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For men who aren’t kids anymore

Posted by Robin on 15 March 2010 17 Comments

A commercial for Dana Canoe, and below the jump, another version. Update: the first video is no longer available, sorry!

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  1. asuperlongusername says:
    15 March 2010 at 1:26 pm

    The hilarious thing is, except for maybe the scene with the gambling, all the scenarios in the top ad could be easily replaced by a child.

    The second one was pretty boring, save that one-piece, which is really nice.

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    • Robin says:
      15 March 2010 at 1:29 pm

      Totally!! And hard to tell if that is purposeful — I couldn’t decide.

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      • ScentScelf says:
        15 March 2010 at 1:41 pm

        I am, apparently, and “after the jump” pronunciator. As in, I don’t say “Kah-noo-aeiy,” but like something I might paddle around a lake in.

        I noticed the kid stuff, too; my vote is purposeful.

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        • Robin says:
          15 March 2010 at 2:07 pm

          I go with the after the jump pronunciation too, but gosh, the first one is WAY funnier.

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          • ScentScelf says:
            15 March 2010 at 3:19 pm

            Isn’t it though? Now I dream of going to France, and enquiring about the possibility of renting a kah-noo-ay. 😉

          • Julia says:
            15 March 2010 at 7:27 pm

            What struck me was, “from Fraawnce.” Like something I heard Robert (Ro-Bair) from Days of Our Lives say about a hundred and two years ago.

  2. Joe says:
    15 March 2010 at 1:43 pm

    Funny, I watched the first one and thought: “Didn’t they pronounce this like the English word ‘canoe’ in the ads and not ‘can-oh-ay’?”

    Then I watched the second one and totally remember girls in junior high making fun of and mimicking the ad: “C – Come on over… A – ALONE!…” HA!

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    • Robin says:
      15 March 2010 at 2:09 pm

      I never heard the first pronunciation before either. It’s great fun though.

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  3. zara says:
    15 March 2010 at 3:11 pm

    Gosh, when I was younger, I totally loved Dana Canoe, now I’m embarassed 😀

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    • Robin says:
      15 March 2010 at 5:46 pm

      Gosh, why? (honestly I can’t remember what it smelled like, but these commercials are awesome)

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  4. Robin R. says:
    15 March 2010 at 4:14 pm

    Another Canoe-inspired commercial from YouTube. This will really float his boat 😉

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxiQGOvlowc&feature=related

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    • Robin says:
      15 March 2010 at 5:47 pm

      I watched several of those!! Very fun.

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    • Joe says:
      15 March 2010 at 7:00 pm

      That’s hilarious.

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  5. Bela says:
    16 March 2010 at 7:44 am

    Cute ads!

    I have *always* heard Canoe pronounced ‘kah-noh-eh’ (a bit more ‘acute’ than ‘eh’, of course). My mother used to wear it. That’s how it’s pronounced in France. I had always assumed the name was in fact ‘Canoë’ (that’s how the word is spelt in French), but the umlaut didn’t appear because capitals weren’t accented (in the old days – now they mostly are).

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    • Robin says:
      16 March 2010 at 11:42 am

      Aren’t they cute?

      In the US, it’s Ka-new. Like the boat 😉

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  6. milkwood says:
    16 March 2010 at 8:59 am

    funny, i remember canoe from Lector’s description in Silence of the lambs…well that was way before i bought perfume!

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    • Robin says:
      16 March 2010 at 11:42 am

      🙂

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