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Fair's ad campaign a hit

'Napoleon Dynamite' theme draws attention of some national media

Published: Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005 12:52 p.m. MDT
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Pedro: Yes. A little bit.

Napoleon Dynamite: Dang.

*music*

Napoleon Dynamite: Pedro, those cakes are like a thousand days old.

Pedro: I feel pretty sweaty.

Napoleon Dynamite: At the Utah State Fair, all your wildest dreams will come true.

Pedro: Visit utahstatefair.com. I'm gonna' go home and lay down.

Napoleon Dynamite: K, see ya.

Radio spot 3:

Napoleon Dynamite: This is Napoleon Dynamite and his best friend Pedro.

Pedro: Hello everybody.

Napoleon Dynamite: Are you tired of state fairs that are the boringest in the history of time?

Pedro: Yes.

Napoleon Dynamite: Then come to the Utah State Fair. For one thing, it's the 150th Utah State Fair, which means it's been around since the age of the mighty thunder lizards.

Pedro: Sesquicentennial.

Napoleon Dynamite: What the heck are you even talking about?

Pedro: That means a hundred and fifty years.

Napoleon Dynamite: Serious?

Pedro: Yes.

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Napoleon Dynamite: That's pretty much the longest word I've ever heard spoken by a person.

*music*

Napoleon Dynamite: This is the sequntense... sescense.... ah, idiot!

Pedro: The Utah State Fair, all your wildest dreams will come true.

Napoleon Dynamite: Visit utahstatefair.com.

Radio spot 4:

Napoleon Dynamite: Dear diary: Today me and my legendary classic rock band set the night on fire with our killer guitar moves. To bad I can't go on tour with them, 'cuz of my job as a vampire hunter.

Pedro: Hey Napoleon, who are you talking too?

Napoleon Dynamite: Nobody, just start the commercial!

Pedro: OK. Come to the Utah State Fair for plenty of live entertainment.

Napoleon Dynamite: Dear diary: Pedro's trying to steal my thunder again.

Pedro: Now who are you talking to?

Napoleon Dynamite: Ahhhh!

*music*

Napoleon Dynamite: Dear diary: Pedro's trying to ruin my life!

Pedro: Hello diary. This is Pedro.

Napoleon Dynamite: Leave me alone. Gosh! All your wildest dreams will come true at the Utah State Fair.

Pedro: Visit utahstatefair.com.

Radio spot 5:

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"Napoleon Dynamite" star Jon Heder waits on the set of a commercial. The ads are targeted at 14- to 24-year-olds \— the fair's demographic.

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