Derek Tzeo rendered speechless by Wheat Thins advertisement film crew.

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last year you’ve probably seen the recent Wheat Thins advertisements in which the company’s film crew storms various customers who “tweeted” on their Twitter account @CrunchIsCalling and makes their days in accordance with their “tweets.”

I will spare you mundane “you had to be there” descriptions of the three commercials and let you watch them for yourself (in case you missed them):

http://www.nabiscoworld.com/wheatthins/index.html

More videos may be found at the company’s YouTube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/CrunchIsCalling

Not surprisingly, these advertisements were interpreted by the general audience as deliberate constructs which would appear authentic but were, in reality, intricately staged.  In fact, I must admit the thought that these commercials could be anything but fabricated did not even cross my mind.  And so it was with Derek Tzeo, who sent a tweet to @CrunchIsCalling denouncing the advertisements:

“Hey @CrunchIsCalling I think the Wheat Thins commercial are uber fake. How do they find people off their tweets?”

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