Charlene forwarded me this link to a flash advertisement sequence for Reversa. If you load the Reversa website at seemoresideeffects.ca you can “Step into the Living Room.”
Select a product (I selected the UV Anti Spot Lightening Cream which is the first box on the left and then clicked “See more Side Effects”)
Wrinkly suit blonde lady gets up, and then a sullen chef walks in (WTF?).
Here is where I ask: Hot or Creepy?
Click “Make Bread.” Sullen chef kneads bread. Mantitty jiggles. He spanks the loaf of bread and does a half-assed job of accurately kneading it.
Charlene says, “I’ve never seen the product on store shelves, and I’m not sure what skin cream has to do with a half-naked guy kneading bread, but hey.”
Now, if I looked at everything BUT his face, because he was sneering and kind of smarmy looking in a “Yeah I know I’m hot” way, he was hot. But include the face? Creepy.
Another person I showed it to? Desperate to find out who that guy is so she can wallpaper her phone with his mantitty.
So I ask you – Mr. Bread Kneading Chef Mantitty: hot or creepy?
Edited to add: I checked out “Pastry Making” with sullen shirtless chef mantitty? I had to run away while the other woman nearly ran away with my monitor so she could be alone with it. In my mind? OMG CREEPY RUN RUN!
died laughing! It’s fun to play with the buttons and make the narriator moan and groan loudly. (that was kind of dirty huh)
Um—a little of both? Even though the chef was rather repellant with his smirk, something about the eating of oysters…what was it…reminding me of something….hm, I guess I’ll figure it out later.
It does indeed smack (heh, smack) of a concept thought out and executed by men, appealing to the perceived vanity and desperation of women as they age. Hey, guys, we’re all going to die eventually, and the expensive shit you are asking us to buy will not somehow keep time’s winged chariot from hurrying near, dough-slapping himbo or no.
Liked the fireman with that cute grin. The chef was creepy, the plumber was OK, and the gardener was just kind of there.
The fireman can recharge my extinguisher anytime. Preferably soon (fans self.)
Hmm. Verification word is any78.
Hilarious and not creepy, but different…
Honestly, it reminded me of the voiceover work and setup that you would see in an Andrew Blake film.
OK, the pastry one… so gross. I was desperately pressing the back button to get away once he started smearing the whipped cream. CREEEEEPY. The bread one was fine as long as I concentrated solely on his chest, and ignored both his facial expression and the terrible things he was doing to that poor dough.
On the other hand, I loved the dishes one because he looked like he was trying SO hard not to laugh. But the shirt drying? NASTY. No arm pit residue on my glasses thanks.
The fireman was just totally adorable. But then again man + being cute with a cat = my kryptonite.
Lawn guy? Total pass thanks. Just not my style. I like a little meat on the bones thanks.
Hah… my confirmation phrase? being62. Not quite there yet actually.
Darlene said: “On second viewing I’ve decided it’s better in French. Especially when you don’t speak French.”
I do, and it’s just as bad. And oh, eternal pain, the chick’s voice is a known actress who started out in the business by doing corny commercials during the late 80s for a French Canadian drugstore chain. I still can’t get her voice out of my mind and now THIS!
*one-eyed twitch*
Creepy! Argh, did you see the guy doing the dishes? That was… subtle… Well, it was a little funny when the fireman bent over and showed his ass, and the ducks, but most of it just plain creepy. Creepy/boring – most of the videos involved removing the shirt and perhaps smearing something on the uninteresting torso. But yes, of course I had to watch every single one of them…
Hilarious but very creepy.
i watched it with a friend and we were both laughing our heads off
Why have I never heard the term “himbo” before? I think that’s my new favorite word ever.
Wow, I guess I’m the only one who liked the chef. Please don’t hurt me.
Verification: never62
Sorry to chime in late on this one – but after making myself watch these “vignettes”, I am somewhere between distrurbed and amused. All that man titty must have overloaded my senses. Yikes!
I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard in my life – I think I peed a little. I wonder if Fabio had anything to do with Reversa’s ad campaign…