I got tuned onto a delicious Japanese treat called Pocky from my sister, who lived in Japan for a year and ate these chocolate sticks regularly. More importantly, my sister turned me onto Pocky commercials. We YouTubed the shit out of Pocky commercials after a night of drinking in a Bahstin pub and everything was funny to us. Surprisingly enough, these commercials are just as entertaining sober!Lemme in! My Pocky's getting all wet!
I love how epic this commercial is in just thirteen seconds. Why is she so upset? Are they long lost siblings? Former lovers torn apart because of war and social turmoil? Whatever it is, Pocky makes it all better. Personally I cannot wait for the Pocky dance to take the nation by storm. It'll be like the Macarena + the Electric Slide + Hands Up, Baby, Hands up x A MILLION.
Isn't that cute and somewhat ridiculous for a mila-second commercial? It's got its own story and character arc and dénouement*.
*Possible t-shirt: "I Went to Film School and All I Got Was This Vocabulary of Useless Screenwriting Terminology"
or
Possible bumper sticker: "How's My Formatting?"
or
Possible sandwhich board sign: "Ask Me About My Foil"
But look! There's more than just regular ole chocolate Pocky:
What's better - there's more than just one regular ole Pocky commercial! Yay! And you haven't seen epic til you've seen this:
In a world... where chocolate sticks rule supreme... one man must bite
Oops. Too soon?
Not soon enough!
ReplyDelete1. The Matrix Baby is creepy as sin.
ReplyDelete2. I love that Japanese people stereotype themselves with these commercials. I feel I have carte blanche to do the same.