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"Unintentionally Hilarious Local Commercial"

Thanks to The Consumerist (one of my favorite blogs), we get "Great Moments In Commercial History." I give you one of many gems, Don's Guns:

Who gives a crap about Singaporean two-page spread ads for Legos when this spot is just begging for a pencil?

 

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Carl LaFong commented on April 5, 2007 10:54 AM:

Best. Commercial. Ever.

In all seriousness, this spot and the one with the bug-eyed guy rapping about furniture ("It's just. . . it's just like a mini-mall. . . mini-mall") are inifintely more entertaining than most award-winning work from the creative hot shops. I wonder why that is.

Simply delicious. God, the opening two seconds alone is worth the price of admission.

Helfman commented on April 9, 2007 12:45 PM:

Danny, I love this idea. And I have to add this one to my shortlist:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAGJ-3uzkms

daveednyc commented on April 9, 2007 1:10 PM:

Awesome. Undeniably, inexplicably awesome... Who knew the local ads in Indianapolis could be so colorful?




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