If only labs were really like this . . .

What do you get when you mix The Village People with a bio and chem research supplier?
A very weird music video:

(thanks, L. you made my evening.)

Pseudo-Science drives me nuts

Hilarious commentary by Sarah Haskins on stupid skin care commercials using "sciency" words and pictures to sell things:


(yes, it's from February, but I just started going through archives)

PoMo Commercial

Generally I'm sooo post postmodernism. But every once in a while, I'm thankful for it, like when I found this beer commercial that makes fun of the major premise of beer commercials:

Molson Ad

Disturbing Ad

Continuing with my posts about commercials (wow, YouTube is awesome):

Some commercials are random to the point of being disturbing. Ikea has a whole lot of these ads, like the following one. I wonder, though, if this worked very well for them; all the current Ikea ads I see on TV are significantly, uh, happier.

Ikea Commercial

Kids and Ads

Continuing a series in advertising, here are my two favorite ads involving kids, although they're basically opposite in effect.

Stratos (Norwegian commercial)


Zazoo (Belgian commerical)

Another Ad

OK, this one isn't a strange commercial, but I like it because I'm a movie geek. I count 9 movie references (and I've seen them all). Not bad for a 60 second ad. See comment for the list of the movies.

JC Penney Ad

Random Ads

Some ads are hilarious just because they're totally strange. As a tribute to the late-night brainstorming of ad executives, here are some of my new favorites:

Starburst Commercial


Shout Commercial


Folger Commercial