Does Delsym have a deal with Spelling Bee?
Does Delsym have a deal with Spelling Bee?
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1Does Delsym have a deal with Spelling Bee?
Posted: 1/2/08 at 8:46pmAnyone see the Delsym commercial, that uses the EXACT "Spelling Bee" logo?
clarkstallings
Leading Actor Joined: 1/9/05
#2re: Does Delsym have a deal with Spelling Bee?
Posted: 1/2/08 at 8:52pmThere is no deal between Spelling Bee and Delsym.
JasonM12480
Broadway Star Joined: 3/17/05
#2re: Does Delsym have a deal with Spelling Bee?
Posted: 1/2/08 at 8:54pmI noticed that too! Their "spelling bee" logo is the exact same font/type as the Broadway production marketing. Very interesting. I was expecting the children to sing and dance after their coughs were gone!
#3re: Does Delsym have a deal with Spelling Bee?
Posted: 1/2/08 at 9:04pmEvery time I see the ad I think that it has a strange resemblance, guess they don't...
#4re: Does Delsym have a deal with Spelling Bee?
Posted: 1/2/08 at 9:32pm
I thought it was a Bee commercial too. I was wondering if Bee was coming through Indy.
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#5re: Does Delsym have a deal with Spelling Bee?
Posted: 1/2/08 at 11:08pm
I thought the same thing.
The resemblance is uncanny.
#6re: Does Delsym have a deal with Spelling Bee?
Posted: 1/3/08 at 12:53amI too thought it was a Spelling Bee commercial when I first saw it. I think the producers should sue. Delsym uses the exact same font and even has a bee in the corner of the sign.
clarkstallings
Leading Actor Joined: 1/9/05
#7re: Does Delsym have a deal with Spelling Bee?
Posted: 1/3/08 at 12:57am
CATSNY why do you think the producers should sue? Spelling Bee certainly hasn't been damaged by the commercial in anyway. If anything it has reminded people about the show. This is not something worth suing over.
#8re: Does Delsym have a deal with Spelling Bee?
Posted: 1/3/08 at 12:59am
It damages the show if people think the cast is full of snotty nose children with bad coughs... 
clarkstallings
Leading Actor Joined: 1/9/05
#9re: Does Delsym have a deal with Spelling Bee?
Posted: 1/3/08 at 1:11amI hope you're joking. Incase you are serious though, prove your point in a court of law. Prove to a jury or judge that that commercial put that thought in the heads of potential ticket buyers.
#10re: Does Delsym have a deal with Spelling Bee?
Posted: 1/3/08 at 1:16am
Whether it's damaging or not, they could still potentially sue for copyright stuff, assuming they've trademarked the design. People do it all the time, it's silly most of the time, like Metallica suing a furniture store with the same name, but it's been known to happen.
That being said, I completely thought of Spelling Bee when I saw the commercial, but the producers probably have better things to worry about.
#11re: Does Delsym have a deal with Spelling Bee?
Posted: 1/3/08 at 1:17am
but the producers probably have better things to worry about.
Now, THAT I'll agree with!!!
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#12re: Does Delsym have a deal with Spelling Bee?
Posted: 1/3/08 at 10:52am
"I hope you're joking. Incase you are serious though, prove your point in a court of law. Prove to a jury or judge that that commercial put that thought in the heads of potential ticket buyers."
Clearly many people in this thread who saw the commercial assumed for a moment that it was a commercial for the show, so it probably isn't a stretch for Spelling Bee to assume other people would confuse the commercial with a commercial for the show. They could claim that Delsym is profiting through additional sales by using copyrighted designs and trademarks from the show without permission.
#13re: Does Delsym have a deal with Spelling Bee?
Posted: 1/3/08 at 10:59amI definitely had a "whoa" moment when I first saw it. Unfortunately I was with people who would neither know what I was talking about nor care, so I had to keep it to myself.
#14re: Does Delsym have a deal with Spelling Bee?
Posted: 1/3/08 at 1:30pmThe most upsetting thing is that the commercial is too short for me to look at each of the children and go "that one is Marcy Parks"
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