Archive for the ‘Brilliant but twisted’ category
June 2, 2011
– – Worldly philosophers have long pondered the question, “Do bears (defecate) in the woods?”
Well, this one shown by Geico does…respectably, using a privy, of course! And this bear is also equipped with a newspaper tucked under his arm and reading glasses! Realizing that others may be waiting to use the facility, he leaves when his business is done.- -What more can the observing biker say other than, “That’s amazing!”
While perhaps not as brilliant but twisted as the gecko, caveman, or question guy commercials, this “amazing” furry commercial bears a look!– -With Geico, you never know what’s bruin…
Categories: absurdities, anthropomorphic, Brilliant but twisted, cool things, furry commercials, humor, television
Tags: "That's Amazing" bear, Geico bear commercial
Comments: 2 Comments
May 29, 2011
– – This commercial was actually crafted for initial display at the Super Bowl, and has been around a while but seems to be enjoying a renaissance, so we can benefit, too! An apparently wealthy man enters his mansion-like home, wearing an immaculate suit and slicked-down hair. As the opera “Carmen” plays in the background, this man of means baits a mousetrap with Doritos, places it before a classic mouse-hole, and then positions himself in a chair before the baited trap, presumably to enjoy the gruesome spectacle to follow.
The joke’s on Richie Rich, however. As he stuffs his face with Doritos, a human-sized mouse in a cheesy fursuit erupts from the wall and is briefly glimpsed bowling into the man, and knocking him and his chair completely over! We then see the gargantuan mouse astride the prone man, pummeling him with both paws and landing some solid punches!- -Well done, oh mouse that roars!- –Furry Pride!
Categories: absurdities, animals, Brilliant but twisted, cool things, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: Doritos Mouse Attack commercial, rodent revenge
Comments: 2 Comments
May 25, 2011
– – In a Netflix commercial spot, a grouchy live-action grandpa intrudes into an animated world where a tiger and a bunny are cutely curled up together asleep. “I’m not going to cry, am I?,” asks grandpa of the ‘toon characters. “Only if you don’t believe in the power of friendship!,” responds the doe-eyed bunny sprightly. “Really?,” counters the jaded and sarcastic tiger. “You guys are good!,” the curmudgeonly grandpa says in parting from the cartoon duo, a ‘toon critter hanging on his back.
In the next scene, grandpa is back in the living room, begrudgingly watching the classically-styled animated cartoon movie with his wife and granddaughter. “That’s so cute, it’s stupid!,” comments grandpa of the Disneyesque movie. As we well know, cute and stupid sells, and so does this clever Netflix ad that works on a variety of levels…
Categories: animals, anthropomorphic, Brilliant but twisted, cartoons, furry, furry art, furry commercials, television
Tags: Netflix tiger and bunny commercial, so cute its stupid, the power of friendship
Comments: 3 Comments
May 10, 2011
– – There’s something strangely cool about dressing up in Viking gear and then going to dine in a fine restaurant or attending the opening of Thor so attired; besides, who am I to judge, since I am, after all, a furry…whatever floats your boat!
Anyways, the Norse Hollywood Dining Vikings did exactly that, attending a screening of the movie in Glendale, California in a variety of chain mail and horned helmet regalia. They usually do a restaurant gig, but a little change kinda keeps things fresh, and besides, what could be more appropriate? Tony Swatton, de facto leader of the Dining Vikings, is a master blacksmith who designs custom-made weapons, armor, and props for television and film, including Thor.
So what if they look like they just made a Capital One credit card commercial?–I say may their cup of mead be always full!
Categories: absurdities, Brilliant but twisted, cool things, humor, movies, strange, strange happenings, weird
Tags: Dining Vikings, Norse Hollywood Dining Vikings, Thor
Comments: 2 Comments
May 6, 2011
– – Failure is not an option for those participating in Advance Auto Parts Speed Training, at least not if you value your backside! Imagine sprinting briskly across the African plain while hoisting a muffler to your shoulder…no picnic that, but it gets worse when you’re wearing a meat suit of raw steaks around your waist, and being pursued by a pack of at least five lions very interested in a luncheon! That ought to get the employees to beat feet! The performance of the guy first depicted is apparently at least adequate; he lives to draw salary another day, and earns a “not bad” comment from his boss waiting to pick him up in a jeep. We are not shown the fate of the girl who follows next, a garland of meat around her neck…hope she ran track and field!
In a related commercial, we are shown battery installations practiced while free-falling from a plane; it’s almost as brutal as the performance reviews I used to undergo. One suspects that Advance has a really interesting retirement plan…
Categories: absurdities, animals, Brilliant but twisted, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: Advance Auto speed training, pursued by lions while wearing meat
Comments: 4 Comments
April 6, 2011
– – Foghorn Leghorn is not the best known Looney Tunes character, but deserves a bit more attention. He’s about to get it in one of the on-going Geico commercials, where it is posed whether Foghorn Leghorn would make a really bad book narrator…
The answer is, extremely! Foghorn is an anthropomorphic rooster with a Central Virginia accent and a “good ol’ boy” speaking style who is full of bluster, hot air, and himself. He starred in 28 cartoons in the Golden Age of American animation, first appearing in 1946. We are shown the rooster narrating A Tale of Two Cities in his own inimitable way, offering much irritating commentary along the way. So irritating is Foghorn that Henry the Hawk, also present in the recording booth for the session, just can’t take it anymore, and picks up a bat to explain the situation to the extremely verbose rooster…it’s classic stuff!
