D&D on TV commercial!

zoroaster100

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I was just watching an old Star Trek episode on the Sci-Fi channel while eating breakfast when a commercial came on about an unlikely romance of "brain and beauty" adversiting a new General Electric appliance that is supposed to be smart and nice-looking. In it a supermodel literally bumps into a professor of nanotechnology at the laundry mat and they meet and fall in love and get married. They flash through funny scenes of their romance which highlight that the professor is a "geek" by showing them walking along the beach where the professor is wearing a geeky looking hood and full clothes and runs away from a wave to avoid getting wet. They also show a scene where the two of them are on a dinner date and the professor gives the supermodel a present which she unwraps to reveal: the Dungeons and Dragons third edition Player's Handbook! I have to admit I was a little excited to see D&D on TV, since it usually is invisible in mainstream culture. Also, even though it was implied to be kind of geeky, it was put forth in a positive light in the sense that it is associated with "brains" and they professor of nanotechnology that ends up marrying a supermodel in a marriage of "brains and beauty."
 

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It's been brought up here, oh, just a few times already ;)

My wife rolled her eyes at the mere suggestion that it might be a good gift for a special occasion.
 

oh, I just met a supermodel. Are you saying if I buy her a Player's handbook (even if it is 3.5) she wont melt in my arms?

I am getting my PhD in physics so I guess that is as good as a professor of nanotech as far as being a geek
 

Evidently I've been selctively overlooking the previous threads which mentioned this particular commercial, so it's not old news to me. Thanks for sharing -- sounds like a great TV spot that I'd like to see for myself. Too bad I can't just go to adcritic.com anymore and download the silly thing!

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In my world, the lovely Mrs. Quickbeam bestows such gifts upon me -- she gets flowers, jewelry and the like. For my birthday a few weeks ago, she purchased a set of Dragon Bone dice, a new gaming mat, and KAMB3E as parts of my gift.
 
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bolen said:
oh, I just met a supermodel. Are you saying if I buy her a Player's handbook (even if it is 3.5) she wont melt in my arms?

I am getting my PhD in physics so I guess that is as good as a professor of nanotech as far as being a geek

No way! Ed Witten is the coolest, man!
 


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