“Zee Energizer rabbit, is cute, no? Pound on hees
drum from thees battery and he keep going, no? Thees little battery
keep him going. It is like me… yes?”
The camera pulls in tight as Nicolas Mahut holds up an Energizer.
“Going… and going… and going… you may think zee battery
vill wear out… vant sleep or use bathroom, but no, it keep going…
and going…”
But will it last eleven hours and five minutes when
loaded and constantly run in a video camera? No, consumers will not ask
that question. They’ll just marvel at Mahut and Isner’s accomplishment
and maybe buy a product touted by them as long lasting. Mahut and
Isner’s match lasted longer than some marriages. Their match was
on television longer than Chevy Chase’s talk show. Their match lasted
longer than the time it takes to fly from Isner’s home in Tampa to
Mahut’s in Paris, and that’s including a London layover. These guys
will be swamped with advertising opportunities.
“The Old Fashion
Fruit Cake is the fruitcake I order,” says John Isner as he
holds up a box “when I want to savor a long lasting fruitcake
experience. You can re-gift these suckers ten times and they hold their
flavor. What about wheels that will never go flat on your go-kart? Old
Fashion will do the trick, wheelies even. Looking for masonry that
lasts?” John is shown stacking fruit cakes nine-feet high “These babies
do the trick. Pump mortar through the hole in the center, apply plaster
to the exterior, amp your R factor and you’ll have a home that’ll stand
up to winds as fast as my serve. And did I mention these cakes are
delicious?”
“E.D. is problem for men, even man from France,”
says Mahut with a box of Viagra. “But not with Vi-ag-ra. Blue pill help
maintain long erection. Did you see my match? Was I
exhausted? Did I sit down and not get up? No! I got up… again and
again. Was I tired? Yes, but I rose up. I stayed up. Viagra can
help you be like me, strong, determined, keep
scoring.”

“I’m 6’9” and I won the longest tennis match in
history,” John Isner tells the audience. “Do I want a small candy bar
you finish in two bites? No! That’s why I eat
Cadbury Curly-Wurly… the
one my dad used to call the Marathon Bar, a full eight inches of
caramel chocolate deliciousness lasting a long, long, long time.” The
camera pulls away to see John sitting on a tennis bench slowly eating
the Curly-Wurly. Cut away to
the Wimbledon crowd with many members of the crowd also eating Curly-Wurlys. John is readying to
serve, the camera cuts away to the net judge also eating a Curly-Wurly.
The judge has his hand raised indicating play cannot start until he
finishes his Curly-Wurly. Cut
away again to the crowd where we see the Queen munching a Curly-Wurly. She remarks “Quite
delicious, I must say.” Next scene shows her withdrawing the Curly-Wurly from her mouth with her
false teeth stuck to the candy bar. Next scene pans to John McEnroe,
who shouts “Her teeth are OUT!” McEnroe also enjoys a Curly-Wurly.