I don’t tend to get emotionally invested in television commercials, at least ones that don’t involve puppies and kittens doing impossibly cute things. And yet, this ad for Discovery Channel gets me every time. It’s nothing more, or less, than a celebration of the entire world. Sure, the world’s got a few problems, but it’s still pretty freaking amazing. This just warms me to the bottom of my jaded, cynical Gen-X heart.
What do you think? Does it inspire all sorts of post-ironic joy in you, too?
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April 28th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Yes! I saw that commercial for the first time the other day, and I was all, yeah! I love the whole world! I would have thought I was too cynical to like that ad, and I’m surprised they even dared to make it, since we’re all supposed to be so hip and beyond that kind of thing (I mean really, a campfire song!), but apparently there is still a spark of idealism deep in my soul, available to be tapped by ads for a basic cable network.
April 28th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Isn’t it great?I mean, it has Stephen Hawking singing “Boom dee ah duh!” Some advertising exec is definitely getting a raise after this one.
April 30th, 2008 at 5:42 am
You post this on a day when I’m feeling particularly misanthropic.
I love the whole world, but I kinda hate you.
pffffft.