Great Vengeance and Furious Anger: Samuel L. Jackson Pontiac voiceover outtake *NSFW* [w/VIDEO]
Click above to listen to Samuel L. Jackson's Pontiac Grand Prix commercial outtake after the jump
Samuel L. Jackson has been a pop culture phenomenon since long before he strode onto the set of Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction as hitman Jules Winnfield. And the smooth-talking actor has historically made for a great pitchman, too – except when he told us to watch Snakes on a Plane. General Motors' now-defunct Pontiac brand decided that Jackson would be the ideal spokesman for the 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix, so it contracted the Royale With Cheese-loving bad ass mother f%@%#r to do voiceovers for a few spots. And while the final commercials were delivered with Jackson's latter-day Billy D. Williams smooth side, let's just say that at least one just-unearthed outtake contains a bit more Jules Winnfield/Englewood Jack than would be permitted by the FCC.
Follow the jump to listen to Jackson as he goes from Pontiac pitchman to Zeus, father of Apollo, reigning down hilarious f-bomb lightning bolts from Mount Olympus. For our money, we think touting "260 supercharged powers" and going with Jackson's dramatic riff on Pontiac's then-current "Fuel for Your Soul" tagline would have sold more widetrack sedans than the final edits. We also added two of the final television spots after the jump for comparison's sake, but we understand that the audio clip actually came from a radio ad recording session. Either way, special thanks go out to reader Mike C. who tracked down the audio through his friend at an ad agency.
*WARNING: Voiceover contains (very) explicit language. Not safe for work.
[Source Image: Miramax Films]
Samuel L. Jackson's Pontiac Grand Prix commercial outtake
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Yaroukh 8:18PM (10/14/2009)
c'mon Matt, do you need this?
Josh 8:11PM (10/14/2009)
WOW....that was nsfw!
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AZZO45b 9:52PM (10/14/2009)
What am I missing...I found Jules as a hockey coach, but no profane Pontiac spots
Help??
Fred 10:29PM (10/14/2009)
@AZZO45b
Click the audio track that is above the two YouTube videos.
AZZO45b 11:57PM (10/14/2009)
Fred: Perhaps my i-Mac & Safari browser don't like AB???
I clearly see the two YouTube video links, but I have no clickable audio button or icon. WTF??? Sucks for me (UGH)!!!
TigerMil 7:49AM (10/15/2009)
Best commercial of the year that will never get an award!!!
Rich 10:52AM (10/15/2009)
Yep, it's "Autoblog can't do HTML" time...
Rich 10:56AM (10/15/2009)
The URL that Mac users are looking for that Autoblog can't put in a simple motherfathering ay-aitchref is http://stadium.weblogsinc.com/autoblog/55_Pontiac_Radio_Spot.mp3
Dumb motherfathers.
AZZO45b 11:51AM (10/15/2009)
Thanks Rich... I'll check your link out (although Google was my friend & I think I heard the audio...).
Man, you one smart Mother F**ker!!!!! :) :) :)
larry a 8:12PM (10/14/2009)
This is genius
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Yaroukh 8:18PM (10/14/2009)
oops, AB was quicker than me
John H. 8:17PM (10/14/2009)
Cluster-F-bombing!
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FireSermon 9:31PM (10/14/2009)
"Does the Pontiac Solstice look like a b____?"
AZZO45b 11:58AM (10/15/2009)
"Does the Pontiac Solstice look like a b____?"
...........
"Then why the F**K did you go buy a Saturn Sky then Brett?"
LloydChiro 8:20PM (10/14/2009)
It sounded like he had a hard time getting out the regular words in between the hackneyed F-bombs.
I understand, though. How excited can you get about a Pontiac Grand Prix?
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The Joker 8:21PM (10/14/2009)
"Fuuuueeeel for yo ASSSSSSSSSSS!!!"
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Venom 8:36PM (10/14/2009)
OMG please bring him back.
That would be just awesome.
Have him curse too, just bleep it out while it is playing.
That should rile up the FCC real good. lol
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Brian 8:43PM (10/14/2009)
The Grand Prix was such a TERRIBLE car, no wonder Pontiac is dead. I bet even their coffin has lots of plastic cladding on it, though.
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Brian 8:44PM (10/14/2009)
And the GM W-body has to be one of the worst platforms and biggest failures in automotive history, ever.
Lemon 12:10AM (10/15/2009)
Fun fact:
The Buick V6 in the GM W-bodies was one of Ward's 10 best engines...
of the century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_V6_engine