[Bob Tanner]

A few weeks ago some of you helped me with a question I had about the elephant in the DLP commercial. It seems that almost everyone loves elephants (except some in the "Red States," but that's another story) and they go with about every product? (Except AFLAC, where the elephant might step on the duck).

Here's another commercial observation:

Does anyone besides me and one NASCAR writer see anything strange in the Wendy's commercial?

First you have a bunch of people, who appear to be lobotomy candidates who have missed their Thorazine dosage, just hanging out kicking helpless trees. Then some thirty-something guy, who looks as out of place in the role as Mike Nifong at a Duke lacrosse game, inspires them. To make it even weirder, this guy is wearing a wig which looks like it was made by Ms. Barbarino's kindergarten class using broom straw, red dye, paste and copious quantities of starch.
As I said, strange guy in stranger wig inspires the pseudo-zombies and they all walk off the set chanting something. When they're all marching off the set I get the bad feeling that they are all about to start goose-stepping, changing their chant to "Sig Heil!" and step off to the lilting strains of Deutschland Uber Alles.

While this commercial doesn't rank down there with ads for Calvin Klein or Smiling Bob's Levitra ads it might be this season's strangest ad.

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

A few weeks ago some of you helped me with a question I had about the elephant in the DLP commercial. It seems that almost everyone loves elephants (except some in the "Red States," but that's another story) and they go with about every product? (Except AFLAC, where the elephant might step on the duck).

Here's another commercial observation:

Does anyone besides me and one NASCAR writer see anything strange in the Wendy's commercial?

First you have a bunch of people, who appear to be lobotomy candidates who have missed their Thorazine dosage, just hanging out kicking helpless trees. Then some thirty-something guy, who looks as out of place in the role as Mike Nifong at a Duke lacrosse game, inspires them. To make it even weirder, this guy is wearing a wig which looks like it was made by Ms. Barbarino's kindergarten class using broom straw, red dye, paste and copious quantities of starch.
As I said, strange guy in stranger wig inspires the pseudo-zombies and they all walk off the set chanting something. When they're all marching off the set I get the bad feeling that they are all about to start goose-stepping, changing their chant to "Sig Heil!" and step off to the lilting strains of Deutschland Uber Alles.

While this commercial doesn't rank down there with ads for Calvin Klein or Smiling Bob's Levitra ads it might be this season's strangest ad.

when I read the title for this thread I thought it was going to be about the NA$CAR commercial about "roof flaps"....

but, you're right. this one ranks right down there with the worst of them.

[Racer Duck]

btw: have a super cruise. and try not to think about us back here wishing we were with you...

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by Racer Duck

btw: have a super cruise. and try not to think about us back here wishing we were with you...

I leave in September. In the a.m. I'm heading out to Denver (Aurora, actually). If I'm lucky, I'll be out there next weekend and be able to catch the races at National Speedway.

[SteelPhoenyx]

Heh... that's a strange ad!

My favorite so far has to be the chainsaw wielding ferret (Mountain Dew).