Video Death Loop

If your house bugs and a spare room, it may be time to call Orkin. Yes, for just the price of room and board for a stranger for the rest of their (or your) life you too can maybe be free of insects for a little while. It’s…great? Anyway, we watched this entirely forgettable Orkin… Read more S3:E21 – Orkin “Always Workin'” Commercial

Are regular theme parks not enough any more? Not getting the same thrills from being strapped into a roller coaster called the Exploding Eagle and zooming upside down over a parking lot that could easily become your grave if the 21 year old stoner “safety inspector” called Cory failed to do his job properly that… Read more S3:E20 – Action Park Commercial

Don’t feel down, little green man! You can do this! Yes you can! You’re my strong little green man with a purple hat and a towel around your neck! Chin up little guy! Yes, chin up! A boost for everyone’s psyche, this week, we watched a clip from Dragon Ball Z where Piccolo feels pretty… Read more S3:E19 – THIS IS AMAZING! I FEEL INCREDIBLE!

The Sonic wars almost escalated into a third week. Thankfully, a deal was reached and the armistice was signed between the two hosts. The mutual ground to sign such a treaty? A minor Sci-Fi TV series that noone can actually remember what it was about. Only that they quested in the sea a lot and… Read more S3:E18 – SeaQuest DSV TV Opening

TEETH TEETH TEETH TEETH TEETH TEETH BACKWARDS TEETH (HTEET) Revenge is a messy business, particularly when your plan of revenge is to just play the trailer we watched last week in reverse so we can talk about TEETH some more. Why can’t we just have more TEETH? Don’t you enjoy TEETH? Try some today! John… Read more S3:E17 – Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Trailer in Reverse

Sure, you’ve watched the trailer yourself. Sure, you’ve watched about a dozen YouTube reactions to the trailer. Sure, you’ve read about a hundred mid-brow thinkpieces about how the YouTube reaction videos to the trailer are contributing to a culture of hedgehog fastness disparity, or like, something. Well now you’re going to listen to US watch… Read more S3:E16 &#8211...

You’re about to buy an energy drink and suddenly, woo! A flash of light, the smell of vitamins and there he is: Ric Flair. He’s got a possibly-opened bottle of Fuel In A Bottle energy drink and he’s forcing it into your hand. Now he’s taking your wallet and teleporting away, leaving a puff of… Read more S3:E15 – Ric Flair Fuel In A Bottle Energy Commercial

Somewhere deep in what looks like a strip mall in Orlando, there is a hallway. It is primarily beige, an unremarkable place with flecked vinyl tiles on the floor. In the hall there is a doorway, also beige, also unremarkable. There is no sign on the door, no number. If you ask one of the… Read more S3:E14 – Legends of the Hidden Temple: Mask of Shaka Zulu Temple Run

The Double Cheeseburger! It’s back! It’s back! Tell the world! Ninety-nine cents only! Your joy is now complete! For one penny less than a dollar you can get two patties with cheese! Commodity prices are low! So is the price on your life! This week, we watched a McDonald’s Double Cheeseburger commercial on loop. It’s… Read more S3:E13 – McDonald’s Double C...

Who is the Boss? Is it Angela (Judith Light), who works as an advertising executive and exhibiting the sheer raw power of 80s Shoulder Pads to a devastating level? Is it Tony Danza, who is just playing a character named Tony in the show and didn’t have the time in his stardom to learn a second… Read more S3:E12 – Who’s the Boss TV Opening

In the early days of the web, well, the mid-early days, er, maybe the silver age? Screw it, let’s call it the proto-Attitude era of the web, this was a cartoon that was on it. It looped when you watched it. We liked it. We may have even recorded it on VHS. This week we… Read more S3:E11 – Badgers Flash Cartoon

What do you do after you save the world? Do you fade to the background and let people live their lives? Retreat to the woods and become a wise hermit? What about relishing the money and power you’re surely due? What if the answer was none of those things – what if the answer was… Read more S3:E10 – Final Fantasy X-2 Opening

