From Quiznos' singing kittens to Geico's squealing pig, Axe's dirty balls to McDonald's grumpy coffee guy, Watch Video of the commercials that had us lunging for the fast-forward button this year.
Quiznos: Singing Kittens
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Quiznos made use of rathergood.com's off-kilter animations for an ad in 2004 that was met with acclaim by Rather Good's rather cultish following. But they've struck a bad note-several bad notes, actually-with their similar Singimals campaign. Even if you can look past the creepy cat-human hybrids, which is frankly a lot to look past, you're still faced with an off-key, screechy mess of a song.
Geico: Squealing Pig
Speaking of things that will make your ears bleed, Geico's squealing pig may be the most audibly atrocious ad of all time. Which is a shame because it's actually a clever riff on the old This Little Piggy rhyme.
Quiznos: Singing Kittens
Related story on The Daily Beast: Conan O'Brien Interviews Sarah Palin
Quiznos made use of rathergood.com's off-kilter animations for an ad in 2004 that was met with acclaim by Rather Good's rather cultish following. But they've struck a bad note-several bad notes, actually-with their similar Singimals campaign. Even if you can look past the creepy cat-human hybrids, which is frankly a lot to look past, you're still faced with an off-key, screechy mess of a song.
Geico: Squealing Pig
Speaking of things that will make your ears bleed, Geico's squealing pig may be the most audibly atrocious ad of all time. Which is a shame because it's actually a clever riff on the old This Little Piggy rhyme.
- 12/25/2010
- by Shannon Donnelly
- The Daily Beast
Take a break from Mariah Carey, Susan Boyle, and the usual yuletide standbys-and instead put on a cheeky Liza Minnelli and Alan Cumming duet, a polka-flavored Bob Dylan number, or another of our unsung holiday tunes.
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Gallery: 15 Best Holiday Songs You Haven't Heard
Related story on The Daily Beast: 2010's Greatest Hits
Shannon Donnelly is a video editor at The Daily Beast. Previously, she interned at Gawker and Overlook Press, edited the 2007 edition of Inside New York, and graduated from Columbia University. You can read more of her writing here.
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- 12/19/2010
- by Shannon Donnelly
- The Daily Beast
Journalist Shannon Donnelly has written an interesting piece on the subject of feminism in modern horror films for The Daily Beast entitled "Revenge of the Scream Queen". It includes an interview with Jennifer's Body director Karyn Kusama and lightly touches on the issue of having a strong woman in front of, and behind, the camera of a horror film.
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- 9/30/2009
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
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