Badlands Booker video wins 3rd place & $25K in GoDaddy contest

GoDaddy.com lists the top 3 entries in its Indianapolis 500 commercial contest. The video in which Eric “Badlands” Booker played the rapping proprietor of a gourmet grocery store finished third and received a $25,000 prize. The New York Times media decoder blog mentions the video.

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  1. NReda said

    May 30, 2010 @ 8:25 pm

    Congratulations are definitely in order! 3rd place ain’t a bad place to be!

  2. U.S. MALE said (Registered December 28, 2007)

    May 30, 2010 @ 8:40 pm

    Congrats Badlands. Awesome job. $25K for doing what you love!

  3. Larellmarie said (Registered May 9, 2010)

    May 30, 2010 @ 9:07 pm

    So happy for u Badlands! Ur such a gr8 guy u deserve nothing but good things! 🙂

  4. KevinRoss said

    May 30, 2010 @ 9:44 pm

    Awesome! Badlands is the nicest guy in competitive eating. . .he deserves every penny!

  5. anonymous said

    May 30, 2010 @ 10:18 pm

    After uncle sam gets his piece of the pie its more like 15k

  6. Joey said

    May 30, 2010 @ 10:23 pm

    Great work Badlands!

  7. spraymucus said (Registered July 1, 2009)

    May 30, 2010 @ 10:29 pm

    Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy, congrats Eric!

    ~Damon

  8. A-Bomb said (Registered May 7, 2009)

    May 30, 2010 @ 11:57 pm

    True, there is a tax hit but in the end it’s still going to be 15K more than you or I won.

  9. anonymous said

    May 31, 2010 @ 7:14 am

    did he get those girls in the video from a strip club? I like one of them tryin to sound like Beyonce

  10. SPBBBBMBBB said

    May 31, 2010 @ 7:56 am

    I’m happy for the big man…but, he should have gotten first place!

  11. Ray said

    May 31, 2010 @ 11:43 am

    Very nice Eric!

  12. Matt Cohen said (Registered April 12, 2010)

    May 31, 2010 @ 12:57 pm

    Good job Eric !!! Keep feeding us those beats. CONGRATS

  13. Anonymous said

    May 31, 2010 @ 2:24 pm

    Congratulations Eric! Wow!

  14. Anonymous said

    May 31, 2010 @ 3:23 pm

    Badlands is amazing.

  15. Yas said

    May 31, 2010 @ 4:36 pm

    Awesome Badlands. Congrats!!!

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