Over the past years, the Superbowl has become one of the most watched television spectacles here in the US. And while a lot of us tune in to watch the game itself, the Superbowl is equally-famous for having some of the most expensive – and funniest - commercial spots in all of television.
How expensive, you ask? Well, this year, one 30-second spot that is aired during the game costs around $1.8 to $2 million. With just about every television set from Miami to Seattle – and all points in between - tuning in to some capacity, it’s no secret why companies have shelled out millions of dollars just to have a commercial air during the Superbowl.
This year, Volkswagen will be one of those companies when it debuts a new – and uproariously hilarious - commercial during the Superbowl. The commercial itself doesn’t promote a specific car for Volkswagen, but rather, it chronicles the history of one of the world’s most beloved ‘car games’, the Punch Buggy, complete with a faux pas interview with the game’s supposed inventor, ‘Sluggy’.
If you can’t wait for the Superbowl to see the ad, we won’t blame you. Check it out here and have a nice, hearty laugh afterwards.
You’ve probably seen this video a thousand times dubbed countless other times; but still, you probably can’t help watching it over and over again, especially if it comes out with some new material.
The Adolf Hitler ‘Downfall parodies’ have been nothing short of hilarious and the latest one, which involves Hitler’s reaction when he finds out that rally car driver Ken Block has switched from his beloved Subaru to Ford is arguably one of the best versions we’ve seen. We don’t know who to feel worse for; Hitler for seeing Subaru lose its driver to the ‘enemy’ or Subaru for having Hitler as a fan.
But hey, at least Travis Pastrana has a new fan now.
Trust us; the video is a must-watch and if you’ve got a few minutes to spare, we invite you to check it out; it’s worth the laughs.
If you haven’t heard about the controversial "Late Night Wars" between NBC, Jay Leno, and Conan O’Brien, then we have to ask you exactly what rock you’re living in.
For those that are in the loop, you probably know the news that Conan O’Brien is leaving the Tonight Show after only seven months to job after being forced out by NBC and Jay Leno. We could go on and on about the story but we’ll save it for another time.
Anyway, seeing that his days as host of the Tonight Show are numbered, Conan spared no expense in racking up NBC’s bills by inviting special new characters to his show that are not so much as ’funny’ as they are ’crazy expensive’.
True to his word, Conan wasted little time inviting his first new character to the Tonight Show: the Bugatti Veyron Mouse!
Conan O’Brien’s newest Tonight Show character, the Bugatti Veyron Mouse, made some headlines recently not because of the shrill laughs it generated – although it did get a lot of ‘LOLs’ and ‘ROFLs’ all over the Internet - when it made its debut recently, but more so of how Conan was able to get a Veyron to appear on his show.
Now, if he really wanted to, we’re sure that Conan could afford to buy his own Veyron. But for a man who famously vouched his undying loyalty to a 1992 Ford Taurus SHO – a car he still drives, by the way - it’s highly unlikely that he would pay $1.5 million for the Bugatti supercar.
So the question on everyone’s mind is where did he get one?
Well, after a few hours of speculating, we learned that the Bugatti Veyron that was later dubbed as the Bugatti Veyron Mouse was actually loaned by the Tonight Show from the Petersen Automotive Museum.
Ever since the Late Night Wars between Conan, NBC and Jay Leno exploded into public consciousness, the whole world has been waiting breathlessly for the next twist in what has turned out to be a real-life soap opera. The introduction of the Bugatti Veyron Mouse, a character Conan introduced to the tonight Show because it was “crazy expensive” – a subtle swipe at NBC – has certainly gotten the world’s attention again.
The immediate celebrity status attached to the car has probably given the Petersen Automotive Museum smiling from ear to ear. Not only did the car generate free publicity for the museum, but it may have added a few more zeroes into the car’s value.
Usually a Ferrari F430 Spider is used in the sunny days, for drivers along the beach to impress the girls. So we guess this guy haven’t learned that rule yet!