In the hierarchy of chain doughnut places, Krispy Kreme has settled to the bottom, if not in quality, then at least the bottom of the country. Krispy Kreme’s fried treats have their strong points, especially their frosting waterfall. Sure, from time to time, it may get used for nefarious purposes, but the very concept of… Read more S3:E9 – Krispy Kreme Donut Conveyor Belt

Listen, when you’re Wendy’s, sometimes you gotta teach people how to make coffee. That’s just how it is. These are the kinds of people this video is for. You gotta entertain them with some music, a little bit of dancing, a little bit of sexual innuendo. Maybe a LOT of sexual innuendo. Or maybe that’s… Read more S3:E8 – Wendy’s Training Video for Hot Drinks

The Casio Loopy will make you forget about your friends, as its commercial clearly shows. First, you’ll be making a visual novel on your television, then you’ll print stickers of your visual novel, then you’ll use the stickers to stick your friends to the walls of your bedroom, slowly covering them day by day in… Read more S3:E7 – Casio Loopy Commercial

The Pontiac Aztek has a reputation for being a bad and ugly car, even if in recent years internet car journalists have started to rethink  that. Maybe, they argue it was just an ugly car. Or maybe it was a bad car. Or, I dunno, maybe it was an ugly and bad car. Unwarranted takes… Read more S3:E6 – Pontiac Aztek Commercial

The archangel Peter Gabriel may have left with his Sledgehammer, but Phil Collins still watches over us all. He helps those who cannot dance and those who cannot walk. He helps an Iguana get a lift to a much needed hot rock destination. He gives up his constantly focused on blue jeans to a pool… Read more S3:E5 – Genesis “I Can’t Dance” Music Video

Step into the world of young Kevin McCallister, a student wizard who must protect his magical school against the evil Wet Bandits. You will be amazed at how he draws his power from Vitamin C, scientifically the most average of all vitamins. Whatever a vitamin is. This week we watch the Harry Potter and the… Read more S3:E4 – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Commercial

Airwolf is a helicopter, yes? Or is Airwolf the guy driving the helicopter. Either way there’s a helicopter and a guy and separately, or perhaps together, one or some or all of them can be called Airwolf. Of this, there can be no denial. John Hurst hosts and gets in his wheelhouse. Aaron Littleton co-hosts… Read more S3:E3 – Airwolf TV Opening

Paul Hollywood’s hand extends towards yours. A plate of perfect macaroons, or are those macarons, sits between you. Time moves in slow motion. Rain dabbles on the tent. A honeybee’s wings, perched on an immaculate flower, move so slowly you can see them. Is this heaven, you wonder. You sweat. Why is his hand still… Read more S3:E2 – The Great British Bake Off TV Opening

We’re here, we’re back you guys! Season 3 is ready to worm its way into your head like the dark spirit trapped inside the frosty cold can of a Dr. Pepper! Have your brownies, dance your dance, but realize there is no escape from the joy we bring. This week we watched a Dr. Pepper… Read more S3:E1 – Dr. Pepper 1988 Commercial

Hey so what’s happening everyone? John and I have been basically destroyed by the holidays, er, we’ve been on such a sweet and awesome vacation that we haven’t been able to record the podcast for the last two weeks. But worry not: Season 3 starts next Friday! in the mean time, chill out, enjoy a… Read more Video Death Loop End of the Year Break

Arby’s had an idea: what if they made holiday tumblers? What if they were kind of understated and festive, without a splashy logo and cost a measly 79 cents per glass? What if they were shaped like curly fries and filled with curly fries and existed in a universe where curly fries were the foundation… Read more S2:E65 – Arby’s Holly Days Tumbler Commercial

Baseboards: we hardly think about them. Ok, we don’t really think about them at all. In a way, we purposfully ignore them. But if we did think about them, we might ask: are they necessary? Why are they there? What is this thing and why is it filthy? The Baseboard Buddy commercial we watched this… Read more S2:E64 – Baseboard Buddy Commercial

In the sleepy town of Encino, a secret lays buried: the secret of the juice. Some may wish to horde the juice and some may want to drink the juice, but both are the wrong way to approach the juice. The juice will destroy those not ready for its power and to tame the juice,… Read more S2:E63 – Encino Man Trailer