A good friend of Commercial Grade, Tolle, requested a review for the new JELL-O "pudding face" line of ads. I hadn't seen any of them, so I hopped on Youtube and found this one, titled "Dad." I wasn't sure what to expect, since the only thing that immediately pops into my head when I think of JELL-O is Bill Cosby and his horrific sweaters. Then that makes me think of the god-awful video of white girls trying to do Bill Cosby impressions. With these thoughts in my head, and considering the request came from Tolle - who, like me is enraged by things that suck - I braced myself for the worst.
I was surprised. I didn't love the "Dad" commercial, but it didn't send me into a state of homicidal fury. The dad's voice is great, and I am a fan of anytime a father puts their own interests in front of their family's. "Fuck you, daughter, I am the provider in this house and I will eat all of the pudding if I damn well please. Then I will sit here with a ridiculous oversized grin on my face and shit-talk the whole family about it." I only wish he were more over the top about it. Some more smart-ass comments could have gone a long way in this one.
As far as the pudding face concept goes, I would eat pudding for every meal if it really worked like this. I would love the ability to look like a demented loon pretty much on demand. I do wonder how long the effect lasts, though. Ideally, something like pudding face should only last a couple of hours, tops.
I also can't help but wonder about using the pudding on other creatures. Imagine a duck or a shark with a big ass open mouthed grin pasted on their face. If I was a pudding-faced shark I would just go around looking for humans to freak out. That is, of course, assuming I have some cognitive capability, which is a stretch because sharks are extremely fucking stupid. Still, it sounds pretty damned cool if you ask me.
Final Grade: C
0 comments:
Post a Comment