonya Golubkov was an excavator operator who invested into MMM stock and became rich enough to buy himself a new apartment, house, etc. (Later for marketing reasons Lyonya marked out his initial plans as unwise and "opted" to buy an excavator). From his first commercials, his catch phrase was "", which roughly translates into
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U.S. Trivago guy, the company decided to create French and Spanish Trivago guys. From 2016 until June 2017, the French actor Mehdi Nebbou was the German Trivago guy. In the UK, Trivago's advertisements are fronted by Australian actress and musician Gabrielle Miller. In Germany, the Trivago girl is German actress and model Anna Puck (since June 2017). In Japan, Trivago is represented in their TV commercials by singer/songwriter Natalie Emmons, who uses the pseudonym "Strae" in the United States. In Malaysia, actress and TV host Dahlia Shazwan has starred in Trivago's advertisements. Trivago states that it attempts to recruit tech
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El Hijo de Dos Caras Guillermo Rodríguez (born April 26, 1988) is a Mexican "luchador enmascarado", or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) portraying a "tecnico" ("Good guy") wrestling character. He is best known under his current ring name El Hijo de Dos Caras, Spanish for "The son of Two Face", a reference to the fact that Rodríguez is the son of "luchador" José Luis Rodríguez, better known as Dos Caras. He has previously worked for WWE, on their NXT brand as Memo Montenegro. He is a two-time, former IWRG
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and various TV commercials. The pair is warned that the Bramford has a disturbing history involving witchcraft and murder, but they choose to overlook this. Rosemary has wanted children for some time, but Guy wants to wait until his career is more established. Rosemary and Guy are quickly welcomed to the Bramford by neighbors Minnie and Roman Castevet, an eccentric elderly couple. Rosemary finds them meddlesome and absurd, but Guy begins paying them frequent visits. After a theatrical rival suddenly goes blind, Guy is given an important part in a stage play. Immediately afterward, Guy unexpectedly agrees with Rosemary that
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admonishing the squirrel for stealing, which drives Scrat to subsequently attack Peter. Apart from Peter, the scene was rendered in 3D ("Family Guy" is normally drawn in 2D), and Scrat was voiced by Chris Wedge who voices him in the films. The episode originally aired the week before the film opened. Fox aired promotions for the film throughout the evening. During the same evening of this cameo, Sid was hosting the entire FOX line-up, showing up in intermittent times between commercials. Re-edited scenes of "Ice Age: The Meltdown" were shown in Airhead candy commercials on several kids' channels and programs,
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and the variety of gameplay in the 13 levels, concluding that it "does a great job of providing thrills for the average arcade player". Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon is an arcade game by ReadySoft that was released for MS-DOS, Atari ST and Amiga in 1992. Guy Spy is a cartoon adventure similar to Dragon's Lair and Space Ace but features longer sections. Guy is summoned before the chief of international security and informed that the evil Baron Von Max has located the whereabouts of the legendary Crystals of Armageddon. Max
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Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon is an arcade game by ReadySoft that was released for MS-DOS, Atari ST and Amiga in 1992. Guy Spy is a cartoon adventure similar to Dragon's Lair and Space Ace but features longer sections. Guy is summoned before the chief of international security and informed that the evil Baron Von Max has located the whereabouts of the legendary Crystals of Armageddon. Max needs these crystals to power the doomsday machine he has constructed in the mountains at an unknown location. "Computer Gaming World" praised the graphics
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in Seattle in 1980, where he again worked in making local commercials, including spots for the Seattle Mariners baseball team. He was a regular cast member of the long-running local comedy show "Almost Live!" as well as the announcer for "Bill Nye the Science Guy". On radio, he has hosted the "Pat Cashman Show", a morning drive-time show on several Seattle stations, and his familiar bassy voice is heard in local commercials. Among the local commercials he voices are the commercials for Jerry's Hardware in Eugene and Springfield, Oregon. His most recent voice work was for the Wii video game
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Guy Veloso Guy Veloso (born 1969) is a Brazilian documentary photographer. Guy Benchimol de Veloso was born and works in Belém in the State of Pará, Brazil, a city of 1.5 million inhabitants in the Amazon rainforest. A Law graduate by Federal University of Pará, he has been a photographer since 1989, with several international publications to his credit. All his projects are made with analog equipment. Invited by the curators "Agnaldo Farias" and "Moacir dos Anjos", the latest project of Guy Veloso, "The Penitents: Rituals of blood to the fascination of the world’s end", attended the 29th São Paulo