What you see in this pictures happened in Netherlands. Lets hope those guys managed to take the car out of the snow. Wonder who’s Rudolph?
In a scale of one to ten in terms of sheer coolness and uproarious hilarity, this video featuring Travis Pastrana and Ken Block is off-the-charts.
The two acclaimed racers - and self-professed goofballs - participated in a highly-entertaining game of HORSE, or as they came to call it, Game of Suck by trying to out-do each other in drifting all over the track - including one where they do it while someone was apparently eating a sandwich in the middle - performing ridiculous burnouts, and breaking fishbowls full of paintballs.
If there’s one thing we regret about this video, its that it was only around two and a half minutes long. But rest assured, it was two and a half minutes of pure, unadulterated fun.
Don’t be surprised if this whole Tiger Woods scandal spawns a merchandising blitzkrieg in the coming weeks; especially know that Woods has decided to take a sabbatical from golf to fix his fractured marriage.
While the predictably-expected “Team Erin” or “Team Tiger” t-shirts have yet to hit the shelves, software web game-makers have already released highly-entertaining games about the whole Tiger Woods fiasco.
One of the most popular games out there is Break.com’s “Tiger Woods Wife Outrun”, a game where you help Mr. Woods – and a female passenger – outrun a 9-iron-wielding Erin Nordgren by guiding his Cadillac Escalade through a series of obstacles - including trees, fire hydrants, rocks, golf bags, and babies. Hit one too many of these obstacles and watch as Woods feels the wrath of his club toting wife.
It’s a great way to spend your idle time and who knows, if you play this game long enough, you might find yourself among the top 5% of the over 1.7 million that have played the game since it was released.
Christmas is just around the corner and even if you don’t believe in Santa Claus anymore, you have to be happy for those who still do. In Brandenburg, Germany, the annual Santa Claus parade had a very special guest in the form of a lighted-up Ford Focus RS. We don’t know if Santa’s trading in his old but extremely reliable reindeers for a new Focus RS but we do know that he may find it a little harder to remain discreet this time, especially not with this particular kind of Focus RS flying from house to house and chimney to chimney.
In today’s day and age, car tuners have gone to great lengths to ensure that their creations are of top-notch quality. Rarely do you come across a car tuner that veers away from their mission of outfitting these vehicles with something thats nothing short of remarkable.
But then, there are days when you stumble upon something like this.
In a marketing campaign promoting a car game for Rexona Men in Brazil, Rexona did the ultimate job of fine-tuning their promo cars using cardboard. Say what?
The cardboard-tuned cars come fully equipped with ’fully-modded’ front and rear bumpers, as well as, a cardboard rear spoiler.
Now of course, this is just a campaign to drum up interest for their Rexona Men deodorant, which comes with an actual racing game that you can play on their website.
It’s pretty funny now, but just in case, let’s pray that this isn’t the start of a cardboard tuning revolution.
For every outstanding rendering of a concept car that captures our imagination, there are also those cars that get our attention for all the wrong reasons. This one ranks high on our list.
Normally, Volvos hold a special place in our hearts, but when somebody decides to cover it with those electric singing fishes, it goes without saying that ‘shocked’ is far too mild of a reaction for us. This particular video is courtesy of Richard Carter, the supposed ‘braniac’ of this singing fish-covered Volvo 240. Calling it the ‘Sashimi Tabernacle Choir’ – ingenious name, by the way – Carter describes how annoying it would be to have hundreds of those singing fishes plastered on his car to his fellow motorists.
Carter even spared no expense in creating his own singing band of merry crustaceans, which, incidentally, comes with its own conductor, Larry the Lobster. Carter also has two soloists – one male and one female – who sometimes perform duets together complete with background accompaniment from the ‘fishchestra’.
Normally, we’d be cringing at the thought of a Volvo being subjected to this kind of abuse but hey, today is Thanksgiving. So to celebrate this occasion, we’re going to take a slightly more upbeat approach and instead give thanks to videos like this that never fails to draw a chuckle from us.
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