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[quote author=Yvonne link=topic=12914.msg130404#msg130404 date=1443140064]
[quote author=ferrari link=topic=12914.msg130380#msg130380 date=1443133568]

I don't want to see it live.  I did see it briefly on TV and frankly assumed it was some student messing around not the "real" tree.  Is Good Grief the person I see more and more on the Chik- commercials?  If so, can we have a professional Tree?  No way.

We were in a hotel room in Colorado and I saw the commercial "for real." I started yelling, "Hey, I know that guy!" I think the boyfriend thought I was nuts.
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Ha, thanks folks. Yes Ferrari, that is me, and thanks Yvonne for getting excited to see me. It's funny because I've been blessed to be on a fair number of commercials, but I have to say that I get more excited for that commercial than any other one that I've done.

I've never had too much interest in actually being Tree (although I was quite fond of the version that was a classic Redwood with boxing gloves). The trees have always been pretty limited in what they could do physically, so being Tree had less appeal to me than cheerleading which is what I did at Stanford. Of course, now that I'm older and am losing a little bit of that athleticism, less mobile mascots are looking a little more appealing...
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Not to mention the crazy competition you have to win to earn the position of Tree.  Skydiving, taking a bullet, and drawing blood have all been mentioned to me as stunts which prospective Trees carried out to win the nomination.

Also, a Groot Tree would be amazing though less visually appealing...

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[quote author=Yvonne link=topic=12914.msg130404#msg130404 date=1443140064]
[quote author=ferrari link=topic=12914.msg130380#msg130380 date=1443133568]

I don't want to see it live.  I did see it briefly on TV and frankly assumed it was some student messing around not the "real" tree.  Is Good Grief the person I see more and more on the Chik- commercials?  If so, can we have a professional Tree?  No way.

We were in a hotel room in Colorado and I saw the commercial "for real." I started yelling, "Hey, I know that guy!" I think the boyfriend thought I was nuts.
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Ha, thanks folks. Yes Ferrari, that is me, and thanks Yvonne for getting excited to see me. It's funny because I've been blessed to be on a fair number of commercials, but I have to say that I get more excited for that commercial than any other one that I've done.

I've never had too much interest in actually being Tree (although I was quite fond of the version that was a classic Redwood with boxing gloves). The trees have always been pretty limited in what they could do physically, so being Tree had less appeal to me than cheerleading which is what I did at Stanford. Of course, now that I'm older and am losing a little bit of that athleticism, less mobile mascots are looking a little more appealing...
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Not to mention the crazy competition you have to win to earn the position of Tree.  Skydiving, taking a bullet, and drawing blood have all been mentioned to me as stunts which prospective Trees carried out to win the nomination.

Also, a Groot Tree would be amazing though less visually appealing...