Elves have it tough. Every year for the past few years, it's become increasing acceptable to pick on the little guys from the North Pole.
First, there was the classic scene with Will Ferrell in "Elf."
Then, this year it's like a scrum. Honda and Pepto both deployed an elfin theme to their holiday campaigns....Pepto's latest effort, in particular, is pretty damn funny.
10. Hershey's hasn't re-aired this spot yet. I absolutely LOVE seeing this every holiday season.
9. a radio station thought it was OK to start playing Christmas music before Thanksgiving.....AND, the Glee cast decided it was OK to cover this shite George Michael tune.
8. I wasn't part of this this concept for Jack Daniel's. very cool idea.
7. Lexus just gets douchier and douchier....even Conan agrees.
6. flirting with Santa....just not right. even when he's inanimate.
5. why aren't there more 15-second ads that are funny like this??!
4. this is an actual site....no shit.
3. socks for Christmas? what jackass first came up with that idea?!
2. Mariah Carey should never have recorded a Christmas song. But 38 million people should never have watched it either!
1. the Charlie Brown Christmas Special only airs once. when's CBS going to pull a TBS move (Christmas Story marathon) and play it 'round the clock?! a single showing is simply not enough!
I think I know where Southern Comfort got the courage to launch their latest line extension.
When you live so far away from civilization, you can take a few liberties. I love, for example, that The Alaska Distillery's homepage doesn't comply whatsoever with US reg's for alcohol website access. They don't bother with asking you to type in your full birthday. Instead....
Uh.....sure I am.
My favorite merchandise that they sell is - get this - ice.
But when they got to their latest product innovation, I'm pretty sure that the Alaska Distillery did not conduct any focus groups in the Continental US. This is actually for sale, so I gotta figure the SoCo brand manager saw this and said to themselves "if they can sell that, we can convince people to do shots of Tabasco masked as SoCo."
Remember that serpent in Harry Potter? I'm convinced it's the inspiration behind that creepy Arby's ad. But just wait until you see this wacked out BK Japan ad......whoa.
Why are there so many haters of Tebow? The guy's a winner. Period. Sure, he's got some areas for improvement (like passing accuracy!), but by and large he's the quinessential all-American athlete....and squeaky clean.
Contrast that with someone like, um....Charlie Sheen who re-invented the self-indulgant, punctuated public meltdown.
Is it too much to ask my fellow Amerians to celebrate a sportsman of the first degree? Heck, if I were a CMO for Coke, McDonald's, Disney, Stride Rite or any other family-oriented brand, I'd be clammoring for some Tebow rally magic.
I have no f*ing idea what they're saying, but I've watched this three times and giggle every time at the kids dancing. Plus, it has a festive, holiday feel to it, doesn't it?!