Sounds TV Commercial

Field-of-Dreams · Dec 19, 2012

Did anyone see the Samsung (?) commerical with all the animals barking/meowing/squeaking/whatever in it?

Is it my imagination (he goes by so fast!) or is the piggy that wheeks a CHINCHILLA??

mufasa · Dec 19, 2012

It's definitely not a guinea pig, that's for sure! When it came on last night, we went back several times with our Tivo and even did a still trying to figure it out. Thought it looked sort of like a bunny, but not quite, so Chin sounds good to me. It annoys me that they dubbed in the cute wheeks, yet didn't use a real piggy.

emsillly · Dec 19, 2012

ya i was like hey thats not a piggy- they needed more piggies in the commercial and less cats and dogs

Lord_aperture · Dec 19, 2012

I saw that with my brother and immediately laughed, when he asked why I pointed out that its not a guinea pig at all, it defiantly a chinchilla that they dubbed with guinea noises.

Good job Samsung.

mufasa · Dec 19, 2012

Commercials, movies, and the like aren't very good at being authentic with their animals noises. As a horse owner, it drives me nuts that they feel the need to dub in whinny sounds almost every time a horse is on screen. Horses are relatively quiet animals and certain don't whinny every time you see them.

Lord_aperture · Dec 19, 2012

mufasa said:
Commercials, movies, and the like aren't very good at being authentic with their animals noises. As a horse owner, it drives me nuts that they feel the need to dub in whinny sounds almost every time a horse is on screen. Horses are relatively quiet animals and certain don't whinny every time you see them.

I know right?
Same thing with rats and mice, every time you see one on screen they are dubbed with cutesy squeaking noises. When in reality they are normally very quite animals and generally only squeak when in there is a dominance tiff or are in distress or pain.

mufasa · Dec 19, 2012

Lord_aperture said:
I know right?
Same thing with rats and mice, every time you see one on screen they are dubbed with cutesy squeaking noises. When in reality they are normally very quite animals and generally only squeak when in there is a dominance tiff or are in distress or pain.

Yep, they even did that with the rat in that same Samsung commercial. Whoever made it must not know much about anything beyond cats and dogs, although it's nice to see little critters included, too (albeit totally misrepresented).

MrWhistles · Dec 19, 2012

It's just a TV commercial for their phones. They're promoting THEIR product. Not guinea pigs. So why does it matter wither or not they got the sounds right?

mufasa · Dec 19, 2012

It doesn't matter in the cosmic scheme of things, but it's sloppy. Seriously, they couldn't figure out what sound goes with what animal? Even a toddler with a See-And-Say can do that.

Inle_Rabbit · Dec 19, 2012

Well, I feel if Samsung can't even figure out what a guinea pig says then they probably can't make very good phones. /sarcasm

MrWhistles · Dec 19, 2012

I beg to differ that @Inle_Rabbit. Yes it's sarcasm, but if you're going to compare their commercial to their phones, you might as well have some knowledge on their phones.

As I said before, they're representing their products. The matching of animal noises has nothing to do with their products. If you're so angry and annoyed by it, instead of complaining and bashing the company about it, you can go contact them.

Lord_aperture · Dec 19, 2012

MrWhistles said:
I beg to differ that @Inle_Rabbit . Yes it's sarcasm, but if you're going to compare their commercial to their phones, you might as well have some knowledge on their phones.

As I said before, they're representing their products. The matching of animal noises has nothing to do with their products. If you're so angry and annoyed by it, instead of complaining and bashing the company about it, you can go contact them.

Nobody's bashing samsung, just having a laugh how they failed at getting animals noises right and the animal they got wrong happened to be a guinea pig, which is what this forum is about. I mean wasn't even offended by I just found it funny.

Aleks · Dec 19, 2012

I've been trying to find this commercial for like 10 minutes now and i can't. Anyone have a link to it?

Aleks · Dec 19, 2012

Just kidding, found it. Derp.

mufasa · Dec 19, 2012

Well, I for one marched right down to the mobile phone store and returned my Samsung this morning. (Yes, more sarcasm, I actually do own a Samsung and love everything but its abysmal battery life. I've never checked the settings to see if it came with a Chinchilla ring tone; gonna look now because a wheeking phone would be cute.)

Field-of-Dreams · Dec 19, 2012

MrWhistles said:
It's just a TV commercial for their phones. They're promoting THEIR product. Not guinea pigs. So why does it matter wither or not they got the sounds right?

Um, because it's WRONG???

That's what one of the problems nowadays. When things are done, even if they are not correct, well, that's OK, that's "good enough". No child left behind? Oh, he tried, so that's good enough.

Well, it's not.

mufasa · Dec 19, 2012

Field-of-Dreams said:
That's what one of the problems nowadays. When things are done, even if they are not correct, well, that's OK, that's "good enough". No child left behind? Oh, he tried, so that's good enough.

@Field-of-Dreams, have you ever read the short story "Harrison Bergerson" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.? If not, you MUST. It has to be the story, not the movie. It's very short and you can find it online.

Kritastrophe · Dec 19, 2012

I just watched it. That's hilarious, and I totally agree @mufasa. I have a Samsung Galaxy SIII phone and I'd totally love to have a wheeking ringtone. Anyone asks about it I'll say "didn't you see the samsung commercial?!?! it's a chinchilla..." Too funny.

MissJean · Dec 19, 2012

I can't find it because I fail at the internet and don't own a TV. Sadness.

Field-of-Dreams · Dec 19, 2012

mufasa said:
@Field-of-Dreams , have you ever read the short story "Harrison Bergerson" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.? If not, you MUST. It has to be the story, not the movie. It's very short and you can find it online.

I couldn't access it here at work (stupid blockers) but did get the synapsis on Wikipedia.

Yup, I see us heading that way!! Just WOW.

I'd totally love to have a wheeking ringtone.

Oh, man, that would be AWESOME! Unless, of course.... it rang at work!

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