The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Many people will take flight today for business or pleasure, but only comedian Owen Benjamin is doing it for both, and will keep flying the friendly skies for the next 30 days. What’s the catch? It’s a promotion for Lenovo’s IdeaPad Tablet K1 and Southwest Airines. Two summers ago, Mark Malkoff lived …
You’d think someone would have done this much sooner. Like, maybe the second day of YouTube. But nope. Not until now can you enjoy this “TV commercial” for Dick’s Nuts. Looks like Dee’s Nuts have some competition. Finally. Roll it! The site listed for this video redirects to an unfinished …
Lenny Clarke lost a bunch of weight over the summer, thanks to Weight Watchers, which he’s more than happy to tell you about in a TV commercial. Well, here come the outtakes from the filming of that ad. Or are they? Now with more profanities and references to Clarke’s “man-candy.” …
The other night, FX’s Rescue Me ended its run, and during the finale, WeightWatchers ran a commercial featuring comedian and Rescue Me co-star Lenny Clarke. Roll the clip! Looking good, Lenny! We’ll see you again on our TVs soon enough as he’ll be playing Chelsea Handler’s father on the NBC …
Have you seen the new TV ad McDonald’s is running to promote its line of “premium” chicken sandwiches? Pete Karinen and Brian Sacca sure have. And they see a little too much of themselves in the commercial. Specifically, they see that McDonald’s used the same essential idea that they drew out …
Chicken restaurant chain Nando’s — known in the States as Nando’s Peri Peri — hired Reggie Watts to explore, and to let you explore, the sounds you might make just thinking about Nando’s. What’s more, they’ve created a beatbox factory called Nando’s Noise where you can mix several beats laid …
Yoplait has pulled one of its TV spots after hearing complaints from the National Eating Disorders Association. Here's the press release from the NEDA applauding Yoplait's decision. I don't get it, exactly. Isn't the whole point of yogurt that people eat that instead of eating real food? Yoplait has successfully …
Aflac, the insurance company with a lot of business in Japan, fired comedian Gilbert Gottfried as the voice of the Aflac duck because he joked about the tsunami in Japan last month. This is the guy they picked to replace Gottfried as the voice of the duck. Roll the clip! …
Hey, look! It's Arden Myrin on your TV, with GwendolineÔªø Yeo promoting Hanes underwear. If you're in NYC, you can see Myrin in her overwear hosting The Party Machine on Saturday at Union Hall in Brooklyn. Roll it.
Matt and Oz shot this spec ad for Zwack liquor, "the national shot of Hungary," with Brett Gelman. I don't know if I'm buying it, but I'm most definitely buying it. Hungarians be crazy! Watch and learn.
