Did you see that smart park car ad last night?

[Baitball Blogger]

Kind of cute. Three known actors raving with a Boston accent about a car that can park itself "pahk car." One actor tries to pahk the car in a slim area that would be nearly impossible for anyone to do. He hops out of the car and pushes a button and the car parks itself with just a sliver of space between the other cars.

Here's the Southern flaw: You do that to someone in the South and leave him little to no room to open his car doors and it's a toss up if your car gets key jobbed or if they use their old beat up pickup truck's door to bang the shit out of your car.

Just say'n.

[MuseRider]

1. I think that you can extend

that Southern flaw to almost anywhere. Nobody anywhere has the patience for something like that.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Yup. Same in Boston.

Especially South Boston where you shouldn't even look at another person's parking spot if you know what's good for you.

[Docreed2003]

3. I loved it...loved seeing Ortiz at the end too

Having lived in that area, it really cracked me up...especially pahking at Hahvahd Yahd

[Dennis Donovan]

4. I'd heard about it but hadn't see it until now

Thanks for posting!

[lark]

5. Yep, this was one of my faves.

It made me laugh.

[Rorey]

6. Some people do some things because they can

Instead of considering if they should. Personally, I'm more inclined to walk farther rather than risk pissing someone off by parking too close. There's enough anger in this world without me contributing to even more.

[Pacifist Patriot]

7. My husband's from the south shore and my in-laws are in town.

Every last one of these actors sounds just like my father-in-law. He was laughing so hard he was crying!

[2naSalit]

8. That was cute.

It's hard to fake that accent. I came by it naturally as New Englander. Funny thing, there are many variations and if you are from there, you can often tell what part of the region someone is from by their accent difference... they are definitely not all the same. I think these folks are New Yorkers so they can get close... if the real strong accent was used, most people wouldn't be able to understand what they're saying.

[a la izquierda]

10. John Krasinski is definitely from the Boston.

John Cena is from the area too.

[progressoid]

11. They're all from the area. But...

But there’s a brief moment in the 60-second spot that’s been a sticking point for at least some locals — one that mercifully isn’t centered on an actor’s poor attempt at a Boston accent.

Viewers have been weighing in on the use of the word “wicked,” which gets tossed around in the ad in a way that Boston ears might find, well, wicked awkward.

“Wicked is not an adjective, it’s an adverb,” one person pointed out, after the South Korean car manufacturer unveiled the commercial online this week. “Wicked awesome, wicked cold. Nothing is just ‘wicked.’ ”

Hyundai enlisted the help of a cast of local faces, including Captain America (Chris Evans, of Sudbury); Jim from “The Office" (AKA Newton’s John Krasinski); and “Saturday Night Live” alum and Lexington native Rachel Dratch. David Ortiz even pokes his head in.

Throughout the ad, the company piles on the Boston-ness like onions and peppers on a Fenway sausage. Besides leaning hahd on the local accent, Hyundai shot the commercial in the South End, according to a spokesman. The company also sprinkled “Easter eggs” in here and there — like the “I Love Dorchester” bumper sticker on a car driven by a couple of Wahlberg brothers, and the song “Dirty Water,” by the Standells, which plays in the background near the end....https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/01/31/metro/does-rachel-dratch-use-wicked-correctly-new-hyundai-super-bowl-ad/

[Baitball Blogger]

12. Thanks for all that information!

[MineralMan]

9. It's the same everywhere.

That's why I park out in the parking lot, away from the packed in cars near the store. I don't want my shiny new 2020 KIA Soul to get a car door dent.

[nolabear]

13. Hah! That was my exact thought. Are you crazy???

[TlalocW]

14. Totally unrealistic

Every other word should have been a curse word if they're in Boston.

Interesting that they have Captain America (Chris Evans) with someone who was on the short list to be Cap (John Krasinski).

TlalocW

[2naSalit]

15. Apparently they are all from the Boston area

so they used them. It didn't sound much like any of the Boston accents I know - especially Southie, including my own, and there wasn't any swearing.