"I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less."
16 January 2007Dead man hawkingIn a world where people still see Elvis, I suppose it's inevitable that Orville Redenbacher would be doing commercials from beyond the grave, especially this year, which marks the 100th anniversary of his birth; but it's still kinda creepy, and "kinda creepy" doesn't do a thing for my appetite, you know? As Lileks says, "It's a desiccated undead zombie-mummy in a bowtie, and it will steal your soul." At least they didn't pose him in a hot tub. I saw that last night & I expected his head to explode like some sort of buttery popcorn piniata. Very creepy. It's what happens when you give an ad team with limited creativity and no cool just enough special effects knowledge. Creepy. However, it's still not as disappointing as seeing Audrey Hepburn come back from the grave to hawk Gap pants. That's just morally wrong. Posted by: Dwight at 10:29 AM on 16 January 2007And at least Redenbacher would eat his own product, we assume; no one can imagine Audrey Hepburn shopping at the Gap. Or worse, Old Navy. I think our conversation went like this: Husband: So now they've got dead Orville Redebacher on TV. I don't know if that's cool or creepy. Me: Definitely creepy, give me the remote or change the channel. Posted by: Melessa at 12:03 PM on 16 January 2007Aaaaggghhhhh! The popcorn nerd has been Forrest-Gumped! Posted by: McGehee at 12:49 PM on 16 January 2007Xeni at BoingBoing has already dubbed him "Orville Undeadenbacher". Posted by: CGHill at 1:03 PM on 16 January 2007I loved the Hepburn re-mix. But this? This I could have lived my whole life without seeing. Posted by: Jennifer at 8:18 PM on 16 January 2007Undeadenbacher. Heh. Hey, what would Ahnold Schwartzenegger have called himself had he gone into porn instead of politics? (No they are NOT the same thing.) Give up? The Sperminator. Heh. Sperminator. Posted by: Mister Snitch! at 3:47 PM on 20 January 2007 |