phunny phelps commercial

RE: phunny phelps commercial

chowmi — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:11:53 GMT

4th time boy am I out of the loop! I've been busy because I am the Chapter 7 Trustee over the Bennigan's and Steak and Ale bankruptcies. See you all later when I get a life again! Until then - i'm on semi-permanent taper!! My big meet may have to be the xmas relay meet with fun relays. I can still do those!

RE: phunny phelps commercial

Former Member — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:30:10 GMT

It's the 4th time I've seen it posted here :D It reminded me of how similar his beating of the water etc was to what Kitajima did in Athens that several people here objected to (and I don't mean the faked splashing in this spoof), reinforcing that "celebration" versus taunting or whatever is highly subjective. Someone mentioned to me during the Olympics that there was an article someplace about how the arm pumping, muscle flexing type of stuff after a successful intense physical stress is actually an innate reflexive behavior common to all cultures.

RE: phunny phelps commercial

chowmi — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:16:01 GMT

Yeah, but he didn't actually speak any Chinese!!! Then again, I seriously considered buying Rosetta Stone to brush up on mine! Someone sent me this thread, so I won't take credit for finding it. Haven't been trolling forums lately, (i've been very busy with work!) so not sure if it's been posted already: www.youtube.com/watch

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pwolf66 — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:08:13 GMT

My wife broke up laughing when he ripped his pants off. I liked the timing the dog part.

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Former Member — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:49:21 GMT

I have a hard time believeing he was really training in Chinese speak when I think all he did was eat, sleep, and swim.

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tjrpatt — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:39:36 GMT

the commercial was funny. I don't think that he will have any issues on SNL. Let's hope the SNL writing staff gives him the same kind of material that they would write for an A-List Movie Star. One more thing, you know that he didn't learn Chinese for a month's stay in Beijing. Then again, he does have a Chinese endorsement so he probably used it for endorsement business.