The Discovery Channel has come up with an updated version of one of the greatest, most-watchable commercials ever made.
Adam Savage appears to be in some peril at the hand of his co-worker Jamie. I suspect it will all turn out OK, however.
I was just starting to get tired of Whoopi Goldberg, Phil Jackson and Jesse James …
…when they went and did a new one, with cast members from different eras of a popular late-night sketch comedy program:
I love Brad Garrett’s new 7-Up commercial.
Garrett, of course, is a comic who has played curmudgeons in “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “‘Til Death.” The ad begins with agents or some other Hollywood types telling him he would be perfect for another such grouchy role — but Garrett, sipping on a 7-Up, goes into a dream sequence where he’s skipping down the street, handing out balloons and singing a song to the tune of “(Everyone Knows It’s) Windy.”
Funny, without letting you forget the product.
It’s interesting to me that there are two different advertisements airing right now referencing the same joke — a restaurant ad using the joke as if it’s current and funny, and a movie trailer mocking the very same joke as a worn-out cliche.
In an ad about the recent remodeling of the Ruby Tuesday restaurant chain, the spokesman pops up next to a restaurant booth and snatches up the Tiffany lamp.
“The 70s called,” he says, replacing the old lamp with a different type. “They want their lamp back.”
Meanwhile, this exchange is featured in the trailers for the movie “The Rocker”:
Robert ‘Fish’ Fishman: 1991 called, they want their teenage angst back.
Amelia: No, they just called again. They want that joke back.
(Transcript from IMDb)
I haven’t seen this on Discovery Channel yet, but I will certainly look for it after seeing it on Chris’s blog:
What a hoot. Nice to see Mike Rowe, and of course Jamie and Adam.