Basketball Hall-of-Famer Larry Bird starred in an Allstate commercial that aired during the 96th annual Academy Awards last night. The ad got mixed reviews on social media after its premiere.
Bird teamed up with actor Dean Winters in the insurance company’s “Mayhem” advertisement series.
Allstate made a play on words of the former three-timeNBAMVP’s name with a cat-and-mouse chase that left Bird suspended through the floor of his attic.
Larry Bird wreaks havoc in Oscars All-State ad
The 67-year-old showed he still has some life in his legs well past his playing days.
Winters, the star of the “Mayhem” commercials, played a “bird” in Larry Bird’s house that was just too elusive for the Indiana native to catch, which can beseen here per Fox News.
Larry Bird stars in ‘hilarious’ Allstate commercial during Oscarshttps://t.co/D2q4e13eKh
Bird utilized anything he could find to try and smash the famed demolisher, but ended up being the one on the receiving end of destruction.
Some Oscars viewers laughed at its humour, while others laughed at the Boston Celtics great for what they felt was a failed attempt at being funny:
If you’re Larry Bird, why not make a cool commercial?#Oscars
Ok, that Larry Bird Allstate commercial was hilarious.
Bird’s been in his fair share of ad that stole the hearts of basketball enthusiasts and commercial connoisseurs alike. His most famous was a McDonald’s ad with Michael Jordan in 1993, asone X user shared.
This McDonald’s commercial with Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Charles Barkley aired in 1993pic.twitter.com/tBItORAPYA
Unlike then, Bird didn’t flawlessly score. However, he did manage to spark reactions on a night that didn’t break the internet for its creativity during its breaks.
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