It is a total freaking shame that I was at the Costco all afternoon waiting on my tires, which were being changed, rotated, massaged with hot stones and eucalyptus oil, and then waxed in intimate places, or at least I assume so because it took a long ass time, during which I contemplated the possible need for a 48 gallon drum of ketchup. I missed the Old Spice Guy vs. Fabio showdown – but fear not. Red Headed Girl was there to watch the whole thing:
Look guys, it’s no secret that I have a soft spot for Fabio. Maybe you didn’t know that, but I didn’t keep a secret, I just didn’t mention it. Which is totally not the same thing as a secret.
However, I adore the Old Spice Guy. He gives me tickets to that thing I like! And diamonds (which I could totally sell and pay for my stupid legal education, or at least get a decent pair of boots)! So this whole duel thing- Fabio as the New Old Spice Guy? I’m concerned, in a Tin Gunn kind of way. I’m not entirely sure Fabio can pull off a swan dive without breaking a hip or something.
Besides, I distrust men that think they have better hair than me. And my hair is GREAT. So as far as I am concerned, Isaiah Mustafa is the One True Old Spice Guy and Fabio is That Guy.
So first we have a video from Isaiah saying that yes, this is potentially the greatest internet duel of the 21st century, and given the pathetic showings of duels from the 17th, 18th, 20th, 19th, 16th and 13th-15th centuries, this could be the Greatest Internet Duel of All Time (or GIDOAT). And Fabio gets props for being the only person to EVER challenge the Old Spice Guy to anything. So there’s that.
(The Old Spice Guy doesn’t sleep, he waits.)
Old Spice Guy sets the rules here:
You vote by clicking on buttons on that video, and/or by “liking, sharing, commenting, tweeting, posting, or other things all smart internet people do.” AND THEN THERE IS A NIGHT VISION TOP HAT which is something I didn’t know I needed, but now I clearly cannot live without one.
(Also the Old Spice Guy’s towel looks so soft and fluffy. IT’S SO FLUFFY I CAN’T STAND IT.)
….And then Fabio calls the Old Spice Guy gross (…). And welcomes the Old Old Spice Guy to “your nightmare. Starring Fabio. Written by Fabio. Directed by Fabio. Stunts done by Fabio, and catering of homemade treats and sliced fruits done by, of course, Fabio.”
So there you have it. Not quite an Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny, but I’ll take it. MAY THE BEST TOWEL WIN.
(And to cut the Team Bruce people off at the pass, I have nothing against Bruce Campbell. I just adore him where he is- blowing shit up and chewing scenery on Burn Notice, as God intended. Plus he never got me tickets to that thing I like, or presented me with puppies, or was ever, as far as I know, on a horse. (moo.) Or cow.)
Sarah adds: Ok, now that I’ve watched both videos, can we discuss how PERFECTLY ROUND and ALARMINGLY SHINY Fabio’s mantitty is? It’s only 2:29pm EDT and Fabio has 2045 dislikes vs. 330 likes, while Old Spice Guy Isaiah Mustafa has 4106 likes vs 21 dislikes. Looks like Fabio is having his hair, chest and ass handed to him.
ETA: And now Fabio and Isaiah are doing fan response videos one after another. Fabio empties a cup of ice over a model of a city.
So let me ask you this: are you in any way more likely to buy Old Spice anything at this point? I confess, I may go sniff it in the grocery store, but if memory serves, I don’t think it’ll be a good scent for Hubby. Or me.
Great PR, fun to watch, no intention of buying any Old Spice products. On the very occasional moments a certain relative deigns to use deodorant or whatever, it is Old Spice. Which then is associated in my mind with body odor that someone is attempting to conceal too late. Ick.
I also am disliking the “he’s OLD” comments about Fabio. So freaking what?
“recently87” my spamword, and by god, I hope to live to that age and be really, really OLD. And still hot to 88-year-olds.
Team Isaiah!
(But seriously, Team Bruce’s experience commercial is my all-time fave.)
