The Mary Lynn Rajskub "24 Going Green" Commercial: What Went Wrong?
There HAS to be a reasonable explanation for this for Mary Lynn Rajskub fans. There just has to be:
Ahhh! What happened? Here are some theories.
1. My Theory: Terrible Writing/Producing/Directing Forced Upon Mary Lynn By FOX:
Obviously this is a terribly written promo for many reasons, but chief among them is the character: it seems clear that Mary Lynn is supposed to be her dorky, socially awkward Chloe character, yet she refers to 24. I don't regularly watch 24, so maybe this season they've jumped some sort of meta-shark where they are all aware that they're on a TV show called 24, but probably not. Could any of us, if asked to say these words, do it seamlessly?
2. My Friend Andrew's Theory: Who Cares, It's Funny:
"What do you mean, this is awesome! I also kept waiting for her line about how Jack Bauer can't waterboard global warming to death on his own. Actually, I bet this was taken during her lunch break at 24 or in one take at the end of a shoot day."
Either way, this promo should never have been put up, and I don't know of any theory that could explain why she LOOKS AWAY FROM THE CAMERA near the end. Stupid FOX, first that news channel, now this.
Posted by Lindsay at 11:00 AM in Corporate Videos
Tags: 24 | Mary Lynn Rajskub
She's really come a long way from those Thinny commercials though.
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what's that about?
"join us, today" she's so mad at me. oh, wait, aw! she smiled! i was getting worried.
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Seriously, I watched that bit like 80 times. It was so akward.
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It's the Reeeeeeeed House!
Sorry, that will be in my head the rest of the day.
Theory #2.
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Man. I watched 24 for a while, but it started going down hill each time Kim got her leg stuck in a bear trap or whatever. The only shining light of the bad seasons was Chloe (and that one crazy First Lady, she was awesome too) but it's like they're doing everything in their power to ruin her. She is NOT sexy. She's not supposed to by sexy. They kept giving her sexy plots and stylish makeup, and putting her in sex-appeal promo art. THATS NOT WHAT CHLOE IS! The whole premise of Chloe's character is "What if the incompetent unprofessional dumbass at your office worked at an office that was struggling to save the world?" She was great. Because at first she was just being incompetent and unprofessional in an annoying way that kept fucking everything up, but THEN she started being incompetent and unprofessional in a way that made her Jack's only constant because she was too dumb to be part of conspiracies. But then they fucked her up. I guess I'm saying Chloe was awesome for one that one season only. There should be a Chloe spinoff where she just works at the DVM. No nuclear bomb threats or anything, it's just her yelling at people for not filling out form correctly. I'd watch that.
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So that's who is writing all that Rajskub fanfic.
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Lindsay, I really like that meta-shark concept. And it made me curious: does anyone have an example of such a thing, where a serious show became a self-aware show like that?
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There was that episode of Growing Pains.
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Isn't she a Republican? She probably doesn't believe in climate change and did her best to sabotage it.
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not even joking, i'm pretty sure i saw a picture of her making out with rush limbaugh one time
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I think she's just a nervous person in general.
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good thing she decided to be an actress eh
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I met Mary Lynn once on the set for the short lived sci-fi series The Middleman. I had nothing to do so I was hanging out eating at craft services, she was the guest star and had nothing to do for the first couple hours so she was around too. She is pretty awkward, but incredibly nice. She kept asking me what I was eating now, "Hey are you eating candy? Is it sour? It looks good!" "Oh yay! Do they have cabbage rolls? I love those." I get the feeling she thought the script was silly for this particular commercial...which it was.
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Come on you guys, this is hilarious. Mary Lynn took a 'serious' ad and made it funny with her Mary Lynn magic.
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she's in a gang of one... but with a mic, and a beat...
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I'LL GET OUT OF MY SEAT and all of rap music will see..... I can rap about this, I can rap about that.
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that felt like a reno 911 PSA
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um, no
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For some reason this reminds me of Pam
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that was awesome.
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she's still adorable.. i don't care what you impugn..
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Someone should Drunk Goldblume this commercial
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Jack can't save the earth because he's DYING OF BIOWEAPON SICKNESS. Way to sugarcoat the truth, Chloe.
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