There's a rugby game going on. The announcer makes a point about them having no pants, no helmets and no million dollar salaries. They toss the ball to "rock and roll hall of famer" Gladys Knight. The point they make is that MBNA and Gladys have both had a lot of hits and MBNA has the world's largest selection of affinity credit cards. Huh?
MBNA Super Bowl commercial (rugby and Gladys Knight)
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(Page 1)2. The gag is...
Whether you like Rugby or Gladys (or anything in between), you can get a card proclaiming such from MBNA.
As Capitalone would say... "What's in your wallet?"
Posted at 4:22PM on Jun 16th 2005 by anonymous
3. I'm still totally befuddled by this one - why is Gladys Knight at a rugby game? And how did MBNA's ad firm even come up with this?
Posted at 10:49AM on Jul 13th 2005 by Brian Rose
4. And top rugby players DO have million dollar salaries, or close enough to it. But, you know, 100,000 is more like the average.
Posted at 4:22PM on Jun 16th 2005 by rugby player
5. The referee in the MBNA Gladys Knight commercial plays rugby for the OMBAC club in San Diego.
Posted at 6:03PM on Oct 31st 2005 by CDUNN
1. You mean somebody at MBNA paid a professional for this?
Posted at 4:22PM on Jun 16th 2005 by Jim