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do you have gas?

NYC area radio listeners should keep their ears peeled for a relatively new ad from a company called Intelligent Energy. they're guaranteeing rates for natural gas for 3 years, but that's not why the spot is interesting (in fact, that would be why the spot is deathly boring). my ears pricked up once they announced the phone number: 877-I'VEGOTGAS. while it got my attention, i'm not sure if it did so for the wrong reasons, at least as far as they're concered. call me juvenile - it wouldn't be the first time - but i about crashed the car laughing when i heard it and the convulsions only got more intense with the jingle at the end. in it, a disembodied caucasian female voice instructs you to call "1-877 I've......Got GAS!" in such a perky, unexpected way that it couldn't be any more perfect.

Comments

I hear these on the Fan and Air America. The first few times I was floored, stil makes me chuckle.

HWL

This might get me to listen to the radio.