And no, he did not die in the tsunami. Or Katrina.
March 11, 2006
Listen guys, I desperately need an mp3 of the theme song from John Basedow’s Fitness Made Simple commercial. Maybe you’re familiar with it?
Lyrics:
He’s John Basedow,So yeah, somebody has got to send me this mp3 (and if I could get it as a ringtone that would be SUPER DUPER). It’s hard to see from just the words, which don’t even rhyme, but it’s amazing. Really really good.
He’s gonna show you how,
To reach your potential,
And turn your, whole life around!
It’s Fitness Made Simple! (unh-hunh!)
Made for real people! (ooh yeah!)
It’s changing real lives!
Added bonus link: John Basedow tribute video!
Update: you can listen to the song here, and if anybody has Quicktime Pro I think they can save the file (and email it to me).
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April 6th, 2006 at 10:44 am
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October 6th, 2006 at 3:25 pm
i know you were once looking for the basedow theme song online somewhere downloadable, so i trust you understand the kind of desperation i am currently experiencing. can you help? were you indeed helped? if so, would you be so kind as to pass along the url? i have a mac, so it’s not possible to download from that one site…
thanks a million,
matty
December 10th, 2006 at 6:02 pm
...Losers…
December 11th, 2006 at 3:49 pm
If you go to the fitness made simple myspace. Once the page is fully loaded the song will play. Go up to ‘Tools’ on you browser and click on ‘Internet Options’. Once there, under Temporary Internet files click ‘Settings’ then ‘View Files’ and scroll to the end of the list and the file should be there just copy that to wherever you want it.
September 28th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
John Basedow looks like a lion that’s been on a vegetarian diet. I don’t know why anyone would want to look like that sickly bastard. Here a link to a funny comic about him…
P.S.: The comic uses the theme song so you can download it from the site…
http://www.strangerrandy.com/images/Fitness%20Made%20Simple.html