Tissue desu

20 comments:

  1. Barcode Brothers ftw.

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  2. Yes...yes...this compels me to want to buy tissues somehow...

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  3. So a mini horned Oompa Loompa was brought into the ad campaign for Kleenex how?

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  4. the mini "oompla loompa" seems to be a character "borrowed" from Urusei Yatsura manga. I cannot figure out how it is related though.

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  5. it's not, it's an oni---a traditional japanese ogre. if you saw it in an anime or whatever, then it was based on that and not the other way around. and if that ad wasn't creepy, then i don't know what is.

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  6. "Island song" by Björk anyone?

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  7. the song is from a band called Opus 3 - a 90's hit.

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  8. Actually, the original song was released in the early 80s as a straight up a cappella by English folk duo Jane And Barton.

    And yes, the kid is supposed to be an akaoni no ko (something like "red demon child') taken from Japanese folklore.

    I linked to this on my blog Showa OK! Thanks for posting!

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  9. this fucking commercial

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  10. this song backwards is sampled in "halcyon and on", the mortal kombat soundtrack

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  11. Jane its a fine day
    1983
    Opus 3 a fine day 1992
    Miss Jane a fine day
    A.T.B a fine day

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  12. If I were to attempt to analyze this commercial, I think it's as simple as a commercial of a woman playing with a baby and a tissue box, but instead of using a normal child they used a very notable Japanese icon, the baby child of the aka oni (red demon, as many people noted).

    I personally find artistic creativity in this commercial but I can also see how it's FTW for most people. The oni in the first clip does in deed look like an oompa loompa with a horn LOL.

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  13. Oompa Loompa doompadee doo
    I've got another puzzle for you
    Oompa Loompa doompadah dee
    If you are wise you'll listen to me

    What do you get from a glut of TV?
    A pain in the neck and an IQ of three
    Why don't you try simply reading a book?
    Or could you just not bear to look?

    You'll get no
    You'll get no
    You'll get no
    You'll get no
    You'll get no commercials

    Oompa Loompa Doompadee Dah
    If you're not greedy you will go far
    You will live in happiness too
    Like the Oompa
    Oompa Loompa doompadee do

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  14. Oompa Loompa doompadee doo
    I've got another puzzle for you
    Oompa Loompa doompadah dee
    If you are wise you'll listen to me

    What do you get from a glut of TV?
    A pain in the neck and an IQ of three
    Why don't you try simply reading a book?
    Or could you just not bear to look?

    You'll get no
    You'll get no
    You'll get no
    You'll get no
    You'll get no commercials

    Oompa Loompa Doompadee Dah
    If you're not greedy you will go far
    You will live in happiness too
    Like the Oompa
    Oompa Loompa doompadee do

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  15. The people in this commercial supposedly died shortly after filming.

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  16. It probably has some hidden meaning that we don't get. And it looks like the movie is played backwards... Sooo, when you play it the right way it's something like:

    "Buy these f-ing tissues or this red-demon-oni kid right here will come and eat you."

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  17. what chu guys talking bout' that's a chia pet if Id ever seen one.

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  18. james holden did a nice version of it back in 2002...
    nice summer day listening...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrO8ooR5LKs

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  19. one of my favorite songs ever now haunts me...

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