Comedian Nathan Fielder Behind 'Dumb Starbucks'

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In a video released late yesterday, comedian Nathan Fielder revealed he was behind that Dumb Starbucks store in Los Angeles that opened this past weekend. His goal? In his own words, "By adding the word 'dumb' we are legally allowed to used the coveted Starbucks name and logo because we've fulfilled the minimum requirements to be considered a parody under U.S. law."

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by Steve Hall    Feb-11-14    
Topic: Strange



Watch This Insanely Strange Foreign Language Certification Ad...Before It Gets Removed From YouTube at Midnight! (OK, Just Kidding About That Last Part)

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You know how you sometimes watch certain ads and you're like, "Damn, that's really bad. Where they trying to make it bad or did they just have no idea what they were doing?" After viewing this gigantic-created ad for Samsung subsidiary ProFluent, a language fluency certification service, we're pretty sure it's the former. At least we hope it's the former.

Watch as these insane applicants go to great lengths trying to convince the hiring manager that they can, in fact, speak Spanish. And then us know from which end of the spectrum this ad came.

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by Steve Hall    Feb- 7-14    
Topic: Strange



Even if Your Toshiba Laptop Could Withstand Dog Slobber, Would You Even Want to Use It?

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In it continuing mission to prove the reliability of its laptops, Toshiba is out with some field testing in which Matt and Jamie put the brand's laptop to all sorts of crazy tests. One such test is Gusto, a dog who slobbers all over the keyboard of a Toshiba laptop while trying to consumer a piece of bacon...all to prove how much wear and tear a Toshiba laptop can withstand.

Gross.

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by Steve Hall    Jan-29-14    
Topic: Strange



Havas Brings Hefty Dose of Sexy to Garbage Men...For Hefty

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Havas Chicago has created a very Liquid Plumber-like ad for Hefty to tout the brand's new Ultimate trash bags. In the ad, three buff guys -- and one not so buff guy just to make it PC -- tantalize a woman with the bag's ultimate features.

Not double entendre-laden as the Liquid Plumber work but off the beaten p[ath for garbage bag ads for sure.

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by Steve Hall    Jan- 6-14    
Topic: Strange



Old Spice 'Momsong' Ad Is the Best Weirdest Ad You Will Ever See

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To a teenager there's nothing worse than having your mother creep into your social life. Yet, that's exactly what a group of moms does in this new Old Spice ad called Momsong. In the ad, the moms break into song and lament the fact their little boys are turning into grown men. Mothers emerge from behind closed doors, from the sky, in a laundry basket dragging behind a car, from underneath couch cushions and from behind creepy looking janitor masks.

The ad debuted last Friday and already has over one million views on YouTube. It is, by far, one of the craziest ads we have ever seen.

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by Steve Hall    Jan- 6-14    
Topic: Strange



Ladies, These 'Security Pants' Will Keep the Creeps Away From You

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Here's a "banned commercial" from China that touts a product that is guaranteed to protect women from rape and abduction. The translation to English is almost as funny as the video itself. Pick up a pair, ladies. It will scare the crap out of the creeps (well, most of them) away and keep you safe. Via.

Oh and Recommended Videos spits out this oddity afterwards.

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by Steve Hall    Dec-20-13    
Topic: Racy, Spoofs, Strange



The Strangest Car Wash Ads You Will Ever See

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OK so while these may be the only car wash ads you've ever seen (seriously, when was the last time you ever saw a car wash ad?), they are certainly the strangest. But we love the "come clean" concept. It's like a confessional except with water and scrub brushes. The ads, created by TAXI Vancouver, are for Hughes Carwash.

"Gross..."

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by Steve Hall    Dec- 2-13    
Topic: Strange



Mike's Golf Shop Ad - Shot on A Camera Phone -Brings Simplicity Back to Advertising

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Perhaps summing up this Mike's Golf Club Shop ad the owner, Mike Mixson, shot with his camera phone, YouTube commenter, VicInNocal wrote, "That's what all ads should be - just something quick that describes what it is you do or what service you offer, and where people can find you. Not some forced & lame attempt at being funny or groveling for customers like most modern day commercials do. This ad reminds me of "Head On, apply directly to the forehead. Head On, apply directly to the forehead."

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by Steve Hall    Nov-21-13    
Topic: Commercials, Strange



Giant Duck Attacks Wedding Attendees in Crazy Cereal Ad

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This is one of the most awesomely weird commercials we have seen in a very long time. It's for a cereal brand called Oatmeal Crisp and it features various "crunching" competitions between the cereal and a tortoise, a duck, a marionette and a pair of robots. But, by far, the duck version is the best. Like any good wedding slaughter, there's lots of screaming and lots of "blood."

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by Steve Hall    Nov-19-13    
Topic: Strange



Crazy Ad Featuring 'Most Interesting' Vinter Urges Belgians to 'F&%K Me Rich!'

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In this Belgian ad for the Vallformosa winery a very Most Interesting Man-looking man named Rodriguez Diaz Perez Borges Y Cabron de Fernandez Figueroa Y Pintxos de Martinez is visited by his dead father who urges him to sell more cava. He then urges all Belgians to have more sex so more babies are born so when they grow up they can drink all the cava Rodriguez Diaz Perez Borges Y Cabron de Fernandez Figueroa Y Pintxos de Martinez plans to make. Get it?

Oddity this great can only come from DuvalGuillaume.

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by Steve Hall    Nov-18-13    
Topic: Strange