It’s now time for our weekly caption contest. This week’s photo features a boy holding a dual-cassette jambox / boombox, with a couple of cans of spray paint. Behind him is a prodigious amount of graffiti. The young man is also making some attempt at being “cool”, wearing sunglasses and making some sign / symbol with his hand. As always, there is no factual context behind this picture, so you get to make it up. You can explain what he’s thinking and/or doing, what his peers think, or what has happened or is about to happen. Basically, you can make up whatever you want. The only rules are: keep it clean and make it funny. Have fun!
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Like clockwork, here’s this week’s caption contest. (Actually, since it’s later than normal, the clock might be broken.) This time the photo is of a person walking their dog, which is wearing a Superman costume. It’s up to you to write something funny to go with this picture. You can write from the owner’s perspective, the dog’s point-of-view, anyone watching, or even just general commentary or jokes or puns.
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Speaking of Taco Bell commercials, did you know Taco Bell has actually made superheroes out of their ingredients? And they didn’t just make a cheesy commercial — they made a whole episode! (Well, four and a half minutes, anyway.)
This is a parody of Superfriends, which makes it kinda cool in a retro, parody way. The team is called the Super Delicious Ingredient Force (SDIF), and they stay at the Fortress of Flavor. You’ve gotta watch this. It’s the epitome of cheesy, in a funny way.
Episode 1 is when the SDIF team battles the Cruddy Combo Clan.
Of course they have their own website: SDIF.com. Apparently each character even has their own Facebook page, which is stretching the gag a little thin.
There are currently four episodes. You may be wondering if they get better or worse. Well, in my humble opinion, they get even more cheesy. Whether that is good or not, you can decide for yourself.
FYI, these are funnier if you watch them with a friend, so you can make share commentary on it. (It also helps if you have a sense of humor… obviously.) You can also leave a comment sharing your thoughts on it, and you get bonus points if you can make it funny. 🙂
Regardless of how cheesy / generic these are, at least an attempt was made at humor. These clips are better than most commercials — even just the sound effects in the first one makes it worth watching. I wish more ad companies would make funny commercials. Hmm… I think that’s a job for… BUFFET O’ BLOG! While I jest, the staff here could make the most awesome commercials, without a doubt. So perhaps we should design a few… especially if we could get paid for it!
The other day I came across a few Taco Bell commercials, and they’ve had a few classic ones. Some are funny, and some bring back the memories. So I’m gonna share a few with you, and they’re embedded in this post, for your viewing convenience.
The first video is a Taco Bell ad from 1989-90 featuring MC Hammer. It’s actually kinda neat.
There’s a chance that the next ones will be even more generic, so proceed at your own risk. 🙂
This next Taco Bell commercial is from 1979 and it looks and sounds like it. But the song is actually kinda catchy: “TacaTacaTaco Bell!” — “The Fresh Food Place!”
But wait, there’s more! This one is from 1984.
Next is one from the early 1990s, and this one brings back the memories of when they had good MexiMelts.
Someday, the next generation of people will look back at 2011 and think our current commercials are generic.
Speaking of generic… you don’t even have to go back a few decades. The newest Taco Bell commercial features “Buddy Mignon” singing lounge music at a piano, about the new Quad Steak Burrito. It’s already generic and it’s not even dated yet. (Perhaps it’s a parody of their old commercials.)
That’s all for now. I don’t want to overwhelm anybody with too much genericness at one time. And don’t worry about quality control here — the next post is already in the works and will be even better!
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