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Sunday, December 31, 2006

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The Invisible Engine guys may just be the most inconsistent of the talented video-comedy teams out there. Some of their videos leave us scratching our heads, others seem to have been made for a small audience of insiders in on their joke.

This one is a cute parody of a TV commercial for a breakfast cereal. But luckily the joke can be understood universally. Too bad it flops badly at the end with a completely meaningless ending.

Since the humor in both the original TV commercial and in this video is that negative things don't seem to happen to this guy because he never hears them, shouldn't the shooter have shot (at) our happily chewing friend before joining him? The he joins him with some of that great crunchy cereal when his rifle of no use on him, or something of the like? ... Just a thought.

Enjoy the video and it's dark humor. But beware of the violent, bloody scenes).

Labels: aitkins, breakfast, cereal, commercials, crunchy, guns, office, parody, TV, violence

Written by Steve Aitkins. on 12/31/2006 06:14:00 PM

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Swing Blade - Parody Mixing Swingers with Sling Blade

All videos and reviews for ButterTV

If you liked "Swingers" or "Sling Blade" you're gonna love this. mmmmm huhh. Chris Cox nails Billy Bob Thornton's bowl-cut, overall-wearing, lovable demented 'Karl' to a tee. Unfortunately none of the other actors in this spoof look anything like any of the characters in the original "Swingers". But all the dialogue is very funny.

Too bad only some of his ButterTV's other videos are this funny, particularly his George Bush impressions. They sound like him OK, but Little Bush is silly enough on his own, so when you quote him verbatim it's just kinda lame, like yeah, OK, so what's the punch line dude?. He should add some exaggerations or satire and lambasting irony to his Bush impressions. Chris should take notes from his own "Swing Blade" video.

Labels: aitkins, Billy Bob Thornton, ButterTV, comedy, movies, sling blade, swingers

Written by Steve Aitkins. on 12/31/2006 09:58:00 AM

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First For Women Car Insurance

See more from this YouTube.com user: granolasoos

'Laughter is always best when laughed last' the saying goes. It's used in a twist in this darkly humorous auto insurance TV commercial. You'll like it (whether you're a man or a woman). I'm glad this was posted online otherwise we'd never see this in the U.S. Unfortunately the FCC is much too conservative to go to allow this type of edgy ad. That's why I loved this video.

Hyundai - French TV

I believe European TV commercials are consistently funnier, edgier, and are more inventive that American-made spots, basically because they can. The FCC fears the slightest chance of offending anyone in the prudish U.S. TV viewing audience, so they have to play it as conservatively as possible. In turn, U.S. ad agencies play it safe and hardly ever push that line. Boring.

(And yes, I grew up and live in the ultra-conservative U.S.)

Anyway, enough philosophizing. Enjoy this one from France in which we watch what happens when a husband and wife meet each other while driving, in separate cars, during a chance meeting at a red light.

Labels: ads, aitkins, Anastasios, car, comedy, commercials, TV

Written by scribosphere. on 12/31/2006 09:32:00 AM

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