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November 13, 2008

Get Ready To Hate This Gap Ad For Six Agonizing Weeks

A tipster sent this to us with the subject line "Jingle FAIL." Which is correct:

It stars the following people (all of these things are not like the others):

Sandra Bernhard, Janelle Monae, Jon Heder, Rainn Wilson, Selma Blair, Trey & Flo, Dixie Chicks, Freddy Rodriguez, Romany Malco, Jason Biggs.

I've got it! Okay: The only celebrities not asked to do a Get Out The Vote Ad who all have the same agent. Do I win? (Thanks to Scott for the tip!)

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If there was a gun to my head and I was to find one thing I liked about Jingle Fail, it would be Selma.

Posted by: bingo gas station profile link at 11/13/08 5:22 PM  | Reply
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It's not even Thanksgiving yet!!

Posted by: Sammy at 11/13/08 5:27 PM  | Reply
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Try as I might, I couldn't stop watching. At least it has that going for it.

I'm just glad I don't have a TV so I never have to see it again. Thank you, internet, for keeping this off my illegal television.

Posted by: what profile link at 11/13/08 5:27 PM  | Reply
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Has anybody seen the Mohegan Sun "My Sharona" ads? UGH. It's a master class in shedding your last ounce of dignity:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hog6OOAKfI&eurl=http://talkingmoviezzz.blogspot.com/2008/08/local-tv-mohegan-sun-ad.html

Posted by: d-w at 11/13/08 5:28 PM  | Reply
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Shhhh, I taped that for tomorrow! It's called a TIP! :)

Posted by: Lindsay profile link  in reply to  d-w's comment at 11/13/08 6:40 PM  | Reply
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No worries because you can always do the Rick James version. I think that one is so much worse.

Posted by: adrienne profile link  in reply to  Lindsay's comment at 11/13/08 7:40 PM  | Reply
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Oh actually I was thinking of this new one with a Kristen Chenoweth lookalike that I thought was Actual Kristen Chenoweth.

Posted by: Lindsay profile link  in reply to  adrienne's comment at 11/14/08 1:39 PM  | Reply
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that's the same one, I think. "It's a very special place..."

ugh!

Posted by: adrienne profile link  in reply to  Lindsay's comment at 11/18/08 4:16 PM  | Reply
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just threw up a little in my mouth...

Posted by: thetinygangsta! at 11/13/08 5:30 PM  | Reply
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I think Jingle JAIL just got a little more crowded (see what I did there?)

Posted by: Kevin profile link at 11/13/08 5:42 PM  | Reply
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whatever, i love janelle monae. AIN'T NO ONE GONNA STOP ME FROM LOVIN' HER.

Posted by: hard liquor, soft holes profile link at 11/13/08 5:46 PM  | Reply
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I think I just had a stroke...

Posted by: Mark at 11/13/08 5:48 PM  | Reply
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Even though I don't identify with any of the terrible genres of music that this is a 'fusion' of or whatever, I still feel insulted. It's like the GAP is telling me they think this is what I like. This is not what I like. Ew.

Posted by: BradOFarrell profile link at 11/13/08 5:56 PM  | Reply
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Why Rainn!? Why!!!??

Posted by: Logan profile link at 11/13/08 6:12 PM  | Reply
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janelle monae is the worst because she takes herself so seriously in this lampoon of an ad.

jon heder is the best because he doesn't.

Posted by: Becca profile link at 11/13/08 6:20 PM  | Reply
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Oh.. my head.
If there's one thing that Videogum has taught me it's that most adverts from the US are absolute crap. These things are supposed to make you buy stuff right?

Posted by: Niamh profile link at 11/13/08 6:22 PM  | Reply
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Janelle Monae and Trey Songz are quality shit.

The rest of them (with the exception of Rainn): ehhhhhh

Sandra Bernhard? Really?

Posted by: EmanuelV profile link at 11/13/08 6:26 PM  | Reply
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so when does the famously untalented jon heder go away and disappear? is that soon?

Posted by: napoleon bonerparte at 11/13/08 6:27 PM  | Reply
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Glad I live in Canada, so maybe I won't have to see this ad on TV.

Posted by: winky at 11/13/08 7:33 PM  | Reply
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Retarded to the power of GAP.

Posted by: Jenn profile link at 11/13/08 9:38 PM  | Reply
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ow, my soul hurts. i think that commercial just took a piece of it

Posted by: anon at 11/13/08 9:38 PM  | Reply
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Who's the black lady with way too much hair in the front part of her head?

Posted by: Rezpect profile link at 11/13/08 10:03 PM  | Reply
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the advertising execs must have hit their heads really hard when they fell into the gap. jason biggs? john heder? really?

Posted by: katie at 11/13/08 10:23 PM  | Reply
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Even with commercials, Selma Blair picks the worst fucking projects.

Posted by: CagePotato profile link at 11/13/08 10:38 PM  | Reply
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that chick can't get enough of her dumb hair

Posted by: Barnaby Wylde profile link at 11/13/08 10:42 PM  | Reply
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NOOOO! NOT JANELLE MONAE! That's it, I want her cybersoul in a box under my desk by 3PM.

Posted by: Nak at 11/14/08 12:06 PM  | Reply
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I thought Sandra Bernhard died on 9/11. Who's idea was it to resurrect her?

Posted by: filtow profile link at 11/14/08 3:47 PM  | Reply
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Jon Heder and Jason Biggs can go die in a fire.

Posted by: tautou at 11/14/08 4:32 PM  | Reply
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I'm going to be seeing that Dixie Chick dancing in my nightmares...

Posted by: karl at 11/15/08 9:26 PM  | Reply
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that would do great on SNL. loving it because I'm in Korea until Christmas hopefully I won't ever have to see that again.

Posted by: Elise at 11/16/08 9:30 AM  | Reply
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none of those people are celebrities.
is rainn attempting the bleeding love dance from sytycd?

Posted by: i at 11/17/08 7:49 AM  | Reply
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I've been resisting watching this because I thought it would be terrible. Quite honestly, after watching it I'm just too confused to form any sort of opinion.

Posted by: Darren87 profile link at 11/19/08 7:37 PM  | Reply
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