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3 years, 3 months ago

Who is David Abernathy?

I just saw him in a Super Bowl ad.
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philipy | 3 years, 3 months ago
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I'd assume he is a fictional character made up for the ad.

Since the ad says that at age 20 he applied to Princeton... to be the Dean. And later performed heart surgery... with a ballpoint pen. Among other things. :)

I guess the idea of the ad is to say: "It's normal and ok to be nervous about buying a car, however amazing you are at other things".

http://tvadsview.com/david-abernathy-in-carscom-commercial-super-bowl-2009/

http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2009/carscom-david-abernathy-in-lifetime-of-confidence/

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philipy | 3 years, 3 months ago Report

Btw, there's a real life person called Ralph David Abernathy.

He was a black civil rights leader, and friend of Martin Luther King. So definitely not the young white guy in the ad!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Abernathy
http://tech.spreadit.org/david-abernathycarscom-david-abernathy/

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fishinmyheart | 2 years, 9 months ago Report

Phillpy is so wrong... "Ralph" didn't do anything that the ad says.

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tonty | 3 years, 3 months ago
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David Abernathy is a fictitious character, complete with Facebook celebrity profile, is an ordinary guy with extraordinary confidence introduced by Cars.com in its Super Bowl 2009 television commercial.

The message is that david is born confident but when it comes to buying a car he’s like the rest of us, and you would visit cars.com

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darcy logan | 3 years, 3 months ago
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philipy | 3 years, 3 months ago Report

A Facebook celebrity page where his posts suggest that he's an arrogant jerk that you would want to avoid... :)

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hajar_as20 | 3 years, 3 months ago
David Abernathy was literally born confident. He dove headlong into
every challenge and opportunity life presented him, with great success.
Whether it was successfully negotiating a later bedtime at three years
old, or performing open-heart surgery, in a crowded opera house, with a
ballpoint pen. Despite all his confidence he always uses Cars.com when
buying a new car. The ad closes with Cars.com’s tagline, “Confidence
Comes Standard.”

http://www.top-buzz.net/2009/02/david-abernathy-super-bowl-xliii-ads-carscom-david-abernathy/

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