Parrrr-taaay!!

Some marketing minds at the Dutch travel agency X-travel decided to try their hands at viral marketing with this gamble of a video.

In the clip, a plane comes dangerously close to crashing into hotels on the beach, then makes a water landing on the shore. The emergency slide opens and young kids ready to party slide down into the surf.

The idea sounds much more horrifying than the execution, and being that it is marketed outside of the U.S. they may not view this kind of imagery with the same negative emotions that other audiences might.

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Tasteful. Subtle. Classy. Elegant. The Credit Pimp

A commenter on this article reminded me not to forget about the Credit Pimp of Chicago’s own rival in the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia.

Unlike the old man who just walks the walk, the Credit Pimp of Philly actually uses the ‘p’ word to describe what he will do to your credit. No, he won’t smack it for withholding money from turning tricks, he’ll spend the amount a normal person would put away for a down payment on a house, and instead put it towards 3 flat screen LCD HD TVs in the backseat of your credit, along with a sub woofer that can vibrate the lumps out of mashed potatoes.

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‘I was in the pool!’ Remember that? That was funny.

This ancient ad for McDonald’s failed product roll-out of the McD.L.T. features a young and spry Jason Alexander. In the song if this is Alexander really singing it’s a bit of a surprise to hear a competent singing voice coming out of Jerry’s screaming sidekick. And watch how cat-like he is when he jumps into frame.

Aside from it being made of NastyMeat®, the McD.L.T. required an abominable amount of Styrofoam to keep the hot things hot and the cool things cool. While a good idea in theory, having to assemble a burger flies in the face of the entire concept of fast food. Why not give me two separate cups, one with ice, and one with liquid and have me mix them together you jackasses. What am I, a machine?

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Hi I’m Bobby No-Hand

I found this collection of violent and funny Canadian PSAs via in4mador. Each ad features someone getting into a horrible accident, and then blaming it on the ladder. Even in the accidents that don’t involve a ladder!

Of the three, the one with the woman getting her face cooked by the deep fat fryer is probably the most disturbing, but maybe you have a fear of being bisected, and would find the woman falling off a ladder onto glass much more horrifying. The Deep Fat Face Cook can be found here, the Man Falling to his Horrible Death can be found here, and The Mystery of the Bisected Woman can be found here.

(Oh there is more…)

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At the time we thought he had all the answers

How does ‘Big Daddy’ of Lincoln Car Insurance in Chicago get all the ladies? This commercial for the company explains some of the mystery. The rest, we assume, has something to do with a great and powerful sorcerer.

This is like a masters course in bad commercial making. There are things in here so bad the layman just wouldn’t think of it. ‘When you cut to him, he has joke spring glasses on and a sound effect plays? I never would have thought to do something that stupid! Truly this is the work of a master.’

Oh and let’s not forget that the mock-pimp getup makes him look totally racist. If his rates are as low as he says I guess we can forgive him.

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