This:
And this:
I want to talk about the second thing. All of us who watched TV in the 90s remember the Mentos commercials. They were cheesy but catchy, which is what you want in a commercial in the first place. It's like Kars 4 Kids on the radio. But watching them now, a few of them are pretty dumb and stand out as being so. I would like to talk about 3 of these. Let's start with this one.
Now the premise is simple enough, but what really makes this dumb is the look the kid gives his mom at the end. Its basically saying "FUCK YOU MOM, I HAVE A MENTOS. HAHA". That's just annoying. Plus going to the lengths to not see his mom in public? Jeez, that kid has some issues.
Now number 2:
Again simple enough, except for the dumbass watching this action takes place. He seems completely dumbfounded. Remember me making fun of the dude watching the TV and thinking this is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Well this is worse because this is simply breaking a hell off of a shoe. "WHAT SORCERY IS THIS?" And at the end he crosses his arms like he's jammin'. No rap group would have a member like that in their posse. If they did, they would be beaten up.
And now the coup de gras.
This is the worst one of all for several reasons.
1. The look the guy gives the driver in the car makes it look like he passed gas on the seat, sort of a parting gift if you will.
2. The friends cheering on the guy like he's competing at the Olympics. Give me an fucking break
3. The biggest reason of all. Let's set the situation. The guy is separated from his friends by a car. So he decides to enter and go through the car to get to them. WHY DOESN'T HE GO BEHIND THE CAR AND AROUND IT? It's much easier and lessens your chance of pissing people off. Now earlier in the shot you see the front of the car bumper to bumper with another so I guess they want us to assume it's bumper to bumper all the way. But if you look at the shot where he's passing gas in the back seat, you can see through the back window THAT THERE IS NO CAR THERE. So the Mentos answer for this situation IS HARDER THAN THE REAL LIFE SOLUTION!. This guy deserves, in the words of Lewis Black, to be electroshocked for his own good!. My lord this one pisses me off.
Now there is one more thing about these commercials which bothers me. According to Wikipedia and other sources, a lot of these commercials were filmed on the cheap in South Africa in the early-mid 90s. South Africa in the early-mid 90s. POST APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA. Did you see a black person in these ads? I didn't. That makes it worse. And quite frankly it borders on offensive. But you have to get past the inanity and dumbness of these ads in order to see that point. But by the time you do that, it's too late because you probably bought a pack of Mentos. Mission accomplished.
What do you think?
