Five questions with Mike Rylander
Many of you have seen the the Doritos commercial named “Snack-attack Samurai” that aired during the Super Bowl. The actor in the commercial warning his friend about stealing Doritos is Minot native Mike Rylander, a 2000 graduate of Minot High School. Below is a Question and Answer session by e-mail with Mike about the tremendous amount of success his commercial has had and how it all came to be. 1. Was it you that came up with the idea and did anything in particular trigger the idea, and where and when was it shot? Unfortunately, I cannot claim credit for the idea. What Ben (Krueger) and Cole (Koehler) told me is that when they decided they wanted to do an entry for the contest, they were brainstorming, and one of the ideas they had was ‘hey — wouldn’t it be funny if someone threw a Dorito like a ninja star?’ This idea then led to ‘hey — wouldn’t it be even funnier if the guy who threw it was in a Samurai suit made of Doritos?’ The rest, as they say, is histor.
» Full StoryBoxing success and failures
Boxers have all kinds of excuses for faltering in their training.
I am no different.
After dilligently training for most of December, I fell off the wagon a little bit over the holiday break.
See you around
It is with mixed emotions that I write this column.
Today will be my last day as sports editor at The Minot Daily News as I have accepted the position of Sports Information Director at Minot State University.
Time to say hello
I’m back, folks.
I left this area more than three years ago to finish college and now that I’ve done that while being gainfully employed, I’m back. Smarter, wiser, more educated, more patient, married and with a few extra pounds.
Making a name for myself in the ring
Nicknames are one of the coolest things about boxing.
They range from frightening (John “The Beast” Mugabi) to cool (Hector “Macho” Comacho) to sublime (“Marvelous” Marvin Hagler).
Sweet science studies
Many of you who have read my columns the last few years have gotten to know the many sides of Chris Bieri.
Chris Bieri, the serial overexaggerator and self-proclaimed expert on all things sports.
Chris Bieri, the bad speller.
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