Archive for the ‘anthropomorphic’ category
June 15, 2012
– – In the past, Jack Links Beef Jerky has regaled us with commercials featuring the legendary cryptid Sasquatch (aka, “Bigfoot”) in the “Messin’ With Sasquatch” series. A common theme of these was jerky eaters pulling sophomoric pranks on the big guy, for which the jokers would receive well-deserved and usually physical retaliation. They’re still making these spots, as in one where the classic “snakes in a can” prank is pulled on Sasquatch; he retaliates by throwing an enormous real snake through the window of their camper in a clear case of what goes around, comes around!
Additionally, Carmichael Lynch now has a new “Snackin’ With Sasquatch” campaign out in which the former tormentors are now making nice with Sasquatch but still getting their lumps. In the “Touchdown” spot, Sasquatch is actually sitting on a couch in the living room of two apparently twenty-something guys who are watching the big game. When a touchdown occurs, the two guys enthusiastically jump to their feet and give a “bro” hug to one another. Caught up in the spirit, the towering Sasquatch grabs one of the two guys and hoists him up; too bad that the ceiling isn’t high enough to accomodate this gesture!- – Feed your wild side!
Categories: absurdities, anthropomorphic, cryptozoology, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: Jack Links Sasquatch, Snackin' With Sasquatch Touchdown
Comments: 4 Comments
June 13, 2012
– – In a recent series of Geico commercials, the gecko is traveling across America, his journey leading him in this installment to the American Southwest where he runs across two iconic figures from the Looney Tunes world, none other than Wile E. Coyote (Super Genius!) and The Road Runner. An anvil impacts with the Earth first, embedding itself deeply, followed by a piano…then the Road Runner himself screeches to a brief halt by the gecko, but obviously soon must be off, leaving the gecko to consider the meaning of, “Meep meep!” Wile E. Coyote follows, and we are privy to his thoughts where he envisions the gecko as dinner…
…but not to worry! A large safe smashes down on top of the coyote, the brand on such product being, of course, “Acme”…and the gecko is again free to continue his journey, pondering “What a strange place!” as he walks off. – – It’s all vintage Chuck Jones stuff in this worthy crossover effort!
Categories: animals, anthropomorphic, Brilliant but twisted, cartoons, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: The Gecko and Road Runner
Comments: 2 Comments
May 25, 2012
– – The course of true love did never run smooth, especially if your intended is of a different species than yourself, and a predator to your prey. Such is an on-going story on Frontier Airlines ads, where Jack the rabbit has been hitting unsuccessfully on Foxy the fox. In an offering airing recently, Jack asks other “spokesanimals” what his breath smells like (answer: carrots…”Good, that’s what I was going for!,” responds Jack), and then inquires of the winsome vixen if she’d like to have dinner with a rabbit…
…”No,” replies the red fox, “I’d like to have a rabbit for dinner!”
“Waiter, check please!,” reconsiders the hapless rabbit…
Categories: animals, anthropomorphic, Brilliant but twisted, furry commercials, television
Tags: Frontier's Jack and Foxy
Comments: 2 Comments
May 22, 2012
– – The Enchanted Forest as envisioned by Psyop in a recent commercial is a wondrous place indeed, filled with sprites, smiling trees, and a variety of dancing, costumed anthropomorphic animals. There’s even a fox, a remarkably tall and slender specimen wearing shorts and a top hat! It’s essentially an environmental plug for FedEx clad as a fairy tale, and when those conventions are stripped away, we’re then left with electric trucks, recycled shipping materials, and lower-emission planes as FedEx’s contribution to the environment.
The spot is 80% live action and 20% CGI at the onset, with an actual forest having been filmed in Washington state on the northern Pacific Coast. The look is magical but not overly cartoonish, with a sing-songy soundtrack composed by a musical collective called Human which would be “perfectly at home in a 1950’s-era animated film,” according to the spot’s Senior Creative Director/Copywriter. The animated characters are all fully CGI, and a wealth of fine detail may be seen in successive viewings of the spot, such as the fox character modestly covering himself when his outfit is taken away…
Categories: absurdities, animals, anthropomorphic, Brilliant but twisted, environmental, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: FedEx's "Enchanted Forest"
Comments: 3 Comments
May 12, 2012
– – In yet another MiO Energy Drink commercial staged at the legendary Watering Hole bar, we are shown a lemur trying to make time with the giraffe girl previously seen in another commercial of the series. With the world’s worst timing, the lemur’s efforts are ruined by the unwelcome intrusion of the hapless, unlucky-in-love crocodile character, who ruins the set-up by commenting that he thought he smelled the lemur in there, and asking the primate if he’s still living with his parents…
…”You just totally croc-blocked me!,” complains the irate lemur. “Oh!,” responds the clueless crocodile, who upon close inspection may be seen to be wearing a Lacoste shirt! I live for stuff like that…sad, isn’t it?
