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TNT’s New Rainn Wilson NBA Ads Are A Sliiiiight Exact Rip-Off Of MTV’s Jimmy The Cab Driver Ads
bestweekever.tv - 10/22/2009
TNT’s New Rainn Wilson NBA Ads Are A Sliiiiight Exact Rip-Off Of MTV’s Jimmy The Cab Driver Ads
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TNT just launched a new ad campaign for the NBA featuring Rainn Wilson as a goofy-looking Wisconsin-accented cabbie driving around various NBA stars and bothering them with his aggressively awkward banter. We all love Rainn Wilson, and the commercials are actually pretty funny, but I ...
**Exclusive** Donal Logue Responds To The Rainn Wilson Controversy
crazydaysandnights.net - 28 days ago
**Exclusive** Donal Logue Responds To The Rainn Wilson Controversy
— crazydaysandnights.net — On Friday I posted an item about how Donal Logue had made a comment on his Facebook... regarding the fact that Rainn Wilson had appropriated Donal's famous Jimmy The Cab Driver bit from MTV. Not only did Donal comment on the post, but over the weekend ... **Exclusive** Donal Logue Responds To The Rainn Wilson ...

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The Chum Bucket: Amy Winehouse's Awkward Compliment + More
Spinner — Filed under: The Chum Bucket And the award for Weirdest Parental Compliment Ever goes to Amy Winehouse's father. Congratulations! [Celebitchy] Remember MTV's 'Jimmy the Cab Driver' ads? Rainn Wilson does. [Best Week Ever] 'Run-DMC: The Musical'? It just might happen. [Consequence of Sound] Looks like some CMJ attendees are interested in more than just music. [Free Williamsburg] That new Rihanna album cover looks awfully familiar ... [Idolator]

Link Time! Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst Cast in Upside Down
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Does Rainn Wilson's latest character look familiar?
Pop Candy: Top Stories & Community Feed — ... haven't been tracking this Rainn Wilson / Donal Logue situation. The honest truth is I had no idea there was a situation until you pointed it out; aside from the occasional Boreanaz indulgence with Angel and Bones reruns, I barely watch TNT. Some background: A few weeks ago, Wilson started popping up on TNT in an ad campaign for the NBA. He plays an annoying Wisconsin cab driver with a mustache, big glasses and a big mouth. People who watched MTV in the '90s were instantly reminded of Jimmy the Cab Driver, the character played by comedian Donal Logue . Jimmy also ...

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