Thursday, May 1, 2008

Why I Love the whole World

Boom-dee-a-da, Boom-dee-a-da, Boom-dee-a-da, Boom-dee-a-da, I have had this stuck in my head for the past few weeks, and I'm totally ok with it. Why have I had this stuck in my head you might ask? My answer is The Discovery Channel. They have this fantastic new commercial and I can't get enough of it! If you haven't seen it check it out:





While preparing to write this and while writing it, thus far, I have watched it close to 25 times. Its kind of become an obsession. I know all the words and sing it every time it comes on TV. I swear I'm like a small child when it comes on mid-commercial break. I see those spacemen and the earth and my reaction is usually to say, "I LOVE THIS COMMERCIAL" and clap my hands in excitement like a toddler.

Moving on from my child-like amusablility, I wanted to see if I was the only person around that really enjoyed it. So I went down to the front desk of my the building that I live in and showed it to people as they were walking by. And what do you think I found? Well, out of about 30 people there was only one person, that wasn't a big fan! 1! Turns out I'm not so crazy after all.

Now that I'm not crazy, please let me tell you why I'm in love with this commercial. First off, its catchy. Fuck the goldfish commercials (Although, I do love the fishes.), I don't want to zoom-zoom-zoom in whatever car that is, and even though some days "I just can't seem to get it right," right now there isn't another commercial that is better to sing along with than this one. Seriously, watch it a few times and you'll be singing Boom-dee-a-da all day long.

Besides the song, the people in the commercial are pretty bad-ass too. You've got some Myth Busters in there, Bear Grylls (Who I'm secretly in love with even though he drinks his own piss.), and you've got Mike Rowe (apparently he loves dirty things...who knew?). If you're still not satisfied after that All-Star Discovery line up, all I can say is - Stephen Hawking. Could you ask for anything more? I think not. Oh, and if you get it stuck in you're head, don't worry I wont judge you.