Bullies are no match for Tiger Schulmann
This is just one of the Tiger Schulmann karate school’s fine commercials…I also like the one where a woman looks enviously at a Paris Hilton-looking socialite type, then a scary karate instructor approaches her car and magically transports her to the Tiger Schulmann school. It’s really quite confusing.
But the ad below is great for several reasons. For one, the kids have cool Brooklyn accents. Always a plus. Also, bullies were so much cooler in the 90s. At least, I assume this commercial was filmed in the 90s…it certainly looks dated. But the best part of all is at the very end when, after establishing that violence is unnecessary throughout the ad, the main character’s Jonathan Lipnicki-esque little buddy asks, “What if he jumps you?” and the main kid replies, “that’s a different story,” in a way that makes it seem like he hasn’t totally quelled his lust for revenge. Sort of like a gangster.