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Spyed - Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:21 am
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Was it Budweiser who first putting "whaasup" in their adverts or was it around before then?

^See

Dr Brain - Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:43 am
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Can't you leave like you said you would?

LearJett+ - Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:01 pm
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It's from Scary Movie... duh

Dr Brain - Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:42 pm
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I would assume he knew that MGB.

Spyed - Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:53 am
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I have never scary movie so that'll be why.

Muskrat - Fri Nov 04, 2005 12:03 pm
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Didn't they start that on whatever show they were doing before that movie?

Spyed - Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:30 pm
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Saying "Wasssup" isn't really cool now?

Solid_Fire - Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:48 pm
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No spyed, its wassabi now.

newb - Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:13 pm
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No, it's none of them.

Spyed - Sat Nov 05, 2005 2:58 am
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newb wrote:

No, it's none of them.

What is it then?

Mine GO BOOM - Sat Nov 05, 2005 3:51 am
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Source: Wikipedia: Whassup

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Whassup? was a catch phrase used in an Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser beer TV/radio commercial campaign in the early 2000's. The ad campaign became wildly popular all over the world, and a full blown pop culture phenomenon.

The commercials were based on a short film written & directed by Charles Stone III, that featured Philadelphia native Stone and his childhood friends Fred Thomas, Paul Williams and Scott Brooks. The short film, entitled "True", portrayed Stone and his friends sitting around talking on the phone and saying "Whassup!" to each other in a comical way. The short was the hit of many film festivals and eventually caught the attention of Vinny Warren, a creative director at the Chicago based ad agency DDB, who took the idea to August Busch IV, vice president of Anheuser-Busch, and signed Stone to direct Budweiser TV commercials based on the film. "Whassup!" went on to become one of the most award winning TV campaigns in history (winning the Cannes Lions Grand Prix award in 2000 and the Grand Clio award among others). Budweiser would later parody the ads with "yuppies" saying "What are you doing?", and New Jersey-ites saying "How ya' doin'?" The catch phrase and the commercials have been parodied worldwide, often using colloquialisms that appeal to a regional audience. For example, a parody of Yorkshire men used the phrase Ey up!, and Scotsmen used the phrase "How's about ye'?"

LearJett+ - Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:49 am
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Scary Movie came out in 2000, and that beats the 'early 2000's'. In addition, Scary Movie is the thing that made 'WHASSUUUUUP' a household item.

Spyed - Sat Nov 05, 2005 3:57 pm
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I'm sure it was budweiser..

LearJett+ - Sat Nov 05, 2005 4:53 pm
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... Have you ever even seen Scary Movie?

Spyed - Sun Nov 06, 2005 3:44 am
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LearJett+ wrote:

... Have you ever even seen Scary Movie?

No comment :P

newb - Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:04 am
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His parents wouldn't allow him. He is stupid enough as it is.

Assassin2684 - Sun Nov 06, 2005 9:20 am
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I have seen it, and no one ever said waassaup before scary movie. Once that came out everyone started to use it.

Spyed - Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:03 am
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newb wrote:

His parents wouldn't allow him. He is stupid enough as it is.

Yes it's true, my parents wouldn't let me see it!

LearJett+ - Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:06 am
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My mom didn't know how bad it was so she took me to see it when I was 12. Very awkward - especially the part when the guy shoots the girl to the ceiling with jizz.

i88gerbils - Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:12 am
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Super Bowl Commercials trump movies. In any case there were probably people slurring "what's up" way before then, but nobody really paid attention to them except for Marketing wonks.

Quan Chi2 - Sun Nov 06, 2005 1:05 pm
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WTF I thought spyed left!

Die Hard - Sun Nov 06, 2005 1:29 pm
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Quan Chi2 wrote:

WTF I thought spyed left!

ditto

D1st0rt - Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:32 am
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Scary movie said whaassup BECAUSE of the Budweiser commercials, it was institutional before the movie.