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janradder Yes, the Taco Bell ad for Nachos bel Grande has replaced last year's John Mellencamp "This is Our Country" ad as TV spot most likely to make me go out and hurt people.
It's not just that I've had to watch it at least 127 times over the last two weeks as I watched the ALCS and World Series (and we're only into the first game of that. Lord help me, if this series goes a full seven I can not be held responsible for my actions) though that certainly hasn't helped. It's one of those ads that annoys the hell out of you the very first time you see it. With each repeated viewing it only grates further upon your nerves so that it becomes like that guest at the party who you can't get out the door and it's two in the morning and every one else has left and they keep telling you they really should get going but then they don't and you just smile.
Where to start? First there's the full of himself actor who plays the older brother who thinks that he has to deliver his lines in a full frenzied top of his voice manner because that's what makes it funny (punctuated by his "Yah?!" in response to his brother's question. Of course in an alternate version -- because it was such a great idea, they made two -- he doesn't say "Yah?!" but "Cha?!"). Then there's the younger brother trying the nachos (with chili) and nodding his head approvingly (which is annoying in itself) but because of the cutting, it looks like his older brother is romantically feeding him those nachos and that is just ooky. And then there's the mimed whip crack by the younger brother as the soundtrack plays Devo's "Whip It" to imply that the older brother is whipped when in fact, he's merely a hypocrite because he's violated two of his three "Rules to Live By" ("Yah?!") -- real men don't own lap dogs and never date a girl with dragon tattoos (it really is pathetic that I know these rules and, unfortunately, I will probably go to my grave knowing them).
I swear that if I see this ad one more time I'm going to Taco Bell where I will "always get chili on my Nachos bel Grande" (rule number 3 for those who don't know) and then I am going to go out and hunt down each and every one of the people responsible for making this ad. When I find every last one of them, I will sit them all in a small room and force feed them nachos while I repeatedly say "Yah?!" and mime a whipping motion to the beat of Devo's "Whip It" until they either pass out or die. Is this extreme? Yah?!
It's not just that I've had to watch it at least 127 times over the last two weeks as I watched the ALCS and World Series (and we're only into the first game of that. Lord help me, if this series goes a full seven I can not be held responsible for my actions) though that certainly hasn't helped. It's one of those ads that annoys the hell out of you the very first time you see it. With each repeated viewing it only grates further upon your nerves so that it becomes like that guest at the party who you can't get out the door and it's two in the morning and every one else has left and they keep telling you they really should get going but then they don't and you just smile.
Where to start? First there's the full of himself actor who plays the older brother who thinks that he has to deliver his lines in a full frenzied top of his voice manner because that's what makes it funny (punctuated by his "Yah?!" in response to his brother's question. Of course in an alternate version -- because it was such a great idea, they made two -- he doesn't say "Yah?!" but "Cha?!"). Then there's the younger brother trying the nachos (with chili) and nodding his head approvingly (which is annoying in itself) but because of the cutting, it looks like his older brother is romantically feeding him those nachos and that is just ooky. And then there's the mimed whip crack by the younger brother as the soundtrack plays Devo's "Whip It" to imply that the older brother is whipped when in fact, he's merely a hypocrite because he's violated two of his three "Rules to Live By" ("Yah?!") -- real men don't own lap dogs and never date a girl with dragon tattoos (it really is pathetic that I know these rules and, unfortunately, I will probably go to my grave knowing them).
I swear that if I see this ad one more time I'm going to Taco Bell where I will "always get chili on my Nachos bel Grande" (rule number 3 for those who don't know) and then I am going to go out and hunt down each and every one of the people responsible for making this ad. When I find every last one of them, I will sit them all in a small room and force feed them nachos while I repeatedly say "Yah?!" and mime a whipping motion to the beat of Devo's "Whip It" until they either pass out or die. Is this extreme? Yah?!
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Date: 2007-10-25 04:46 pm (UTC)