I never liked Fabio when he was on romance covers, so I can’t bear to vote for him now. Even to see what the thanks for voting video is.
As for whether we’d buy it, well…my 14-year-old grabbed the deodorant and body wash at the store. So, yes, the ads worked on him.
Team Fabio thank you video made me giggle. Maybe I’m “old” but Fabio seems to be holding up pretty well.
I love Old Spice. My grandfather used to wear it and my husband recently picked up the Old Spice deodorant. I gotta say, it smells good on him. I’ve got to go with Team Isaiah. He’s cute and I’ve never really been able t o get in to Fabio. I liked him best in his “I can’t believe it’s not butter” days. Before t hen he stuck me as being a little too “I’m too sexy” a la Right Said Fred.
They’re just both lucky they’re not up against Dos Equis’ Most Interesting Man .
Team Isaiah all the way! That is one delicious man.
I’m a girly girl, but I use Old Spice Pure Sport body wash every day. I don’t do the fruity/floral scent thing so Old Spice it is.
I really like the smell of Old Spice in all its various incarnations and I buy it for my hubby and 3 teenage boys. I am surrounded by it all day! The contest just makes me laugh and keep buying it. 🙂
My oldest brother wore Old Spice, so no I would NEVER buy it for my man. Don’t buy anything like that for him as he’s bearded so no aftershave and we both prefer unscented deodourants (me so it doesn’t clash with whichever Dior I am wearing).
Love Isaiah though 🙂
Buddy (and fellow Golden Heart nominee!) Julie Brannagh sent me to look up Bruce Campbell’s commercials.
Oh. My. Freaking. Out. Laughing. Dropped my beer bottle on the living room floor, laughing too hard over Hungry Like the Wolf. And the making of video—!! (so scripted too!) Watch both, please, please.
(the beer was still 2/3 full – and didn’t break on the hardwood – so not a disaster, but it was all because of Bruce.) By the way, thanks for reminding me of Briscoe County Jr. – like Remington Steele, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, and that show with the airplane and the monkey in the South Pacific, all things I need to see again.
Although perhaps, like a Willie Nelson concert, current viewings won’t have the same magic as the twenty-year old memories and I should just savor the idea of Briscoe County Jr.
I’d vote for Hungry like the Wolf if I could. Having a hard time choosing between nostalgia and waxed abs, though. A very hard time.
Team Isaiah! Fabio looks a bit too much like a pre-op to me, and I can’t trust a man with better hair than me (mine isn’t as good as RHG’s). I know what my brother is getting for Christmas!
are82: I am NOT! Not for a good.. *tries to do math*… LOTS of years!
Isaiah Mustapha was on ‘Chuck’, so gets my vote over plastic Fabio!
I will always have a soft spot for Fabio, but I’d love to see him being his awesome self in an aging gracefully way rather than being presented as stuck in time two decades ago. I don’t think that shows him to best advantage. I’d rather see his persona as more of an advisor. That could be fun.
Still team Isaiah because he owns the Old Spice Guy essence. Not the secret cauldron of stuff from which all Old Spice products are distilled (though okay, he probably does; I would not be surprised) but the sheer attitude is perfect. He’s got it, he knows it, no contest.
Totally an 80’s girl (graduated HS in mid-80’s), but Fabio never did it for me. Isaiah Mustafa IS OLD SPICE for me. Do you think my teenage son would use it? I’m thinkin’ no.
Team Isaiah all the way!
Team Origina Guy! Due to the original Old Spice Guy commercial (I’m on a horse), I started buying my guy the Denali scented deoderant which smells unbearably good to both of us. I’m a sheep. I don’t think this will make me buy any MORE products per se but I’ve read and heard that most ads don’t really foster more sales so much as more brand recognition. The most famous and successful commercial campaign of all time was “I’d like to buy the world a coke” which didn’t result in any significant increase in Coke-A-Cola sales according so something I watched on tv on a fancy smart people channel (I think the program was called The Soda Wars or Pop Wars or something).