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April 06, 2012 | By: Nate Kneezel

The First Inside Joke TV Ads Ever

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“Six Is A Serious Number”

Six is a serious number

Six is the fingers on your hand plus your thumber

There’s a lot of numbers it’s true

Like 8, 39 and 22

But six (seis) is a serious number

If you’ve ever been number curious

This number six stuff is serious

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On the Run at Mobil created the hard-to-forget hip-hop jingle Six Is A Serious Number three years ago for their new summer promotion which featured twenty-ounce fountain drinks for twenty-five cents the day after the Cardinals scored six runs.

Over the next two years they took a page out of Madonna’s book (no, not that book) and reinvented themselves by creating two new versions of the song. 

In 2010, Six Is A Serious Number threw on some stirrups and done went country. And in 2011, Six Is A Serious Number got back to its hip-hop roots.

But here’s the catch. The commercials only ran during Cardinals baseball games. So Six Is A Serious Number’s audience was limited entire...

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April 04, 2012 | By: Jake Edinger

Cue the Jumbotron

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If you think about it, there’s no better time to advertise for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Let’s see. They won the World Series in 2011—in exceptionally dramatic fashion. Then, they lost the two most prominent faces of the organization, Tony LaRussa and that Pujols guy.

Next, during an offseason full of front-page headlines, they brought in a heavy-hitting outfielder, re-signed the game’s best catcher and brought back Adam Wainwright.

So, yeah, if you think about it, the Cardinals are a pretty hot brand in a pretty exciting category with a lot of interest swirling around them.

And if you stop thinking like a marketing person for just a second, you realize it’s freaking amazing to be associated with this team.

That’s the position we find ourselves in. We’re a part of an incredible story. Better yet, we get the chance to help continue that story.

As fans, working on the new campaign was a dream come true. As creative people, it was a to...

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