wtf
09/21/2007
Alicia Silverstone Naked for PETA
Behind the scenes at the Daily Reel...
LIZ: Oh, hey. Alicia Silverstone is naked in this new ad.
SPENCER: Really? Batgirl? Link, please.
...three minutes later...
SPENCER: Ohhhh.
LIZ: What?
SPENCER (disappointed): It's for PETA.
LIZ: Yeah. Sorry.
SPENCER: Yeah.
09/13/2007
Crazy 80s Rap Commercial For MS-DOS 5!
Here's a little known fact: at some point in the 80's, the marketing teams responsible for launching virtually all new software lost their collective minds. Don't believe me? Check out this "rap" video promoting MS-DOS 5.
I can't do it full justice -- you really have to watch it -- but there's some scientist guy, and he's rapping, and then he shrinks for a while, and there are some dancing elephants, and then he's full sized again, and... seriously, just watch it.
And if that alone doesn't convince you that insanity was spreading through Microsoft's ad department like wildfire, have a look at this promo for Windows 386. (Don't be fooled by the first couple of minutes; the crazy kicks in at about 2:15.)
I don't... and why... and with the.... <sigh> My head hurts.
If I ever get my hands on a time machine, the first thing I'm doing is going back to the pitch meetings for these two promos, so I can witness for myself the ad guys acting them out as a delighted Bill Gates shouts, "YES! I LOVE IT!" After that, I'll go kill Hilter and do a bunch of other stuff. But first, I'm finding out what's with Microsoft and all the rapping.
07/25/2007
The Skittles Touch
In this tragicomic commercial for Skittles, a man is asked by his coworker to demonstrate how everything he touches turns to Skittles. Kinda awesome, right? Not so, my friend.
A soliloquy of Shakespearean proportions follows, as the forlorn fellow relates how the "Skittles touch" keeps him from holding his son, dressing himself... and how it resulted in a most unfortunate fate for a man he met on the bus. Talk about bringing a new meaning to the word "bittersweet."
But seriously, though -- all the Skittles you could ever want, any time you want them? That's pretty cool. Plus, I can think of a few people I'd like to lay the Skittle mojo on.
Still. Those Skittle marketing dudes are effed up.
01/08/2007
Ford Ranger - Secret TV Ad
This buy-your-way-out-of-national catastrophe spot is a little too reminiscent of the recent string of deadly hurricanes for my taste.
Rumored to be filling the million-plus dollar time slots on Super Bowl Sunday, this “built Ford tough” ad appears to have cost as much hurricane relief itself. According to Adfreak,
This allegedly top secret commercial for Ford's 2007 Ranger showed up on YouTube [last week]. It seems potentially Super Bowl-esque if for no other reason than it probably cost a lot of money to produce, but, it's also unclear whether this is meant to air in the U.S. or not.
