I saw a commercial on KTTC this afternoon and got a chuckle. It's for a rather boring product, a navigational system from Garmin, which makes it even better. I love creative commercials that make me laugh. I love YouTube even more, because I found a copy of the ad in about 3 seconds. You almost have to see this commercial a couple of times to appreciate everything they say and do. Check it:
Here's the words, as far as I can tell, in case you missed some of it.
Look there's a moose, give me a noose;
I'm lost again, where's highway 10;
this isn't good, bad neighborhood;
went to buy a wreath, he's got no teeth;
(ding dong, ding dong)
I missed my turn, I'm going to burn;
wife's gonna freak, future is bleak;
nothing is right, this really bites;
where's highway 10, there's a moose again;
giva giva giva giva Garmin (x2)
screen clear and wide, whole world inside;
Garmin.com, Garmin.com...
Brilliant. Good work by the crew at Garmin. If you enjoyed this one, you may also enjoy another version which is set to the same tune.
Found your post through a Google alert. Thanks for the kudos on our recent commercials. We'll have more coming up soon. In addition to YouTube, you can find more of them at our blog: http://garmin.blogs.com. Thanks again, the links are always nice.
My kids and I watched this commercial on YouTube at least two dozen times and still were not able to decipher all the words. Thanks to your post we were finally able to see them. My kids have been singing it ever since. Thanks.
Oh, and by the way, I gotta, gotta Garmin for Christmas!
Chris should learn to separate a good commercial from the product. Not that it's not a good product, but don't buy a product because of a funny ad, otherwise Geico would control the world.
I just saw this commercial was on again this season.
does anyone know the real song name?
The real song is "Carol of the Bells." The real lyrics are joyous, but the hurried tempo of the song and its minor key make it seem like a song of anxiety, which is part of what makes the commercial's substitutions so brilliant.