Archive for the ‘television’ category
July 8, 2011
– – Falcons seem to be going through a surge in commercial popularity, and Dairy Queen has also come to realize that animal spokesmen sell. They’ve then given us an all too brief glimpse of one of the most awesome birds yet to be seen on television, the Rock ‘N’ Roll Falcon! This is one bird who knows how to do wing gestures, and who also talks the talk; “It’s good to be back in Boston, YEEAAH!” If used as a front man, this falcon could guarantee that a band’s album would go platinum!
Dairy Queen had earlier given us such things as kittens floating in bubbles as well…
Categories: animals, cool things, feathered friends, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: Dairy Queen falcon, Rock 'N Roll Falcon
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July 6, 2011
– – Insurance companies seem to be competing these days over who can produce the most off-the-wall commercials, and State Farm is in the running with an ad featuring a couple walking down a surreal street populated by a number of people, many of whom are carrying strange objects such as a gumball machine or a stuffed moose head.- -Well, it seems our man on the street has been saved sufficient money that he’s invested it in a falcon, which we see perched on his gloved arm. Others beholding the falcon are envious, and make comments to the effect, “Aww, I could have got a falcon!” The couple call their State Farm agent and thank him for buying them a falcon, but he denies having done that, maintaining that he simply saves people money, and that what they do with it is their concern.
Despite the fact that the peregrine falcon is magnificent, it should be pointed out that they are classified as raptors, the possession of which generally requires state and federal permits that can take years to acquire as well as specialized knowledge about their care and handling. You can’t just go out and buy one at Walmart, no matter how much money you’ve saved!
Categories: absurdities, animals, feathered friends, furry commercials, strange, television
Tags: State Farm falcon commercial
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June 29, 2011
– – Worldly philosophers have debated this one for eons: Which came first, the chicken, or the egg? In this short commercial for DirecTV, we see a chicken voiced by John Goodman answer his door to behold…an egg distinguishable only by eyeglassses! Well, the egg (voiced by Steve Buscemi) winds up on the chicken’s couch in a homey-looking room where they debate the chicken vs. egg issue while promoting DirecTV. The chicken gets the last word in…
Categories: absurdities, animals, anthropomorphic, Brilliant but twisted, furry commercials, television
Tags: the chicken or the egg
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June 23, 2011
– – If ever human beings were in screaming need of plastic surgery, it is the “pudding face” people pictured in Jell-O commercials. The facial images presented are disturbingly creepy, reminding me somewhat of Jack Nicholson’s portrayal of The Joker; the commercials don’t inspire me to go out and buy Jello (“Gee!– -I wanna look like that!”), but rather to collect money to buy the poor afflicted souls with the condition prompt surgical correction (“Give generously, or “Pudding Face” is forever!”). An army of zombies with “Pudding Face” would be too horrible to imagine. It’s one of those things so weird and repugnant that you wish you could look away, but you somehow can’t help but stare at the image, as if it were a decayed mummy…
Categories: strange, television, weird
Tags: Pudding Face
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June 19, 2011
– – Cats on keyboards are nothing new with the original video coming from the early 1980’s, but this incarnation of Keyboard Cat, also known as Pistachio Cat, is awfully cute! Wearing an oversized lime green T-shirt and playing a bouncy little number on the keyboard while promoting pistachio consumption, this cat is likely to win your heart.- -So what if the cat appears mad at times and is being controlled by human hands hidden under the baggy shirt?- -It’s no wonder that as it was sung in The Aristocats, “everybody wants to be a cat!”
By the way, the current Keyboard Cat’s name is Bento, and he is the creation of Charlie Schmidt…
Categories: animals, Brilliant but twisted, furry, furry commercials, humor, television
Tags: Bento the cat, Keyboard Cat, Pistachio Cat
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June 15, 2011
– – Remember the giant talking ants in earlier Orkin commercials?- -Well, no rat finks these, the latest Orkin commercial features a duo of really rad anthropoid rats playing hot licks on guitars in the living room of a nice suburban home that the family of four in residence comes home to unexpectedly.–Alright, the rats are a bit on the scruffy side and they’ve made a little mess on the floor, but damn, these rodents ROCK!!!- -Think Stephen King meets Jimi Henrix!
The one rat looks positively evil when he chides the family for coming home early, but hey, did you want Justin Bieber?- -These rats have got what it takes, and they know how to use it! They even offer the boy in the family a gig playing drums for them!- –Take it, you fools, don’t you know a gift when you see it?! – –I’ll play drums for them if the kid doesn’t want it, we’d RULE!!! (I can see it now…Foxy and the Vermin, Live In Concert!)
When the rats are driven out by the Orkin man (imagines voice of Stewie from Family Guy, “Damn you, Orkin man!”), they even split in a totally cool rat rod! Don’t drive these rats out, suburban white bread family!- – Sign them to a contract…FAST!!!- –These boys have a future!
Categories: absurdities, animals, anthropomorphic, Brilliant but twisted, furry, television
Tags: Orkin rat commercial
Comments: 3 Comments
June 8, 2011
– – Alright, he’s not the Green Lantern, but the Stanley Steemer technician is quietly awesome, a man who goes beyond dedication to outright fanaticism. He is absolutely passionate about his job, in one spot throwing himself upon a trashed carpet by the curb and bewailing its fate. “Why, WHY?!,” he moans with anguished soul. “I could have saved this one!- -I could have SAVED this one!,” he sobs as if in a Shakespearean tragedy.
In another spot, the dedicated cleaner asks an associate if he’s ever cleaned up after an alpaca. “It was awesome!,” he enthuses. Evidently the carpet-cleaning needs of a home with multiple preschoolers, free-range chickens, and an alpaca are all in a day’s work for this unsung hero.
More recently, the Stanley Steemer man is regarding a carpet stain, and mentions that no mammal in the household will accept ownership of it. “But now is not the time for blame,” he philosophizes, “now is the time for action!”
He’s probably deranged, but I’m so glad that the Stanley Steemer man is on our side!
Categories: absurdities, Brilliant but twisted, television
Tags: the Stanley Steemer man
Comments: 4 Comments
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
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