It would be hard to turn in a more memorable performance than Madison Bumgarner’s Game 7 relief gem Wednesday night that netted the Giants ace World Series MVP honors.
Chevy Guy gave it his best shot.
Rikk Wilde, the Chevrolet executive tasked with presenting Bumgarner a truck as his MVP prize, stumbled and sighed his way through a painful nationally televised spiel that even his notecards couldn’t save.
The low point: “We have also been proud of the latest and greatest technology in our truck lineup, which is the all-new, um, 2015 Chevy Colorado. Um, it combines class-winning and leading, you know, technology and stuff with WiFi powered by OnStar.”
#ChevyGuy and #technologyandstuff were well-developed Twitter hashtags in no time at all.
If you’re making Bud Selig uncomfortable, you know it’s not going well.
#Game7 Highlight: #ChevyGuypic.twitter.com/5nGzetwlCn
— Baseball Photos (@Baseball_Photos) October 30, 2014
And you know Chevy wasn’t above capitalizing on the laugh-track exposure for the ill-fated vehicle, a batch of which — get this — had been recalled earlier this month due to a design flaw with the deployment of the airbags.
Truck yeah the 2015 #ChevyColorado has awesome #TechnologyAndStuff! You know you want a truck: http://t.co/0NcEoDRSUZpic.twitter.com/RMiRic8ATF
— Chevy Trucks (@ChevyTrucks) October 30, 2014
Everyone is kinda laughing at #ChevyGuy. Know what else they are doing? Mentioning "technology" with Chevrolet. #ChevyWin
— Jenna Fryer (@JennaFryer) October 30, 2014
