You could probably use a little levity after last night debate’s, so here’s some political comedy from Katy Perry, who suggests that you vote in November no matter how you look or what you’re wearing (or not wearing).
No single decade in recent memory has a monopoly on style. Or questionable exercise methods.
A new video, “The History of Exercise,” stars Nick Offerman and Michelle Obama looking back on past—and present—contraptions for working out, as a way to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition.
It’s easy to give kids healthy, farm-fresh snacks like pizza, taquitos and fish sticks. Just grab them straight from the vine at Nick Offerman’s pizza farm.
The actor gives you a tour of the agricultural marvel in this amusing video from Funny or Die. Those sloppy joes, in particular, look earthy and crunchy—literally so.
The whole thing, of course, is a parody. It’s aimed at getting the public to pressure Congress to reauthorize the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, which set strong nutrition standards for schools and after decades of meals loaded with sugar, fat and salt.
Thanks to Sunday’s downer Super Bowl spot, we all learned that Nationwide isn’t exactly on the side of the angels.
Now, the divine comedy of this “extended cut” parody from Funny or Die and director Alan Richanbach (who co-wrote it with Travis Helwig) drives that message home. (“Funny or Die,” by the way, nicely sums up Nationwide’s approach to its two ads on Sunday.)
The shaggy-maned kid from the big-game commercial—actually, a kid actor playing the kid actor—shows up at the pearly gates, and whines on and on about meeting his demise in a preventable household accident.
If that punk keeps “harshing the vibe,” he doesn’t stand a prayer of getting into paradise, which is, after all, “chill as hell.” There’s a cute bit at the end, when a new shaggy arrival reminds us of the enduring popularity of a certain tried-and-true Super Bowl ad trope.
Funny or Die aren’t the only ones poking fun at Nationwide this week. Check out Conan O’Brien’s spoof of the commercial below.
If you haven’t seen the video of the woman walking down the street getting harassed by gawking dudes in New York City, you should probably check it out. It’s truly a dispicable display of shameful behavior.
And while it might seem insensitive to parody such a sincere project, the folks at Funny or Die found a commendable balance with their satire showing us what it’s like to be a man walking the streets of New York. The results are truly harrowing—but you might not be surprised at all by the way such men are treated.
As a man who lives and works in the city, I can attest to being treated like this on a daily basis. Take a look.
The final half of the seventh and final season of Mad Men won’t premiere until next spring (although filming has wrapped—and according to Elizabeth Moss, there was a lot of crying going on as the cast shot the finale).
For now, Mad Men fans have to snack on whatever measly morsels they can get—like Jon Hamm goofing around on Fallon, or Christina Hendricks trying to navigate a modern office in the Funny or Die video below. And good old Joan, she’s still the sharpest person in the room even when she can’t find the phone.
Humans generally consider themselves to be better than pigeons in all ways, significant or not. But are we, really?
JetBlue's "Air on the Side of Humanity" campaign from Mullen, which launched last fall in Boston and is now rolling out to New York and Florida markets, suggests we're actually quite pigeon-like ourselves—at least, those of us who don't fly JetBlue are.
Indeed, much like the humble pigeon, who flies in crowded spaces, gets crumbs for snacks and is generally ignored and/or despised, we tend to be unappreciated when we take to the skies aboard other airlines.
Along with the TV work, JetBlue has been running a new Web series from Funny or Die that extends this notion of pigeon-on-human empathy. Called "Shoo's Bird's Eye View," the series stars a pigeon named Shoo who watches humans go about their business—and wryly remarks on how odd people can be.
The idea is that, through his comical observations, we might come to see the errors of our ways—like flying those airlines that don't have JetBlue in their name.
"The idea of bringing these two brands together, JetBlue and Funny or Die, was really appealing from the start," says Tim Vaccarino, executive creative director at Mullen. "Both have great sensibilities and a unique perspective on things. A way of getting right at the truth in a smart humorous way."
He added: "The use of the pigeon POV was a conscious one. It allowed us a unique perspective on humans and all their quirks. It let us show things we humans do every day but may overlook or ignore. Through Shoo's simple yet comical observations, the hope is people will wake up and change bad behavior. Such as the behavior of accepting a substandard level of customer service when we travel, for example. Just a thought."
The "Air on the Side of Human Campaign" has also included custom homepage takeovers, branded Spotify playlists, an interactive mobile rich media game and lifelike Pigeon Props riding atop taxi cabs.
Enquanto jOBS era esperado para 19 de abril – a produtora Open Road resolveu adiar a estreia da cinebiografia de Steve Jobs por tempo indeterminado, até criar uma estratégia de marketing aceitável -, o Funny or Die corria para lançar o seu iSteve alguns dias antes, em 15 de abril. Como o próprio poster diz, a meta era ser “O primeiro filme sobre Steve Jobs”. Agora, então, ficou fácil. O que talvez seja um pouco mais complicado é agradar os fãs mais exaltados da Apple e seu fundador.
O filme terá entre 60 e 75 minutos e nada mais é do que uma cinebiografia satírica que foi criada, segundo seu roteirista e diretor, Ryan Perez, sem grandes pesquisas, somente uma olhadinha na Wikipedia. Se os fanboys já começaram a se coçar, a produtora Allison Hord garantiu ao The New York Times que até os mais radicais conseguirão rir da brincadeira. Talvez para amenizar o impacto, o ator convidado para viver Jobs foi Justin Long, o Mac da campanha Mac x PC Windows.
Justin Long talvez não tenha ficado tão parecido com Jobs como Ashton Kutcher, da mesma forma que muita gente – inclusive Steve Wozniack – defendem que jOBS está longe da realidade. Para deixar a brincadeira ainda mais divertida, Aaron Sorkin corre por fora e também prepara uma cinebiografia, baseada no livro de Walter Isaacson. Agora é esperar para ver.
Post originalmente publicado no Brainstorm #9
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