What the fuck is happening here?
[We open on a super-fake-looking party with goofy background noise and two people not actually talking to each other but rather holding hot dogs at strange angles. Cut to a woman who was clearly just standing there waiting for her cue, striding forward with... a bag of avocados!]
Host [I assume]: "Perfect!"
So this is some sort of weird avocado party? "Everyone just show up with a bag of avocados! All other food will be provided."
[The doorbell rings. Some woman opens it.]
John Lynch: "Hey!"
[The two people who were holding hot dogs look at each other and shake their heads.]
John Lynch: "Wait! I'm- I'm John Lynch! Nine-time Pro Bowler! World champ!"
[He flashes his Super Bowl ring, but it's no use - the door closes in his face.]
Was John Lynch invited to this party? Or does he just walk around neighborhoods wearing his Super Bowl ring, looking for houses with a lot of cars parked outside, trying to get into strangers' parties based on his extremely tenuous fame? (For the record, I watch a lot of football, and I would not have recognized John Lynch had he not introduced himself. Peyton Manning he is not.)
[The doorbell rings again; Lynch offers a tray of some sort of snack - chicken wings? - but the door closes on him again. He tries again with a football-shaped cake - no dice. The woman bulges her eyes as if to say, "I don't think so."]
This makes sense. I don't think I'd let some random dude into my party even if he used to play football and even if he brought his own cake. But wait until you find out why he can't come in.
Voiceover: "What do you bring to a party that has everything?"
Not chicken wings or a football cake, I guess. Although this party does not seem to have those things.
Voiceover: "Fresh, creamy Hass avocados!"
Um, question. How exactly does this party have everything when apparently all it has are Hass avocados? Hot dogs? Throw some Hass avocados on there. Canapes? Better be topped with tiny avocado pieces, asshole. Chicken wings? I can't think of any way to add avocados to that, so basically get the fuck out.
Voiceover: "Nothing else will do!"
Aside from making guacamole, who does anything with avocados for a big party they're hosting? If I went to a party and everything had avocados in it, I would make one of two assumptions: either the hosts have been growing avocados in their backyard and just experienced a bumper crop, or the hosts are in some weird cult that pushes the benefits of the avocado for some reason.
John Lynch: "Puppies!"
Lynch has learned a lot from Pierce, it would seem. But it's worth noting that this commercial ends on a cliffhanger. Do puppies get Lynch into the party? Does the fact that the puppies are in a Hass avocados box win him any points? Or are the guests just even more furious with him? "You took perfectly good avocados out of that box and filled it with puppies? I couldn't eat a puppy with avocados even if I wanted to. Get lost before we call the police on you for avocado-related harassment!" Dammit, Hass, I must know! I smell sequel! Maybe you could get another ex-football player who is not famous enough on sight to warrant appearance in a national ad to appear. I just hope you're paying them in avocados.
I thought for sure this would be about that avocado commercial that has played about 1,000 times during the MLB playoffs.
ReplyDeleteI've been struggling with this one since week one of the CFB season. I love how the football cake has the sad sparkler in it, as if John Lynch thought the cake itself was not enough.
ReplyDeleteThe Big Ten Network loves ads for things you can dip chips in (RoTel, Hass, Velveeta). Probably shouldn't dip your chips in Barbasol though.
blown away by the production values. i like avocados, but really, it does seem a little cult-like. spot-on as always with the critique. also did he think his pro bowl selections were an automatic in? because everyone knows that's probably the least relevant all-star game of the four major pro sports
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