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29 September 2006

Anyone remember this hilarious advertisement? There was an ad I saw online a few years ago where an office drone suddenly decides to quit his job and go live his dreams. He says to the hot office girl, "I'm quitting my job and going to live my dreams. Come with me." And she says "Ok, but only if we can have lots of babies."→[More:]
They start walking down the hall, and everyone they see joins them. The woman is walking along saying "Babies! Babies!" and stuffing things under her blouse so she looks like she's pregnant. Each person has their own goofy thing they're doing, but I can't remember any others.

Anyone else remember that? Got a link?

post by: agropyron at: 09:57 | 12 comments

Babies!

posted by iconomy 29 September | 10:07

Unrelated Lynch cigarette ad, in case you ain't seen it yet.

posted by eatitlive 29 September | 10:10

YES!! That is the weirdest commercial. Did it actually air?

Thanks ico!

And that's a pretty freaky ad too, eatitlive. Looks like he recycled the technique he used in the Twin Peaks season 1 finale.

posted by agropyron 29 September | 10:34

I don't think it ever aired. Was posted on MeFi though...

posted by sciurus 29 September | 10:43

Ah...was it? Because I've definitely seen it before. Hard to forget the intensity of the woman...yikes. Disturbing.

posted by iconomy 29 September | 11:09

That was indeed a weird commercial. I would be surprised if it ever aired -- not really the NutriGrain ethos.

But that Lynch ad, wow. Nothing says "smoke a cigarette" like a post-apocalyptic mystical scene at a gas station. It just screams "Parisienne people."

posted by me3dia 29 September | 11:25

::tears running down face::

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 29 September | 14:52

It has its own Wikipedia article.

It was more of a demo reel creation than a viral, but director Reardon has done witty ads that have aired, like the guy who gets locked out of his hotel room.

posted by dhartung 29 September | 16:10

That Nutrigrain commercial is a classic.

That Lynch one I've never seen before. It's not just post-apocalyptic, it's utterly surreal. I think Dali just jizzed on my leg. I'm pretty sure they shot the whole thing in reverse, with the actors walking backwards through the whole miniscript.

posted by loquacious 29 September | 19:04

These two commercials are making my day! Even if it is half an hour to midnight. I will count the entire day a success.

posted by halonine 29 September | 23:20

Some version of the ad was aired, I saw it. I know the "whoa," line and the "only if we can have lots of babies" part was in the Television version.

Obviously they didn't run a 1:30 ad

posted by delmoi 30 September | 02:07

Hmm... the wikipedia article says it was an internet thing. Maybe that's where I saw it.

posted by delmoi 30 September | 02:09

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