Archive for the ‘furry commercials’ category
December 31, 2014
The original Geico commercial with Caleb the Camel at the office is now kind of a classic. Success, unfortunately, tends to breed imitation, and so it comes as no surprise in this new commercial to see humans at the zoo tormenting camels on display with “Guess what day it is” banter. As anyone who has heard the many imitators can vouch, it gets old pretty quickly…
We are then privy to a conversation held between two camels at the zoo who are being badgered by camel wanna-bees, complete with dialogue from the original commercial. Understandably, they are weary of it. “It’s not even Wednesday!,” complains one camel to his companion. “Let it go, Phil,” advises the other. The voice of the announcer then cuts in; “When you’re a camel, this is what you put up with all the time…it’s what you do…”
Camels…more sinned against than sinning. Joe Camel, purveyor of tobacco products in an earlier time, never knew these burdens…and a happy and prosperous New Year to all of our readers!
Categories: absurdities, animal spokepersons, animals, anthropomorphic, Brilliant but twisted, furry, furry commercials, television
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December 25, 2014
In another commercial for d-Con pest control, a couple goes to investigate a noise heard in their attic. Once there, they encounter two large and socially-inappropriate mice. Now these are not your cute and endearing Christmas mice, but rather human-sized anthropomorphic ones who not only take up residence in your attic, but also rifle through personal possessions and even put on your stored clothing that they find there! Clearly, a line of some sort has been crossed here…
One of the mice appears to be looking through a photo album while another is wearing some kind of frilly feminine outfit, possibly a bridal gown. We’ll hope that said mouse is female, as I prefer not to even consider the thought of cross-gender dressing rodents, much less what pleasure they may take in such acts. No creature does this better than Bugs Bunny, anyways, and he always uses the ploy to confound his adversaries. Small wonder, then, that the couple order the offending vermin out…humanoid mice need to have a better sense of decorum. As the commercial concludes, enough is enough…
Categories: absurdities, animals, anthropomorphic, Brilliant but twisted, furry, furry commercials, strange, television
Tags: d-Con, Pest control, rodents
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December 19, 2014
In a short, arguably disgusting, but twisted commercial for d-Con pest control products, a father with two young children finds some sizable, oblong, dark-colored objects littering the kitchen floor. “What are those?,” questions a child innocently. Following the trail of unspeakable things to the kitchen pantry, the father jerks open the pantry door to reveal…a mouse! A large, anthropomorphic, fursuited mouse is seated comfortably on the pantry floor while munching on some snack for humans right out of the box! The father screams in surprise at the unwelcome furry visitor, who yells back startled at the human intruder. – – It’s a Kodak moment!
“Get out!,” demands the father of the surprised anthro rodent. Those were his droppings strewn on the floor, you see. You certainly wouldn’t want to find such a creature stirring in your house on Xmas Eve…perhaps if he were fitted with Depends, he would be less objectionable. Darn vermin seem to get bigger every year!
Categories: absurdities, animals, anthropomorphic, Brilliant but twisted, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: d-Con Mouse, mouse in the pantry
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November 18, 2014
Gumby and his equine sidekick, Pokey, are again going through a renaissance of sorts, with revivals planned in some child television venues by the end of the year, and a Honda commercial currently airing the duo, who are shown rappeling down the dashboard of a Civic and marveling at its features. The little green clay guy has held up well over the years, and is as agile and chipper as always. Despite having hooves, Pokey can descend a rope surprisingly well.
Other “Honda Days” spots feature additional classic characters from days gone by, including “Skeletor” from the “Masters of the Universe” series, complete with attitude…
Categories: animals, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: Gumby and Pokey, Honda Days
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September 30, 2014
I’ve always had a soft spot for the Tazmanian Devil character in the Warner Bros. cartoon family. Like a whirlwind on speed, he rips through the environment as a blur of motion, an animated tornado. Only the formidable Bugs Bunny can outwit and subsequently control this hyperkinetic force of nature. Giving such a creature an energy drink would be like putting out a fire with gasoline, but we can only imagine the devastation that such an act would create.
Thanks to another Geico commercial, we no longer have to imagine such mayhem. A couple are shown reposing in bed, with one musing about how Geico insurance can save a customer 15% on their insurance. As the partner is aware of this, the follow-up stumper question posed is whether the partner knows that some cartoon characters should never be given an energy drink…
…cut to a production studio, where against a white screen the Tazmanian Devil is chugging an energy drink! – – Uh oh, his eyes drift out of proportion to one another, and soon Taz’s body dissolves into the whirling blur of motion we know so well, crashing through the walls of an adjoining production studio where fine china collector’s plates of the fifty state birds are being touted! Predictably, Taz decimates the plates and their display stands, leaving the studio a shambled ruins.
I do so love seeing a master of mayhem like Taz at work, and fine china and crystal make such delightful sounds when decimated, don’t they? Long may the Tazmanian Devil rage, and reign!
Categories: animals, anomalies, anthropomorphic, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: Geico Taz commercial, Tasmanian devil, Taz, Warner Bros.
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September 6, 2014
If I beheld a human-sized, red-colored, talking anthropomorphic cow on my living room sofa, I’d probably be paying more attention to her than I was to my snack or whatever was airing on the tube. Such is not the case with the humans in the Laughing Cow “Reinvent Snacking” commercial, who go about feeding their faces, apparently oblivious to the cow.
