Chief Zee "IN" at Eastern Motors!

[RememberOsaka]

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/b...e-new-victims/

Big news from today’s taping of the next generation of Eastern Motors Commercials, at least for those who don’t mind the misuse of “big” and “news”:

Out: Sean Taylor, Carlos Rogers, Brendan Haywood
In: Chief Zee

The new spots, which will feature Skins Jason Campbell, Antwaan Randle El, Santana Moss, and fresh Raven Willis McGahee lip-synching the used car chain’s fabulous jingle and mingling with a $400,000 Lamborghini and equally costly Rolls-Royce, were filmed at a desolate former Hyattsville outlet of the Easterns Automotive Group chain. (For the confused: the car company’s corporate name is Easterns; the dealerships are called Eastern.)

Easterns says Clinton Portis, who took over for LaVar Arrington as the lead lip-syncher last season, is still part of the commercial family, but was out of town and unavailable for the shoot. Anybody suggesting that Portis’s no-show was linked to his fear of being dogged about the Michael Vick situation would surely be barking up the wrong tree.

Chief Zee, the durable Skins mascot best known for the beatdown he took from Philly fans during a Monday Night Football game at Veterans Stadium, was brought in instead of another active Redskin after Easterns was told by the marketing arm of the NFL Players Association that it had could not have more than five NFL players under contract without paying a $250,000 licensing fee.

Moss and Randle El danced around while the theme song played as if it was their favorite track. But the Chief, wearing his standard red-velvet-looking ensemble topped off by a feathered headdress that’s gotta come damn close to violating hate-crime statutes, needed cue cards to get through the “Your job’s your credit!” portions of the taping.

[InsaneBoost]

Good to see, finally someone uses him in something.

[skinsfan07]

Awesome!!!!!!!!

Campbell, Moss, Randle-El, and Willis, along with Zee. The new one's are gonna be cool. I;ve always like their commercials though.

[CaptainJames2004]

Anything can get you on tv these days haha. High five Chief!

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

I hope Brenda is out of DC period, not just Eastern Motors.

[21Knock_U_Out]

Originally Posted by RememberOsaka

-chief-zee-in-action/2882"]Chief Zee[/url], the durable Skins mascot best known for the beatdown he took from Philly fans during a Monday Night Football game at Veterans Stadium

Best known for?I never knew that!

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

Originally Posted by 21Knock_U_Out

Best known for?I never knew that!

Yeah I believe they broke both his legs. That what I've always heard since I was a kid (normally followed by a description of how dirty the city of Philadelphia is.)

[ChampSkinsFanatic]

Why is Sean Taylor out?

[InsaneBoost]

Originally Posted by ChampSkinsFanatic

Why is Sean Taylor out?

Because last go around was defense, it appears to be offense this time.

Just guessing though, not sure.

[skinsfan44]

Congrats to Chief Zee.

One hell of a nice guy and I'm glad he got this gig.

"But the Chief, wearing his standard red-velvet-looking ensemble topped off by a feathered headdress that’s gotta come damn close to violating hate-crime statutes"

Violating hate-crime statutes???

WTF!?!?

[RememberOsaka]

Originally Posted by 21Knock_U_Out

Best known for?I never knew that!

It wasn't a Monday Night Football game. But the rest is true.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/columns/top10/mascots.html

CHIEF ZEE
Perhaps the worst mascot beating in sports history, Chief Zee was an unofficial Washington Redskins mascot who earned the wrath of Philadelphia Eagles fans by showing up at a Veterans Stadium game in 1983. Eagles "fans" smashed his eye, broke his leg and stripped him to his underwear. "They treated me like chopped meat," he said later.
Inside info: Invited back to Philadelphia the next year by Eagles brass as an apology, Chief Zee had yet another fan run-in. In his own words, "this senior-citizen lady comes up to me and says, ‘You've got a lot of nerve coming up here! We mugged the guy who dressed like that last year!' And then she threw her drink in my face. I can still smell that drink.

[Dan T.]

I hope the Chief got a big payday. Maybe some wheels too.

[rumpshakers]

I cant wait...I guess I didnt get called this time for the jingle darn it...

[Cooley4President]

Originally Posted by RememberOsaka

It wasn't a Monday Night Football game. But the rest is true.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/columns/top10/mascots.html

CHIEF ZEE
Perhaps the worst mascot beating in sports history, Chief Zee was an unofficial Washington Redskins mascot who earned the wrath of Philadelphia Eagles fans by showing up at a Veterans Stadium game in 1983. Eagles "fans" smashed his eye, broke his leg and stripped him to his underwear. "They treated me like chopped meat," he said later.
Inside info: Invited back to Philadelphia the next year by Eagles brass as an apology, Chief Zee had yet another fan run-in. In his own words, "this senior-citizen lady comes up to me and says, ‘You've got a lot of nerve coming up here! We mugged the guy who dressed like that last year!' And then she threw her drink in my face. I can still smell that drink.

Wow, just wow. I'd never heard that, but I can't say I'm surprised that Philly's finest acted that way.

Anyway, good for Zee!

[RedDevil]

Originally Posted by rumpshakers

I cant wait...I guess I didnt get called this time for the jingle darn it...

You did the jingle?