Comments on: Ice-cream ads: words fail me. In a good way.

By: Scott Gross

Scott Gross — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:21:00 +0000

Great product, great advertising, and the people behind the company are incredibly nice.

By: James Buckley

James Buckley — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 02:38:00 +0000

I live in Philly and am a huge fan of their icecream. They have unusual flavors and their Birth Beer is fantastic!

By: gATO

gATO — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 22:12:00 +0000

Reminds me of oh-so-many weird and wonderful japanese commercials; even the copy sounds like engrish.

By: Gary McCoy

Gary McCoy — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:46:00 +0000

Their tagline should be,You’ll enjoy our ice cream even as it steals your SOUL!!!

By: Brian Blank

Brian Blank — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 14:30:00 +0000

Words do not fail me. In a bad way. I’ve worked in advertising for 20 years. These are quite possibly the worst commercials I’ve ever seen — definitely in the top two.

By: lecti

lecti — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 14:14:00 +0000

I want to buy their ice cream just for having the guts to approve this ad.

By: License Farm

License Farm — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 12:05:00 +0000

Matthias & Carla were also previously members of the superb but completely uncategorizable musical collective Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, which sadly closed up shop early this year. I once saw him vamp for about 5 minutes while Carla replaced a string on her violin, babbling stonefacedly about meeting the last man in the world, Patrick Swayze, & stroking one another’s moustaches. As I’d never heard him speak in concert, it was all the more surreal a moment.

By: Hell's Donut House

Hell's Donut House — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 11:28:00 +0000

….and to think that in 1972, a California TV station banned the advert for Captian Beefheart’s “Lick My Decals Off, Baby” on grounds of obscenity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzqDDS_RFLQ

For that matter, ten years later MTV also wouldn’t air the music video for Beefheart’s song “Ice Cream For Crow.” Hm….

By: macky pamintuan

macky pamintuan — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 00:05:00 +0000

I have the weirdest boner.

By: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:52:00 +0000

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzk4e2B9Z91qz6f9yo1_500.jpg

By: Red Pill Junkie

Red Pill Junkie — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:27:00 +0000

Another satisfied client of Hades Advertising Inc.

By: Sekino

Sekino — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:15:00 +0000

First impression: “This is so freaking creepy. I’ll never want ice cream again…”

Second impression: ” That took some serious balls to put this much weirdness out there, especially in America (and not Britain)…”

Final verdict: “My god they’re geniuses! I want ice cream!”

By: fnordboy

fnordboy — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 20:51:00 +0000

Yes there is, and it’s wonderful.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 20:16:00 +0000

I’m pretty sure that the flavor in the top video is Eraserhead’s Baby.

By: woid

woid — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:40:00 +0000

Sorry, wrong rabbit.

Correct address: http://rabbitrabbitradio.com/

By: jwkrk

jwkrk — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:38:00 +0000

BLINK! My eyes were in sympathetic agony by the end…

By: chris jimson

chris jimson — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:21:00 +0000

Yet more evidence of the Hollywood liberal elite agenda to promote cannibalism.

By: Kimmo

Kimmo — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:21:00 +0000

This is the only way advertisers can reach me now; come up with something so weird and cool that someone tells me I’ve gotta see it.

I like where this is going.

By: woid

woid — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:17:00 +0000

Matthias Bossi and his wife, Carla Kihlstedt, are both fantastic musicians, video makers, and all-around artists. A few months ago, they rolled out a web site, Rabbit Rabbit Radio, where they put out a monthly compendium of new work — not just music, but video, stories, graphic art, and whatever else they’ve created with their friends that month.

Rabbit Rabbit Radio works on a pay-what-you-want basis, from as little as a dollar a month on up. I’ve been a subscriber from the start, and every month has been great.

I’m a fan (obviously), and I think fellow Boingers would be too. They’re at rabbitrabbitradio.com.

By: garyg2

garyg2 — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:05:00 +0000

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Now I guess I’ll have to tell ‘em

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Of my ice cream cerebellum

By: thesimplicity

thesimplicity — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:41:00 +0000

I’m in South Philly and I can vouch for the quality of their ice cream. Beyond amazing. The Earl Gray Sriracha is a local favorite, and I’m a big fan of their Banana Balsamic.

By: Matthew Petty

Matthew Petty — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:40:00 +0000

“Ice cream and cake and cake!”

By: Matthew Petty

Matthew Petty — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:39:00 +0000

That first ad reminds me of “What Happened To Eric” in Iain Banks’ first novel ‘The Wasp Factory’

By: vonbobo

vonbobo — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:26:00 +0000

watched it with no sound the first time around- way creepier!

By: Chuck

Chuck — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:03:00 +0000

One must keeping eating to maintain equilibrium. The melty bits run away with parts of you. Curse those sneaky melty bits.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:58:00 +0000

Then it’s obvious where she should take the next lick.

By: James

James — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:42:00 +0000

muy yum

By: SomeGuyNamedMark

SomeGuyNamedMark — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:38:00 +0000

This ad has convinced me that ice cream is evil.

By: Jim Marchese

Jim Marchese — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:19:00 +0000

Little Baby’s Ice Cream – expensive as balls and worth every penny. Earl Grey Sriracha and Balsamic Banana are my favorite

By: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:04:00 +0000

I was thinking more of the old Carvel commercials with Cookie Puss and Fudgey The Whale