Happy Earth Day!

Never say I'm not eco-friendly! Look at me, all supporting Earth Day by featuring a compostable bag of Sun Chips on my blog. In fact, I'll do ya one better- I'll personally endorse the product! (You owe me big time Sun Chips. An AdBits' endorsement will send sales through the roof. Your 2nd quarter sales are going to be huge- we're talking national deficit huge). Here we go:

1. Sun Chips are healthy. Practically like eating handfuls of multi-vitamins. Critical to those of us working to take off 5 pounds before wedding season.
2. The bags are not only good for Madame Earth, but extra crinkly, giving cranky babies a fun distraction while desperate mommies are shopping.
3. Have you tried the Garden Salsa flavor? Lord have mercy, they are tasty.

Thank you Sun Chips for being green you. Thank you Michigan for having a 10 cent refund on pop cans. Thank you Dora the Explorer for saving the mermaids from a sludge filled ocean on today's episode. Thank you one and all, green AdBits readers!

What A Hoot!

It seems like the funniest commercials are targeted toward men; probably 90% of the ads I blog about are ones I caught during a sporting event (the other 10% during Biggest Loser of course). Yesterday though, I had the humiliating (but worth it!) experience of busting out in a fit of laughter while on the elliptical at the gym. (Everyone already thinks I'm a spaz I'm sure, as I've been known to cry during Regis and Kelly's mom makeovers). And I have Playtex to thank. Incontinence victims beware: the church/nightclub portion of this commercial is wet your pants funny. Also noteworthy is the chick at second 29. Clearly familiar with the motorboat technique*

Be on the lookout for another commercial Playtex has out regarding the swoob** problem sweeping the nation.



* Unfamiliar with motorboating? Please immediately check out Wedding Crashers; I love you Vince Vaughn, you motorboating sonofabitch.
**"swoobs": short for "sweaty boobs" or "swamp boobs"; cousin to swass.

A WONDERful Commercial

Why is this commercial so awesome? Because throwing punches is almost always funny! I particularly love the pregnant lady slugging her husband (that's probably just the first of many until that baby is OUT) and of course the Amish punch. I'm pretty confident hitting of any kind goes against their core Amishnisity (and I think I'm completely entitled to comment on Amish principles because an Amish dude stood up in my wedding), but the beauty of having Amish in your advertisement is that you can portray them however you darn well please and they'll never know! Likewise, you can say whatever you like about them in your blog! (Although that's totally a moot point, since nobody ever has anything bad to say about the Amish, except maybe if you get stuck behind a buggy on your way to buy the darling capris that are on sale today only, or if you ate an entire loaf of their dang irresistible sourdough bread, thus ruining your low-carb diet for the day).
And let's talk about Stevie Wonder for a second. First Aretha Franklin shows up in a Snickers commercial and then Stevie Wonder lands a role in a VW spot? Let's hear it for Motown! It's good to see your faces again My Cherie Amours! Especially in comedic roles- I love that Stevie slugs T. Morgan as if it's a Superstition. It's truly a Wonder he would know the make and color of the car driving by, right? Ugh, those are stretches I know. I'll wrap this up and put you out of your misery. This post is hereby Signed, Sealed, Delivered. I'm Yours, Jules.

Chatta-what?

An embarrassing correction: Aretha Frankenstein's is not actually in downtown Nashville, but downtown Chattanooga. Which is infinitely more fun to say anyway. Thank you Molly for setting your dumb friend straight!

Puns To Snicker At

Snickers, I'm here to tell you, it is enough that you are a heavenly concoction of deliciousness. Your choco-caramel-nuttiness is enough in and of itself. But then. Then! You deliver in the ad department as well, bringing us Betty White playing football (see 2/17/10 post) and now Aretha Franklin! Who has never done an ad spot as far as I can remember. Leave it to you, Snickers, to bring her out of apparent commercial spot snobbiness. You are clearly a product she can R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Only a Chain Of Fools wouldn't love her in this commercial. Okay, okay, don't get your (s)knickers in a bunch- I'll stop. Just know- the moment I wake up, before I put on my makeup, I say a little prayer for you.


Note: As if writing this post isn't making me hungry enough! I am reminded of a fabulous little restaurant I went to in downtown Nashville, while visiting my good friend, Molly. If you're ever in town you must go to Aretha Frankenstein's. Get their pancakes and their biscuits. Yes, that is a lot of carbs, but you will be indebted to me eternally for the recommendation. So you're welcome.

One Last Post

HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S DAY! Please! I love cracking my bloggy self up way too much to just abandon my very own ego-forum! Plus there are mucho commercials out there that need my commentary! Take this one for instance. It came on the other day while I was eating and I lost. my. appetite. That is a huge deal because I am never without appetite. I've never seen "Deliverance", but I imagine these characters would have fit in nicely (any "Deliverance" fans out there? Am I wrong?)


Here's another bizarre and disgusting Skittles commercial. (That made me laugh).


And that's the whole sKITtles and caboodle!

Au Revoir Petite Ad Bitters

Devoted Ad Bitters,
It is with a great deal of reluctance that I am discontinuing Ad Bits. You may have noticed increasing lag time between posts lately as I find it harder and harder to find the time to blog. Please keep Bitting Ads with all your heart and soul.

Blogging Off,
Jules