Have you guys seen this commercial? It's a guy standing on a huge map of the US, and the map is being covered in these orange postcards that he is tossing down. He looks at each card and then says a name, such as "Spokane, Washington" and then tosses the card down.

What has blown my husband's mind is that on one of the cards, he actually reads OUR city, a little known place in north FL, called "Lake City" and then he looks at the card a little more and reads "Hmm, where the bikini was invented." My DH is like WHAT? Did you hear THAT?! He said LAKE CITY!!!

Well, my mom called me the other day...."Have you seen that commercial with the guy and the postcards?...........he actually says Lake City!" and now my mom's mind is blonw too...

I told them both this commercial was probably edited to suit the region it is being aired in. Maybe if you lived near Cincinnati, OH, the guy might say some lesser known town, like "Hamilton, OH, hmmm, where the bikini was invented..."

SO I said I'd solve this riddle....I'll get on MYCoupons and ask you guys!

No we see it here too and indeed Luke Wilson says Lake City FL where the bikini was invented. They name all the places everywhere the commercial shows the point being that they have coverage all over the country. I don't think it would have the same impact if they only mentioned local places in each region as they are saying there is nationwide coverage.
I bet they paid Luke a fortune to do the commercial.

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I read AT&T's ad is in response to Verizon's ad "“There’s a Map For That.” VZW's commerical compares data coverage between the two carriers. I like the ad because he says "Bozeman, Montana" and I'm from Montana.

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Well, isn't that something? So he DOES say Lake City, hunh? I just assumed this was one of those commercials where they could tailor it to your location. Humph. I am just surprised now! Who knew Lake City was so popular, hahah! Birthplace of the bikini, huh? How come I've never heard THAT before? LOL

I live in wv and saw the commercial. I could of sworn he said Miami FL..but I did hear where the bikini was invented.

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I live in Atlanta and he says Lake City!

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I live near Boston Ma and he says Lake City

I've heard Lake city too. I like that he says Warren, MI. It's near where I grew up.

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Says Lake City here by St. Louis too. He also says Evansville IN. which is where DH grew up.

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He could say any town for all I care...I wasn't really listening...Mostly just looking at him...Aaaahhhhhh...I love Luke (and Owen) Wilson! ~Lisa

Said that here in PA too. I will give you a good laugh. I am not up on these younger guys. I thought he was a brother to Corteney Cox's husband, david Arquette.

No he's Owen Wilson's brother.

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Wow, so it IS Lake City! Holy Cow! Well, thanks you guys for solving this for us. I still find it hard to believe that we are where the bikini was invented though! I figured Miami would have gotten that award! ;-)

My brother-in-law and sister-in-law live in Lake City too. Maybe you know them ... it is a pretty small town, isn't it?

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Little something about the bikini from wikipedia:
The modern bikini was invented by French engineer Louis Réard in 1946. He named it after Bikini Atoll in the Pacific, the site of the Operation Crossroads nuclear weapon tests in July that year. The reasoning was that the burst of excitement created by it would be like a nuclear device. The monokini, a bikini variant, is a back formation from bikini, interpreting the first syllable as the Latin prefix bi- meaning "two" or "doubled", and substituting for it mono- meaning "one".[3] Jacques Heim called his bikini precursor the Atome, named for its size, and Louis Réard claimed to have "split the Atome" to make it smaller.

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AT&T promo's bikini boast
Commercial says Lake City is home to the bikini.
By ANTONIA ROBINSON
arobinson@lakecityreporter.com
Published: Friday, December 4, 2009 6:09 AM EST
Lake City has gained some notoriety nationwide for an inaccurate comment.

The invention of the bikini was recently attributed to Lake City in a new AT&T commercial featuring Luke Wilson, an American actor.

During the 30-second commercial, Wilson appeared on a large U.S. map and randomly threw out postcards to various cities covered by AT&T.

“Lake City, Florida, where the bikini was invented,” he said.

However, the modern bikini’s invention is actually attributed to French engineer Louis Réard in 1946 and was named after the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. The bikini is even said to date as far back as antiquity in the Greco-Roman world.

Viewers are not expected to take the commercial literally, an AT&T official said.

“The intent of the TV spot is light-hearted humor, not necessarily historical fact,” said Kelly Layne Starling, AT&T public relations manager for South and West Florida.

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I think Lake City is a small town, but my DH says it is HUGE< hahahha. Of course, he hates cities. I'm not sure how many people actually live here, but if you ask me, this is NOT a big city at all. We do have quite a few lakes though, but believe me, they are nothing you'd want to swim in. However, this ares is known for it's beautiful springheads.

Still, it's pretty amazing they even mentioned us. ;-) Thanks for all the help, you guys!