Really ESPN? The Jonas Brothers On The LLWS Intro???
Friday, August 15, 2008
ESPN is pulling out all the stops for their promos these days. First they amazingly pulled MC Hammer from his busy schedule for a Monday Night Football ad, and now this. The Little League World Series is underway and The "Leader" has gotten its hands on one of the hottest and most popular bands in the world. No not U2 silly, it's the Jonas Brothers! ROCK!!!
I'm obviously not a teenager, and I'm just guessing here, but I'm pretty sure that they're missing their target demo just a bit with that choice. I mean, back in the day NKOTB was the biggest band on the planet, but there wasn't a male on the face of the earth that would admit to liking them (no matter how cool that leg swinging dance they did in the "Hanging Tough" video was). They would have been ridiculed mercifully in school.
I'm pretty sure there aren't many twelve year old girls watching the LLWS, but I could be wrong. Also, let's take a look at the lyrics of that catchy tune....
I'm slippin' into the lavaHmmm. For a baseball game? Okay....if you say so.
And I'm tryin' to keep from going under
Baby, who turned the temperature hotter
'Cause I'm burnin' up
Burnin' up for you baby
11 Comments:
The Jonas Brothers are involved in several Disney projects, hence the cross-promotion
the winning team gets to go to Camp Rock!!
Kids are idiots.
And I believe it was "Hangin' Tough". Because you get more street cred for throwing an apostrophe in there instead of using correct spelling.
wow espn is putting the two things i hate the most together. little league baseball and disney bands. good job!
when will people realise that theres alot better forms of youth baseball other then little league.
Wonder if Dan Patrick watched the opener. We all know about his concert visit to the Jonas Brothers.
we do?
can we all please band together and declare that the pouring of the popcorn... RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA NO LESS was pretty badass?
/waiting
thank you
The Jonas Brothers are just one of several examples of what is wrong with music in America today: Disney finds an act that they decide should be popular. Pretty soon this act appears everywhere. Teens and tweens fall in love with this act. Act becomes hugely popular.
Nowhere in that sequence is any consideration of whether the act is actually talented at writing or creating music.
...gay.
I'm pretty sure there aren't many twelve year old girls watching the LLWS, but I could be wrong.
If you think they aren't into LLWS you obviously haven't taken a walk around the stadium here in Williamsport. It's like a SEA of tweener girls.
Depends... is the baseball game being played IN AN ACTIVE VOLCANO???