Most of us know someone who is at least somewhat like Foghorn Leghorn, and have been tempted to deal with them in a similar fashion…just resist, because assault and battery is illegal!
Categories: animals, anthropomorphic, Brilliant but twisted, cartoons, cool things, television
Tags: Foghorn Leghorn Geico commercial
Comments: 2 Comments
April 2, 2011
– – What goes around, comes around…or so we are shown in the karmic Bridgestone beaver saga, generally regarded as probably the best of this year’s Superbowl commercials. We are shown an industrious beaver hard at work in a wooded area, dutifully carrying a branch across a road with a bridge spanning a river visible in the background.–Oh no!–A car is then shown zipping down the road towards the beaver, who throws his paws up in anticipation of becoming roadkill. The guy driving, however, calls upon the excellent handling characteristics of his Bridgestone tires, and is able at the last second to swerve around the threatened beaver, avoiding a messy tragedy.
For the beaver, life is one dam thing after another…and we cut to six months in the future, when the same motorist is shown traveling down the same road during a storm. This time, a tree across the road halts the driver’s progress. It’s a good thing, too, because the bridge the motorist must cross has been swept away by a raging torrent of water! The beaver and the motorist spot one another, and exchange salutes…it’s a great moment!
A parable for our time…now that’s car-ma!
Categories: animals, Brilliant but twisted, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: Bridgestone beaver commercial
Comments: 2 Comments
March 21, 2011
– – Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley in the Aliens series forever set the bar high for me on what a strong, take-charge woman should be, someone who can hold her own with space marines and even prevail against a ferocious mother alien in mortal combat. None too shabby either is a young female we are treated to in the latest Stride Spark gum commercial who when charged by a ram, wrestles the sucker to the ground, and uses the power of oomph to intimidate and deter him from additional aggression.
Now we’ve seen ram-tactics successfully employed before by shadowy gum agents, those frightening secret operatives determined to retrieve the long-lasting gum from users in order to compel them to buy more gum; commercialism ain’t pretty. In an earlier spot for Stride, a ram is successfully deployed to strike a poor male chewer crossing a street, causing the gum to fly out of his mouth where it can be retrieved. These same secret operatives are not above using wrestlers or even German ethnic dancers to achieve their objectives. Probably in the future, the History Channel will link them to Freemasonry or some dark alien agenda.
I fear the gum agents and their unspeakable objectives, and like the truth, I know that they are out there…
Categories: absurdities, animals, Brilliant but twisted, furry, television
Tags: girl wrestles ram, the Stride Spark ram
Comments: 2 Comments
March 16, 2011
– – He looks, sounds, and acts like a James Bond villain, and I guess not all Russians have suffered since the breakup of the former Soviet Union; at least one, Epic Win, lives in opulence that would put the Czars to shame, surrounds himself with beautiful young women, has associates who lift massive weights apparently made of gold, and in what I am most interested in, has an affectionate mini giraffe as a pet, one who even has his own treadmill in the latest commercial!
The aptly-named Russian was previously seen in a DIRECTV commercial pictured here named, Opulence, I Has It. While some people have actually posed the question, there are no giraffes in reality of that size, with even newborn giraffes being much larger. The wonderful creature pictured in the commercial moves very convincingly, and would presumably be the product of genetic engineering, which our fabulously wealthy Russian with all of those gold bars could indulge in…
…and check out the wealth of detail in the commercials as well; in the original, the obscenely-wealthy Russian has a Van Gogh, and poker-playing dogs appear briefly in the background (one is cheating)! But for one of the females to lift a tray of gold bars as if they were light as feathers is perhaps a reminder that we’re seeing an entertaining fantasy…
…Mini giraffes?–I wants it!
Categories: absurdities, animals, Brilliant but twisted, cool things, strange, television
Tags: Direct TV mini giraffe, miniature giraffe commercial
Comments: 3 Comments
March 14, 2011
– – In a wonderful nod to the classic car chase from the movie Bullitt as well as 1970’s detective shows (think “Starsky and Hutch”), the latest Geico “Cats and Dogs” commercial asks whether Geico can save you 15% with actor Mike McGlone answering himself, “Do dogs chase cats?” Then we’re treated to an old-school car pursuit with a furry twist…
Cool at the wheel of an early 1970’s Mustang is an orange tabby (Jax the cat), who doesn’t appear overly concerned about a hot pursuit by a boxer (Drake the dog) in a beat-up gas guzzler through mean city streets. There’s even a funky jazz fusion soundtrack to accompany the chase sequence!
While we’re not shown the outcome of the chase, we do get a cool undercarriage shot as one of the cars vaults a rise in the road. My money’s on the feline wheelman, who needs fear no boxer for torque art with him…
Categories: absurdities, animals, anthropomorphic, Brilliant but twisted, furry, television
Tags: Geico "Cats and Dogs"commercial, Jax the cat and Drake the dog
Comments: 5 Comments
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