> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > John Sessoms > > Yeah, it's an underwear commercial for a French brand, Athena. > > http://great-ads.blogspot.com/2011/09/athletes-and-ad-agency-crew-get- > naked.html > > It's a sight gag. It makes sense if you remember the French think Jerry > Lewis is the greatest comic who ever lived.
I'm not sure I entirely believe this. Nobody in France has ever told me they like Jerry Lewis, yet they're forever asking me why I killed Joan of Arc. Nevertheless, I have just found a book entitled "Why the French love Jerry Lewis: From Cabaret to Early Cinema" < http://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-French-Love-Jerry-Lewis/dp/0804738947> Apparently "Comic performance style drew from a group of nervous disorders characterized by the psychological automatism emanating from the lower faculties: nervous reflex, motor impulses, sensation, and instinct." I'm tempted to buy one of the used copies, but I can't decide whether to order the one for £1.00 or the one for £280.92. > The naked pole vaulter is > supposed to land in the underwear that's there in place of the cross > bar. > > He'll never make it. Pendulum effects will throw his timing off every > time. > I think it's rather witty of them to pixelate the pole. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