Is this perhaps a spectral cow, visible to you and I only? I find that thought disturbing, as I do to some extent the cow herself. – -Why is she red?- – Does she share genes with Clifford, the Big Red Dog?- – And why is she wearing earrings made of her own cheeses? Smart product placement, maybe, but rather tacky!
Bemoaning the fact that snacking has become “predictable and unsatisfying” (much like my life), the red cow then joins a woman on her porch and later at a table, where she cheerily touts the virtues of Laughing Cow cheeses while continuing to be ignored by her human hosts. Yes, it would appear that in matters of snacking and cross-species entertaining, humans are basically…pigs!
Categories: animals, anthropomorphic, furry commercials, television
Tags: Laughing Cow, snacking
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September 4, 2014
In this commercial spot for Little Caesar’s pizza, a father and his faithful canine companion are comfortably chilling in their living room when the lady of the house enters the dwelling. The dog wags his tail in happy greeting. “You got dinner already?,” asks the disbelieving Dad. “Yeah, I swung by Little Caesar’s,” answers the woman. “You don’t have to call in or wait.”
The guy grins happily, and momentarily his pony tail is wagging, synchronous with the dog’s tail. I rather wish that I had a real tail, don’t you?- – I protest, I was shortchanged!
Categories: absurdities, animals, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: canine, dogs, wagging
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August 25, 2014
In a memorable 2009 commercial for Sears Optical that we’ve posted about much earlier , a woman in dire need of an eye exam invites a raccoon inside her house, thinking that the raccoon was her cat. In that commercial, the raccoon happily complies with the woman’s invitation to ‘snuggle with Momma,’ and pads into the house.
Real life encounters with a raccoon inside human habitations have not been so harmonious, however. In February of 2014, a woman in Hingham, Massachusetts was attacked by a raccoon that entered her house through a door flap that her cat used to get inside the dwelling, biting and cutting the 73-year-old resident . More recently in Hamden, Connecticut an 88-year-old woman was attacked August 24th by a raccoon she accidentally let into her house and then tried to pet, thinking that the animal was her cat. The raccoon had followed the woman’s cat into the house, making scratching sounds outside a sliding glass door that the woman had thought emanated from the cat. Thinking little of the woman’s affections, it bit her on the elbow, hand, forearm, lip, and chin.
The encounter didn’t go well for the raccoon, either. When police were summoned to the residence, it gamely charged two officers, who caught and euthanized the animal. The outcome could have been vastly different with Rocket Raccoon, however, who could have taken those guys out without breaking a sweat, demonstrating his profound mastery of weaponry in the process! – – Oh, yeah!
Categories: animal behavior, animal problems, animals, current events, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: raccoons, Rocket Raccoon, Sears Optical raccoon
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August 17, 2014
People who seek to lure birds can sometimes get too much of a good thing…or so seems to be the underlying message of a recent Verizon commercial, More Birds. “There’s good more, and there’s not so good more,” intones the announcer. Hubby is outside while the wife is inside, plinking away on a computer tablet and happy that she’s accumulating Verizon bonus rewards points.
“Honey, look! I got one to light on me!,” babbles the guy to his largely-oblivious wife as a small bird lands on his extended arm. “Uh huh,” notes the wife. “You’ve got a buddy!,” says the guy as a second bird lands on his other extended arm. While the woman continues to be completely involved with her Verizon bonus rewards points, birds continue to land on the man’s extended arms. “I’m like a statue!,” he intones, not wishing to scare them away. Trouble is, the birds continue to come, including an owl; things are getting out of hand. The last bird to come appears to be a large bird of prey, and it grabs the guy from behind, literally carrying him away with his work. The woman either doesn’t notice, or perhaps doesn’t care. Familiarity breeds contempt, after all.
Perhaps Alfred Hitchcock was onto something in his classic thriller, The Birds. Then in mythology we also have tales of the giant Roc, said to be large enough to carry cattle and even elephants away. At the very least, birds can poop on you and your newly-washed car, which is horrible enough…
Categories: absurdities, animals, avian, feathered friends, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: birds lighting, Verizon's "More Birds"
Comments: 2 Comments
August 13, 2014
Things that erupt from one’s chest cavity are extremely cool, especially if their doing so doesn’t prove fatal to the host, as occurred in the Aliens movies. The Jack Links “Hangry Moments” (hungry + angry) beasties include a puma, an eagle, and a wolf. The wolf appears at a dull business meeting, with the host’s boss complaining that the appearance was the second time that week! Once the ferocious, snarling wolf head is fed some Jack Links jerky, however, it becomes quite docile, nuzzling the man’s face and then retreating back into his shirt, which miraculously isn’t even torn! In the other spots, an eagle comes from a woman’s chest on an airline, while the puma appears from the chest of a student taking an exam.
I’d do almost anything to be able to have a fox head erupt from my chest cavity as kind of a co-joined twin! The uses and applications would be endless, and I could be my own best friend, revealing my inner self almost at will…(sighs longingly)…
Categories: absurdities, animals, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: Hangry Moments, Jack Links
Comments: 3 Comments
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