CASTING 'bike messenger' for german car commercial
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kurtz at 11.17.08 - 10:59 am
hey guys. i am working on a spot that shoots this weekend (11.22/23). we are looking for a male caucasian bike messenger for a scene that will probably shoot on saturday.
the rate is $275.
it is non-union.
it will not run in the US.
the car is suzuki.
please send a decent photo of yourself and your bicycle to polaho@hotmail.com
thanks!
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I am only half-caucasian, so i'll do it for $137.50.
SKIDMARCUS11.17.08 - 11:06 am
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eye noe diz marcusaurelius
u iz 100% crazeee
Knittens11.17.08 - 11:07 am
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u so crazee
i fink i wanna can haz ur baby kitteh
- salts and pepperz
Knittens11.17.08 - 11:08 am
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Top Notch Fakenger right here, and BTW, Mercedes Benz paid Jack at O20 $900 for the same exact thing
tallcans4tallbikes11.17.08 - 11:09 am
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the client is not MB. and, i don't know what jack at O20 did for $900. this is more of a featured extra role. it's a car spot.
kurtz11.17.08 - 11:14 am
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U iz a mity mity gud katz, but i thot U iz spayd
SKIDMARCUS11.17.08 - 11:31 am
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How 'bout I throw on some whiteface and do this not for the money, but to be the face of the LA messenger crowd????
I mean, I am a messenger, sort of.
bentstrider11.17.08 - 11:33 am
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i'm caucasian minus the cauc.
does that work?
ijunes11.17.08 - 11:36 am
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Where's White Walls? he should be on this thread...
MOM_RIDAZ42011.17.08 - 11:43 am
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haha, ijunes got no cauc!
get together with roadblock, he's got no bawlz
spiraldemon11.17.08 - 11:44 am
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You're dead.
PC11.17.08 - 12:28 pm
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I sent them my stat sheitz.
Cash for me = beer for others!!!
Goods are not goods, unless they are shared!!!!!
parlorbikes11.17.08 - 12:29 pm
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I want TC4TB to follow this car on a skip stop the whole way!!!!
I will use my SUBY.
Only the bike stops and kick the guy off the segway!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs-jAImScms
parlorbikes11.17.08 - 12:33 pm
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PARLOR BIKES, you have no chance of beating me out for this, wheras you may be a fit racer, I am a beer swilling and smoking hipster on a fixie, a perfect recipe for faking the noble occupation of Messenger. And I don't care about selling out. PROOF is in this photo!!
tallcans4tallbikes11.17.08 - 1:13 pm
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Who plays polo on a dual suspension mountain bike.
What a d-bagger.
parlorbikes11.17.08 - 1:15 pm
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Your like 10 feet tall. What size?
Does this mean you got the gig?
parlorbikes11.17.08 - 1:19 pm
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nah man I don't ride fixed gear bikes so I need to quickly photo myself with one for this gig. talk about ultimate fakenger!!
Roadblock11.17.08 - 1:20 pm
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@ Roadblock: I'm the only one tall enough . I dont care how much money you have. I want my grill up in the header.
@Parlor Bikes, that Yeti in the picture is the nicest bike you will EVER see at Polo, playing or spectating.
tallcans4tallbikes11.17.08 - 1:21 pm
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so you will loan me your fixed gear if I post your grill in there huh?
Roadblock11.17.08 - 1:24 pm
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It's a CAR commercial, they probably don't even know that messengers don't use derailers.
wiz_vanmeter11.17.08 - 1:25 pm
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RB, I love the FAKENGER.
TC Do you think you can skid?/ stop following that SUBY in the vid?
I did roll pretty blingalicious last night. GOLD THOMPSON BICHEZ...
Seriously though....How could you let TOyota put a Dual-SUS MTB in the ad. Did they not ask you to retouch it? You could have put yourself in there 2wice. No beard in this one either, you look like your 12.
parlorbikes11.17.08 - 1:27 pm
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actually I'm guessing they don't know that a lot of real actual messengers use roadbikes and are instead looking for the stereotypical messenger fixed gear look lol.
Roadblock11.17.08 - 1:27 pm
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I have 7 sweet bikes, an extra fixed ain't a thing. PIXELS FIRST, COGS SECOND
tallcans4tallbikes11.17.08 - 1:28 pm
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who said all messengers are fixed gear riders. i wouldnt want to ride my fixed gear if i were a messenger. roadbikes are fast and time is money.
larsenf11.17.08 - 1:29 pm
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If I get the gig. I will put one big giant solo picture of your face in there. bikes first mug second!
Roadblock11.17.08 - 1:29 pm
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and while we sit here arguing about all this, Dingo already swooped.
Roadblock11.17.08 - 1:30 pm
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Thats my polo bike.
I have a smaller cog for YETIMAN and the NOHO sprints.
parlorbikes11.17.08 - 1:31 pm
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faster and more maneuverable***
I love the backwards fork in that picture, as if the chainring isnt ridiculous enough
larsenf11.17.08 - 1:31 pm
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hahhahaaa I remember at the BMX races these little kids on mini bikes would be running chain rings like that!!! not THAT big of course..but some I remember were half the size of the actual kid riding the bike.
la duderina11.17.08 - 1:34 pm
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You must turn your fork around at Lucridus speed.
DUH!!!
parlorbikes11.17.08 - 1:36 pm
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OH HAI
dey gave it 2 eye alredy
u haz a lose.
kthxbai
Knittens11.17.08 - 1:36 pm
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fuck i have to have that gear that thing is sick
NoHo sprints here i come
Yetiman11.17.08 - 4:02 pm
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i just have this scene in my head of someone on that bike getting their shorts caught in that chainring. ouch.
larsenf11.17.08 - 4:08 pm
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you could almost get your pubes stuck in that thing.
la duderina11.17.08 - 4:18 pm
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why do you have to cast a caucasian? wtf? i was a messenger and can still look the part. why is a caucasian the best representation. oh yeah, german commercial. THAT EXPLAINS IT.
Eddie GOpez11.18.08 - 12:44 am
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WAS? Shit i still do freelance runs by bike. im still DTLA worthy. im still a messenger.
Eddie GOpez11.18.08 - 12:52 am
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now i need to be a bike messenger. darn.
aksendz11.18.08 - 12:55 am
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All the bike messengers I saw in Copenhagen were caucasians. It's obviously some kind of conspiracy.
ephemerae11.18.08 - 8:13 pm
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director chose his top 3. they will be hearing from casting director tomorrow or thursday. thanks for all your submissions.
cheers!
kurtz11.18.08 - 10:31 pm
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This is like American Hipster.
What will Paula say about me?????
BUM bUM BUM.....weeeeeoooooow.
I am trying to repeat the American Idol them song?
parlorbikes11.19.08 - 8:13 am
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