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EFMD Quality Improvement System The EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) is a school accreditation system. It specializes in higher education institutions of management and business administration, run by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). EQUIS has accredited 172 institutions in 41 countries around the world. EQUIS' directors as of 2018 are Ulrich Hommel and David Asch. In the past 20 years of existence the organization has accredited 172 institutions in 41 countries. The accreditation is awarded to business schools based on general quality. The process also takes into account the business school's level of internationalization, which is not a
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has a three-year European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) accreditation. EQUIS is an international system of quality assessment, improvement, and accreditation of higher education institutions in management and business administration. The GSB is one of two African business schools to have received an EQUIS accreditation. AABS: The GSB is one of six South African business schools to belong to the Association of African Business Schools (AABS) – an organisation that aims to promote excellence in business and management education on the continent by supporting business schools through capacity building, collaboration, and quality improvement. AACSB: provides internationally recognized, specialized accreditation for business
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the air. But they also told him, 'Do you want to be known as the guy who yanked Fred Flintstone off the air? The guy who took away a show so many kids love, and so many parents love, too?'" Henry Corden's voice became Fred's after Reed's death in 1977, starting with "A Flintstone Christmas". Corden had previously provided Fred's singing voice in "The Man Called Flintstone" and later on "The Flintstones" children's records. Since 2000, Jeff Bergman, James Arnold Taylor, and Scott Innes (performing both Fred and Barney for Toshiba commercials) have performed the voice of Fred. Since Mel
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asked about his character by the "Washington Post", Violette said that "He's a guy who has a lot of dreams and hopes. But he's not able to make them concrete because I think he's a little bit lazy. He's the kind of guy who always has bad luck . . . but I'm sure he has a good heart." The commercials have spawned various homages including many parodies on YouTube. "MADtv" parodied the ads in a sketch that featured a young man cursed by bad luck after getting a credit card his senior year of high school. After racking up
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Ralna English Ralna Eve English is an American-born singer (born June 19, 1942) in Haskell, Texas, who gained fame as half of the husband-and-wife singing duo of Guy & Ralna with then-husband Guy Hovis, both of whom were featured performers on "The Lawrence Welk Show". She was reared in Lubbock, Texas, where, as a teenager, won a local battle of the bands competition with her group "Ralna and the Ad-Libs". One of her competitors was legendary rock star Buddy Holly, a Lubbock native. After attending Texas Tech University, and singing jingles for television commercials in Dallas, she relocated to California
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personal computer aimed at businesses and creative professionals with an advertising campaign consisting of several television commercials and print ads. The television commercials used the slogan ""The Future Is Better Than You Expected"", featuring the first three Power Macintosh computers to showcase special features such as networking and MS-DOS compatibility. In 1993 and 1994, a television advertising campaign created by BBDO aired with the slogan "It does more, it costs less, it's that simple." Power Macintosh The Power Macintosh, later Power Mac, is a family of personal computers that were designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. as part
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it often", as well as for his unique pronunciation of the word "diabetes" (""diabeetus""), which has been the subject of several parodies and internet memes. Other celebrity diabetics who have done at least one commercial for the company include Nell Carter, Phylicia Rashad, and Delta Burke. Liberty Medical TV commercials have been parodied on "Family Guy" and "Saturday Night Live". Since those parodies, YouTube users have created "mash-ups" of Liberty TV commercials featuring Wilford Brimley, garnering hundreds of thousands of views and creating an internet meme. Internet users have also posted pictures captioned "Diabeetus" in reference to Brimley's pronunciation of
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strict requirement for accreditation by the other two major international accreditation bodies: AACSB and AMBA. So far, all fully accredited EQUIS business schools applying for AACSB accreditation have succeeded, which has not been the case the other way. EQUIS accreditation can be granted for three years (with annual progress reports on the areas of improvement required) or for five years (with a mid-term progress report on development objectives required). EFMD Quality Improvement System The EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) is a school accreditation system. It specializes in higher education institutions of management and business administration, run by the European Foundation