Categories: animals, anthropomorphic, Brilliant but twisted, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: MiO "Croc Block"
Comments: 4 Comments
May 10, 2012
– – I, for one, prefer not to see naked mole rats, especially when they’re in an obvious state of intoxication. Strange sights are known to appear with some regularity at the Watering Hole, however, a bar or pub frequented by anthropomorphic animals in a series of MiO Energy Drink commercials.
In this brief segment, previously-seen Rhino and Zebra characters are discussing how convenient the small water additives are to carry anywhere when the mole rat appears, naked but with certain mole rat, err, parts tastefully pixillated out. The mole rat slides up onto the bar, wearing a checked hat and little red sneakers, and proceeds to shake his booty. Where does the mole rat carry his MiO, asks the Zebra…the Rhino prefers not to think about it.- -One can hardly blame him! Other characters from previous episodes such as the Cheetah are seen in the background…
Categories: absurdities, animals, anthropomorphic, Brilliant but twisted, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: MiO animal commercials, MiO naked mole rat
Comments: 2 Comments
May 5, 2012
– – Bears are sociable, party animals who enjoy indulging in a good Dairy Queen Blizzard…or so we might think from a DQ commercial which opens with a kid’s softball team called (- -what else?) the Bears who are in celebratory mode at a Dairy Queen following an apparent team victory. They hold aloft a trophy in testimonial to this, and moments later we are shown a trio of bears who are likewise indulging in the same treat…
…these bears, however, effortlessly hold aloft a uniformed officer who had apparently been sent to seek them out!
Categories: animals, anthropomorphic, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: Dairy Queen bears
Comments: 4 Comments
April 24, 2012
– – It must be the Couch Potato family! Dad’s vegged out watching the tube, Mom’s pecking away at a laptop, Junior’s playing a handheld video game, and Sis appears to be texting when the doorbell rings repeatedly…finally, the door is pushed down and off its hinges by a group of marauding animals that appear to include a bear, a raccoon, a porcupine, and a wild turkey! The humans are herded into a van apparently driven by a wolf, taken to a pristine forest, and released…and then it’s family quality time! The family goes wading in a stream, examines a salamander, and grows bigger by walking through the trees…they are unplugged!
It’s a short video created by Turbine for the US Forest Service!
Categories: animals, anthropomorphic, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: Animals kidnap family, US Forest Service
Comments: 3 Comments
April 18, 2012
– – We’ve met the MiO Cheeta before and likewise the Rhino, but in this commercial for MiO Energy Drinks we go back to the Watering Hole and re-visit the Rhino again, this time finding him so tired that he’s apparently hired a small monkey to perch on his shoulder and slap him in the face to keep him awake! We see the monkey do this repeatedly, at one point using the Rhino’s convenient horn to swing to the opposite side of his face. But the Rhino needn’t suffer this abuse…a Zebra is there, one with incredible eyes. He pours a MiO Energy Drink additive into the Rhino’s drink, which perks the big guy up right away! The Rhino then fires the monkey, which nets him the biggest slap of all!
It’s not the best one in the series in my opinion, but it’s always great to go to the Watering Hole!
Categories: anthropomorphic, Brilliant but twisted, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: MiO "All Nighter", MiO Monkey, MiO Zebra
Comments: 3 Comments
April 11, 2012
– – The off-beat comedy Wilfred is returning to the FX network for another season starting June 28th. The protagonist of the show is a depressed former lawyer, Ryan Newman, who has unsuccessfully attempted to kill himself; following that effort, his neighbor’s dog, Wilfred, now appears to him as a foul-mouthed Australian in an obvious dog suit! The dog, while selfish and worldly, serves as a helpful guide and mentor to the often clueless human.
This isn’t a show for kids, with drug use portrayed and the humor frequently raunchy. That having been said, however, the show has surreal and existential overtones, and mixes shock and hilarity with the absurd. We were asked during the previous season to “embrace the mystery” of Wilfred’s existence, and it was unclear as to whether the dog-person actually existed, was a projected manifestation of Ryan’s animal impulses, or if the human was simply insane and Wilfred a hallucination or a medication effect. Some answers may be revealed in the upcoming season, one promo for which is a spoof of the classic spaghetti sequence from Lady and the Tramp!
Categories: absurdities, animals, anthropomorphic, Brilliant but twisted, furry, strange, television
Tags: Wilfred
Comments: 3 Comments
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