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Crying out justice, but seeking out triumphs (iwanttobeasleep) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-02-06 22:52:00


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You'll have to forgive me for this one, I didn't witness the commercial or the original site first hand, but it is too perfect.

During the Superbowl, Snickers airs a commercial in which two men accidentally kiss while eating a Snickers bar, and proceed to rip off pieces of chest hair to prove their straightness.

On their website (now removed) they have three other endings for viewers to vote on (one with the two men drinking motor oil and windshield wiper fluid, one with them beating each other up, and one with another man walking in and asking if there's "room for three in this Love Boat"), to be aired during a NASCAR event. They also had reactions of football players from the Colts and the Bears being disgusted and/or amused by the two men accidently kissing (which someone uploaded to YouTube, and the second part).

Naturally, GLAAD was pissed about the obvious/implied homophobia and raised enough noise to get them to take down the site. A popular liberal blog called for the members to spam Mars's (the parent company) with complaints, and a Portland Mercury blogger writes a response to say they're overreacting and misinterpreting.

There's wank in the article comments, there's wank in the YouTube comments, I honestly have no idea where to even start pulling choice wanky comments from.


It's already in the Wikipedia entry. I've got my fingers crossed for wank in the discussion.

Important related news: The Colts' head coach promoted a homophobic fund raiser.


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(Anonymous)
2007-02-07 07:31 am UTC (link)
I missed it originally because I was watching the Puppy Bowl.

To be honest, it's not as funny as the Robert Goulet ad or the pit-fighting for promotions.

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[info]sisterelwood
2007-02-07 07:39 am UTC (link)
Awww! I forgot the Puppy Bowl was on. Sad panda.

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[info]frequentmouse
2007-02-07 07:43 am UTC (link)
The Puppy Bowl was fabulous indeed, as was the Kitten half-time show (although if it ever gets linked at CO, I'm sure there will be comentraversy over the over-sized confetti) and the only commercial I liked was the Bud one with the crabs.

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[info]queencallipygos
2007-02-07 05:44 pm UTC (link)
It was indeed linked at CO. I didn't notice anyone freaking out over the confetti, though.

Although I predict there would have been wank at regular-size confetti because omgchokinghazard.

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[info]poisonyoulove
2007-02-07 01:46 pm UTC (link)
I'm glad I'm not the only one who liked the Robert Goulet commercial for Emerald Nuts. Nobody seems to be talking about it, but I can't stop giggling at the image of him scuttling backwards along the ceiling. :)

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[info]ladyvoldything
2007-02-08 11:20 pm UTC (link)
About your icon: amazing though it is, you need to add in a reference to his human wife- who is of course Hermione.

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[info]deadlettero
2007-02-07 10:47 pm UTC (link)
I also loved the Goulet ad. Something about Goulet sneaking into offices and screwing with people's stuff makes me happy deep inside.

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(Anonymous)
2007-02-07 11:14 pm UTC (link)
The best Robert Goulet ad of all, though, was this Mercedes-Benz one:

http://www.advertisementave.com/search/search.asp?u_search=Robert+Goulet

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[info]puipui
2007-02-07 11:29 pm UTC (link)
Puppy Bowl III was so enthralling that my mom kept forgetting to change back to the Superbowl to see if the commercials were on yet. The only one that we caught was that beer one where they play rock-paper-scissors and the one guy throws a real rock. (I lol'd.)

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[info]ladyvoldything
2007-02-08 11:20 pm UTC (link)
PUUUUUUUPPPY.

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