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father, appeared at Impact Wrestling's Slammiversary XV event in the corner of Alberto El Patron, as Alberto defeated Bobby Lashley to unify the Impact Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship and GFW Global Championship. El Hijo de Dos Caras Guillermo Rodríguez (born April 26, 1988) is a Mexican "luchador enmascarado", or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) portraying a "tecnico" ("Good guy") wrestling character. He is best known under his current ring name El Hijo de Dos Caras, Spanish for "The son of Two Face", a reference to the fact that Rodríguez
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the erosion of composers' rights. He has won many awards including an ASCAP award in the US and an Ivor Novello Award in the UK, Fletcher has also written TV music, songs, commercials and music for the stage. In 2005, he was honoured in HM the Queen's birthday honours list with an OBE for services to British music. Fletcher has a nephew, also called Guy Fletcher, who has been a longtime keyboardist for both Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits. His children are Justin Fletcher, a children's TV presenter; Amity Fletcher, a music promoter; Juliette Fletcher, a ITV South news presenter;
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guys") or faces ("técnicos" in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2014) "Homenaje a Dos Leyendas" 2014 (Spanish for "Homage to Two Legends") was a professional wrestling major event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and part of their annual "Homenaje a Dos Leyendas" event series that started in 1996. The 2014 event was the 19th event in the series and took place on March 21, 2014, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico, making it the first
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regularly scheduled "Super Viernes" show. The 2008 show was the 13th overall "Homenaje a Dos Leyendas" show. The event featured six professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (referred to as "rudos" in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or faces ("técnicos" in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2008) "Homenaje a Dos Leyendas" 2008 (Spanish for "Homage to Two Legends") was a professional wrestling
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2007 show was the 12th overall "Homenaje a Dos Leyendas" show. The event featured six professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (referred to as "rudos" in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or faces ("técnicos" in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2007) "Homenaje a Dos Leyendas" 2007 (Spanish for "Homage to Two Legends") was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo
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beard. Simonett is also a wildlife and headshot photographer, with Canadian actors including Jackie English (TVO Kids), and Dan Lett. Simonett was at one time voted into the top three of the Most Annoying Canadian contest for his role in a Canadian Tire commercial. Canadian Tire guy The Canadian Tire guy is a character played by actor Ted Simonett in a series of television commercials for Canadian Tire stores that ran for eight years. The character typically touted the features and benefits of products unique to Canadian Tire in a friendly, helpful everyday scenario. In 2005, Canadian Tire changed advertising
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Adams' television credits include "Emergency – Ward 10" where he played Dr Guy Marshall from 1964 to 1967 and later the similar Dr Guy Wallman in "General Hospital" between 1975 and 1978; starred as Major Sullivan in the BBC counter-espionage drama "Spy Trap" from 1973 to 1975, "The Onedin Line" as Daniel Fogarty (1977–79); "Doctor Who" as Vorshak in "Warriors of the Deep" (1984); and "Emmerdale Farm" (1987) as Malcolm Bates. He took the lead in "The Enigma Files" in 1980. During the late 1970s, he appeared in TV commercials for Dixons, and for many years in the 1980s and
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the table would somewhat mock the "little kid" or "little guy" for wanting "big Honeycomb", to where the kid would go, "Little kid (guy)?! Watch this!" then go and show off his or her skills to them, thoroughly impressing them (saying "Big stuff!" and "Honeycomb kid!" as they watch) and being accepted by them ("I didn't know you were a Honeycomb kid!") and the commercial ends with the kid happily eating a bowl of Honeycomb. In 1995, a mascot, Crazy Craving, was introduced as a wild-haired, marsupial-like cartoon character who rabidly craves Honeycomb cereal and whom children in the commercials
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"Royal Canadian Air Farce", "This Hour Has 22 Minutes", and the "Rick Mercer Report". In many circles, particularly in relation to blog sites, Simonett's character - commonly referred to as on the Canadian Tire Guy (TCTG) - has evoked particularly hostile reactions. The October 28, 2005 edition of "Maclean's" published an article that ridiculed Ted Simonett and his "Canadian Tire Guy" character. Shortly afterward, in March 2006, Canadian Tire unveiled its new ad campaign without Simonett. Ted Simonett (born 1953) is a Canadian actor most widely known for his work in Canadian Tire television commercials. Simonett was raised in Kingston,
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