Comments on: Flea Market Montgomery

By: Angie S

Angie S — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:09:32 +0000

So funny about this commercial. I used to work right across the street from this place!! It was soo funny to see this in the show! It’s actually an old commercial but it’s found fame all these years later.

MaddieMangnus…yes..it is a real commercial for a real place. Sad yes, but true hahaha! It’s still hilarious!

By: anna

anna — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:49:06 +0000

I’m from Alabama and my friend actually met this guy, then had him call my cell phone (I didn’t answer) and sing the song into my voice mail! It was a magical voice mail that I still have saved.

By: Sydney

Sydney — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:27:20 +0000

I eat lunch at a Chinese buffet in front of this guy’s flea market in Montgomery once every couple of weeks or so. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen him eating there a couple of times.

By: Sandryne

Sandryne — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:31:50 +0000

Dude, I’m sure that I actually saw this commercial on TV. My father and I were crying in laughter.

By: MaddieMagnus

MaddieMagnus — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:59:22 +0000

I…cannot believe this is real :D
it’s hilaaarious. and I’m just watching, thinking…
“this can’t be real. is this real? no. it’s not. Oh sweet Jesus, is it?”
my thought pattern, how astonishing.

By: BPOnTheAir

BPOnTheAir — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:23:37 +0000

We’ve known about ol’ Sammy and Flea Market Montgomery for a while. He’s about an hour southwest of here. He also did an Atlanta Braves promotion video to the same tune. He’s awesome!

By: rspad

rspad — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:04:01 +0000

Ellen DeGeneres occasionally spotlights funny commercials or web videos on her show. A while back, she showed this commercial and then later had the rapping flea market owner on as a guest. I had finally gotten the song out of my head and now it’s back! Too funny.

By: Spiderface

Spiderface — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:57:45 +0000

This is the greatest commercial ever made.

By: ThirstySchruteBaby

ThirstySchruteBaby — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:31:20 +0000

This song is gonna be stuck in my head all weekend…thanks tanster :)

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:11:38 +0000

I couldn’t believe it when the song first came on. I used to watch that video all the time, it always cracked me up. I had forgotten about it though, until now.

By: liz

liz — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:32:25 +0000

that’s freakin hilarious

By: Aimee

Aimee — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:29:27 +0000

lol, how do people find these things?

My mom was funny last night. She doesn’t really watch the office but when they showed Ryan watching that she goes “does he ever do any work?!” haha

By: Mason

Mason — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:24:03 +0000

Wow, that was hilarious!!! So appropriate for last night’s episode.

By: j_letrom

j_letrom — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:13:54 +0000

So happy that Ryan was watching this. I also loved the Maury clip on the TV in Dream Team. Makes it feel more like a documentary – recognizable cultural detritus in the background.

I’ve been thinking about the documentary style “The Office” shoots in and how it’s transitioned into more of a scripted sitcom style – specifically, I was watching the parking-lot scene in “The Duel”. Dwight looks into a camera that’s obviously three feet in front of him, and it cuts to the rest of the office watching from the conference room window – just Dwight, no camera. Given that there were multiple conspicuous references to the presence of cameras and a documentary crew in the “Parks and Recreation” premiere (“Did you get a grant to do this?” was a great line) I’m wondering whether they might start moving back towards that traditional documentary style.

Personally, I really want the documentary to be released on the show because the Christmas Special in the British version was hilarious and astonishing and I’d like to see how Michael Scott would handle that peculiar brand of infamy.