Commercial featuring Boy Scout image?

[fgoodwin 23]

I was watching the Dallas-Arizona game yesterday (Nov 12) and while not paying much attention during a commercial, I saw an image of a Boy Scout flash by.

 

I think it was a painting of a Boy Scout, similar to a Rockwell, but I don't think it was a Rockwell painting. I believe it was a Chevy or Ford commercial, and although I waited for the rest of the game to see it again, it wasn't run again.

 

Did anyone else see the commercial I'm talking about? It would be great if it was available on YouTube or someplace.

[dan 10]

I was watching DA Bears last night and saw the same commercial.

I was not impressed, I thought of a generic Rockwell painting. A knock off.

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[fgoodwin 23]

dan: do you recall if it was Ford or Chevy?

[VentureRobb 10]

I saw the Commercal and It was show things that America stands for and the Boy scout pic represented our Values

[scoutldr 732]

Chevy

[LongHaul 10]

As I recall the picture was of a boy wearing a campaign hat and a uniform type shirt. There were no insignia or markings on the shirt to indicate Boy Scouts but that was definitely the impression I got. Do we intemperate this image as being a Boy Scout because we are Scouts? The fact that this image was meant to represent the Values the maker of the product stood for leads me to believe that it was indeed intended to represent a Boy Scout. It was indeed a Chevy commercial.

LongHaul

 

[John-in-KC 311]

As if that's not bad enough, we just had a POLITICIAN put his Eagle COH portrait in his campaign literature, AND place a mug with our Council CSP emblazoned on it prominently in his TV ad.

 

Called one of the SE's deputies at Council ... he was a mite upset.

 

Don't know if anything happened.

 

 

[Trevorum 24]

John, I don't see anything wrong with that. It doesn't sound gratuitous. IMO, he was not implying endorsement, he was just stating his qualifications. I think being an Eagle Scout is an important part of anyone's resume, politician or not.

[VentureRobb 10]

I agree with Trevorum I am a hiring manager and I have hired people just on the fact they were Eagles. Now grated I work at Wendy's but I know of some companys who will only hire Eagles in my distict. I always tell my boys to put scouting on the resumes if nothing else it will show team work experiance and dedication ( if they but that much effort into a no paying org. what will they do when I pay them.)

 

[Cubmaster Randy 10]

I saw the commercial during the da Bears game as well.

To me it was along the lines of some kind of sophisticated ink blot test or a test of brand recognition. Yes, I immediatly thought Boy Scouts and probably most people will, but there was no insignia or logos, just a boy in uniform with a campaign hat and a kneckerchief. To me it tied in well with values and they got their point across to me,

I am not going to buy a truck , but I'll remember the commercial

[John-in-KC 311]

1) It's perfectly right for folks to apply for a job and put Eagle Scout on the resume. It's a recognition of hard work.

 

2) It's OK for a politician to put "Eagle Scout" in his qualifications. Ditto.

 

3) IMHO it's NOT OK for a politician to IMPLY ENDORESEMENT from a BSA Council in his TV ad by having a coffee mug on his desk (barren but for the cup and his folded hands), with the Council CSP as the prominent logo!!

 

 

[Trevorum 24]

ahh.. Not having seen the commercial, I'll defer to you. Your description does sound like he was trying to capitalize on BSA good will. It's a fine line I suppose. Glad I'm not a politician.

[stevejb 10]

Is this the commercial you are talking about?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVd5Ut-R_lE&eurl=

[SR540Beaver 116]

John,

 

Would this politician be from the same party as the politicians around here that always made sure we knew they stood for faith, family and freedom in their ads? Hmmmmmmm?