Catching waves with the Montain

For all you skateboarders out there, time to step off the pavement, and into the waves. Tarp Surfing: All you need is a skateboard, a bid ol’ sheet of blue tarp, have someone lift one corner, and you’re off!



Mountain Dew took the Tarp Surfing activity, and turned it into their own with their tagline, “It’s different on the Mountain”. They created these gigantic fake barrels with sheets of blue nylon. Once pulled, they produced faux breaking waves. The beach minus the sand and sharks.

I would have liked them to use long boards instead, because then it would have looked more like surfing on the waves. There was a shot in there, where a girl had either a small surfboard in her hands, or a long board. But it gave it more of a “surfer dude” appeal. Besides that I thought it was awesome!

Thanks to Park Pictures Ad Agency ☺

Coca Cola is on fire!

Super Bowl 2011

Despite whatever everyone else thinks, I do like the Coca Cola tv ad with the dragons and fireworks. I remember when I first saw it, it turned into a giant guessing game. People assumed it was 'World of Warcraft', then a new 'Narnia' movie, and everyone kept thinking it had to belong to some soda brand. In the crowd you heard "Coke"... who would have thought that that one person was right?



I was mostly astounded by the animation. Sure the commercial was a little weird, where these little fuzzy guys won the battle by the coke making the dragon's flames into fireworks, but hey, it was entertaining. I think that's why it caught my attention, because it was out of the ordinary, and it was that strangeness that at least got me to REMEMBER the brand they were advertising. You aren't going to spend millions of dollars on a TV spot, and not have the audience remember you, are you? I'm just saying, there were a lot of cool commercials, but I don't know who they belong to.

It's pronounced: Chipotle!

I saw this and immediately though of Chase and how I am always correcting his pronunciation of "Zara". It's as if it were an "S" Chase!! :)
I really thought this was hilarious, because it happens in real life. I've seen many situations where Hispanics, or French, or Americans would correct other people's pronunciations. Of course, what's everyone's response? "We're in America". Yeah, okay, I'm going to say this here and now, and hopefully you get it through your skull. Doesn't matter WHERE you are, education is still education. I'm just saying. I understand how you probably can't pronounce Chipotle right, but hey one letter change isn't going to kill you. I love the ending, when the wannabe Hispanic/Spanish dude himself is corrected for saying "Culver" wrong. It was like a "in your face" kind of thing, and really completed the commercial. It could have been better if they actually used someone whose native tongue was Spanish, just because this guy looks kind of creepy. Like a White Matador. Regardless where we are, I am STILL going to correct my roommates when they pronounce "queso"...Come on! It isn't that hard! Spanish for how many years and you can't say cheese? At least you can smile.
PS. My bad when I was telling you how to say it. 'CH' sound, just with a little bit more 'T' in there. Us Nicaraguans... we got our own lingo :)

Guardian Guru

Clairol Nice 'N' Easy's Guardian Whatever....First time I saw this, and I thought of Dave's Guru. They are both similar, except this Guardian is a woman. She is honest, straight to the point, and gives you the solution...just like.. Yep.



Angela Kinsey is THE guardian girlfriend - protecting your hair-do from a hair-don't. Adding highlights, shades, and the perfect color to make your hair totally glamorous. Kind of weird seeing her so upbeat, apart from her usually gloomy look, isn't it? She even came out in the end, with the extra "ding"-- "button".
Psst. Bloopers :P

It's calling me....

AdZone 2010!
Hulu has compiled some of the best ads of 2010 into a playlist conveniantely for us :) Sorry NetFlix, but I still think Hulu is better. Free and it has a cuter logo (besides the point..but still).



Just enjoy.
I'd love to sit here and just watch all of them, but I clicked on one. Google.
Loved it. A search engine story, it was just cute, and clever, and made me smile at the end, like an "aw" smile. Google and Bing have that story ad to promote their search engines, and I really think it works. It really shows how much Google works for searching just about anything. Oh and Bing -- I love the one with the guy asking this girl on a date. It grabbed my attention long enough to actually check out Bing. And I do use it...when Google isn't working for me, and when I want to just learn something a little extra without really looking for it...
(I can't find the Bing commercial)