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Terry Tate: Office Linebacker was a series of short comedy television commercials created by Rawson Marshall Thurber, for Reebok, based on a short film pilot he created in 2000; Tate was first shown at Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003. The short films feature Lester Speight as "Terrible" Terry Tate, an American football linebacker who "gives out the pain" to those in the office who are not obeying office policies. Originally, Reebok produced 6 episodes between August to December 2002 with another episode ''Terry Tate, Office Linebacker: Sensitivity Training'' being made on February 1, 2004. Even Reebok in the United Kingdom made an episode called ''Late Lunch'' on January 22, 2005. There are a total of 9 episodes. The advertising campaign was one of the most successful of those in the history of the Super Bowl halftime shows. The catchphrases include "The pain train's comin'", "You kill the joe, you make some mo'", "You can't cut the cheese wherever you please!", "'Cause when it's game time, it's pain time!", "Don't bring that weak-ass stuff up in this humpy-bumpy" and "Woo-woo!" After tackling a worker, Terry usually leaves him with a "WOOH! Bitch!!!" While the first episode of the series implies that hiring an office linebacker is a highly unorthodox practice (one described as "thinking outside the box"), future episodes depict office linebackers as a common occurrence. Though successful in attracting viewers and attention, the ads' ability to increase recognition of the Reebok brand has been questioned, with only 55% of respondents on an on-line poll indicating they realized the ad was affiliated with the company. Despite being aired only once on national television, the short was downloaded more than seven million times from Reebok's website.〔 ==Main Characters== Lester Speight as "Terrible" Terry Tate (a.k.a. The Pain Train a.k.a. Triple T) - Hired by Felcher & Sons as an office linebacker. He enjoys his job, punishing office workers who disobey office policy. Terry is also in charge of office supplies, this is why all his interviews are done in the supply storage room, his office. Michael Sean McGuinness as Ron Felcher - The CEO of Felcher & Sons. Terry's employer. According to him, ever since Terry joined the team, productivity has gone up by 46%. Jeremy Rowley as Paul Merkin - The Jr. Mail Room Engineer, and a common target of Terry's wrath. Natacha Wenger as Geneva Stoller - A sensitivity trainer, she works for Sanchez, Steamer, & Co. and is employed by Felcher & Sons to help their own staff work better together. Christopher M. Lee as Courtney Cate - Appearing in ''Draft Day'', Courtney was chosen to work alongside Terry as another office linebacker. Thomas Weaver as Gaston Du Coque - The Hotel Manager, makes an appearance in ''Vacation'' highlighting Terry Tate's impact on the employees. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Terry Tate: Office Linebacker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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