It just doesn’t get any better than Terry Tate: Office Linebacker. ”You kill the joe, you make some mo.” Rawson Marshall Thurber (writer/director of Dodgeball) created this series of short comedy spots for Reebok with a premiere during Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003. Lester Speight plays “Terrible” Terry Tate, an office policy enforcer hired by Felcher & Sons to discipline the staff. 9 total episodes were created and for that, we are eternally grateful.
In this second installment of the series, Felcher & Sons hire a new linebacker, Courtney Cate, to work alongside Terry in the office. After some initial friction, the two workplace punishers gel as a team. Sadly, Cate is eventually relocated to a European branch due to salary cap reason and required job improvement. Another winning episode awaits.
Terry Tate takes a vacation after 1000 continuous days at work as mandated by state labor regulations. Terry has a tough time adjusting to life outside the office. However, he soon sees an opportunity to put the hotel staff in line to the delight of hotel management. Alas, Terrible Terry returns to Felcher & Sons where he puts an end to the office chicanery that arose in his absence.
Terry is bestowed with the prestigious Office Athlete Of The Century award from OSPN: Office Sports Programming Network. This special recaps Terry’s childhood, high school years, college career, and entry into the demanding world of freelance mime. It was during this last period that Terry’s gift for meting out punishment was discovered by Ron Felcher. The rest is Office Linebacker history.
Felcher & Sons hires Geneva Stoller, a sensitivity trainer, after Terry Tate’s co-worker accuses him of assault. Geneva slaps Felcher employees with a badge of shame if they break office rules while Terry is demoted to a desk job. However, Terry triumphs after catching Geneva make a sexual advance towards a male employee. Once again, Terrible Terry is on top.
This special Terry Tate spot is a Reebok parody of Nike’s commercial where a streaker disrupts a British football match. In this case, Terrible Terry exacts serious carnage upon the clothing-less chap.
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