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Caption Hunt - CAPTION CALL: NatGeo’s “42 Ways to Kill Hitler!”

July 5th, 2009 by Mike2GuysTalking

It’s not every weekend you and literally listen to the “42 Days to Kill Hitler” but The National Geographic Channel this weekend offered up just that!  Read along as we once again dialog the advertisements during an outstanding and closed captioned show on television and provide you with the best details that continue to make up the best and only true Deaf and Hard of Hearing Buyer’s Guide on television!

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– Shell Gasoline has its closed captioned game on and WE THANK YOU! Gotta’ get gas? Get to Shell now! http://www.shell.com

– On the July 4th weekend, we salute The ARMY, as they deliver a great and touching parent-based ad - Thank you ARMY! http://www.goarmy.com

– It’s almost the anniversary of the Moon Landing - Omega Watches has a new watch but the ad isn’t captioned. What happened, Omega?

– Walmart is opening SUPER centers everywhere, but the closed captioning of their money transfer centers isn’t so super.

– Inside Death Row - on NatGeo itself looks like it’d be a great program, but the ad with the details isn’t closed captioned. What happened?

– HOOKED, on National Geographic Channel? Not yet, especially if you’re Deaf/Hard of Hearing - No CLOSED CAPTIONS on their ads. :(

– The Devil’s Bible? That looks very interesting! But where are the closed captions on the ad for it? It’s the Devils Doing!

– Verizon Wireless offers up yet another great and closed captioned advertisement. Thanks Verizon! http://www.verizon.com

– US Priority Mail offers a stellar and closed captioned ad, confirming that you should be using the US Postal service http://www.usps.com/

– England had sniper plans to kill Hitler? Very Interesting! Don’t miss the closed captioned goodness at NatGeo! http://tr.im/qZ6c

– The “Magic Jack” isn’t so magic - their ads aren’t closed captioned, hence losing out on the money in the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Community

– We’re still amazed that Rosetta Stone, a language tutorial software ads STILL aren’t closed captioned. What happened, Rosetta Stone?

– Interested in EXTREME FISHING? We are too, but NatGeo’s HOOKED ads aren’t closed captoined. Reel it in, National Geographic!

– Another outstanding closed captioned VERIZON ad. Many thanks for your efforts to help the Deaf/Hard of Hearing http://www.verizon.com

– Salesian Missions, a group with a great mission, needs to offer closed captioning to their ads to get more members.

– AARP - What happened? Of all the orgs that should be closed captioning their ads, YOU SHOULD LEAD THE WAY consider your demograhic. :( FAIL

– Another Inside Death Row - great education but the ad loses all meaning for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing because it has no closed captions

– The Devil’s Bible ad here on NatGeo still has no closed captions. Another great chance to educate lost, NatGeo :(

– An ad for National Geographic itself, is devoid of closed captions. Take advantage of a great untapped market, NatGeo!

– Shell Gasoline has Deaf/Hard of Hearing interests in mind when creating their ads! Shop your gas at Shell! http://www.shell.com

– Have we mentioned the Devils Bible ad isn’t captioned? This is the third ad for it that isn’t captioned in this 42 minute show.

– Sam Adams, one of our favorite captioned ads is showcased again here. Thanks Sam Adams! http://www.samadams.com

– A new bank, Ally, offers a great commercial (toy truck to cardboard truck) but offers NOTHING in the way of closed captions. Try again, Ally

– Hyundai offers up a new commercial, boasting their $1.49/gallon gas factor - perhaps some of that money could be spent on closed captions?

– Omega Watches, that went to and succeeded with the Moon Landing, failed to put in closed captions into their ads :(

– The World’s Toughest Fixes on NatGeo offer up a huge solar field, but the ad is not powered with closed captions.

– A last “INSIDE DEATH ROW” ad is provided on NatGeo, but there are no closed captions to provide detail and information for a new series.

– The final ad in this report is yet another “HOOKED” ad, which looks outstanding, but has no details via closed captions - nage

Thanks for reading tonite’s Caption Hunt CAPTION CALL for 42 Ways to Kill Hitler!! Look for another Caption Hunt Report at 2GuysTalking.Com!

Number of Commercials/Closed Captioned Candidates: 28
Number of Commercials WITH Closed-Captioning: 8

% of Commercials Captioned in this Program: 35%

Can you imagine “hearing” 35% of whatever television show, radio show, movie or radio program and being satisfied?  We didn’t think so!

And the Caption Hunt Continues…

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