Tara: Holiday salutations Michael! Look what I dug up from Christmas past for this week! Remember the ’70s?
Michael: Like it’s my job. High school! My first car! That native Jamaican girl that followed me around when are family went on our Caribbean trip! But, enough about that: Whatta we got this week, Tara?
Tara: Everyone at school was singing this song. Until the nuns told us to shut up, that is. And you know. I would like to buy the World a Coke. But then I wouldn’t, and just be 2 billion dollars richer.
Michael: I loved this commercial for some odd reason. It was a ’70s standard. I hummed that tune ’til the cows came home.
Let me ask you this: Everyone holding a Coke? Look at the bottles. They look a little weak in color, don’t you think?
Tara: My guess is that they’re watered down because this commercial took so long to film that otherwise the actors would have gotten too intense of a sugar buzz and rioted. Not very Christmas-y.
Michael: I would have the tendency to agree.
Michael: I. Hate. The. M&M’s. Guys. Period.
Tara: I think this is cute. C’mon. It’s short, sweet and to the point. It’s a really creative idea that both Santa and the M&M’s have heard of each other, but were skeptical.
Michael: What you’re not understanding, Tara, is that they’re akin to clowns. Scary … creepy … nightmarish.
Tara: Dude. You have such issues. But! Who doesn’t know a version of the Budweiser Clydesdale commercial? This is actually the original. We sang this at school too. That is, until the nuns told us we were going to Hell for singing about beer.
Michael: What’s the deal with you and ‘the nuns’? Were you forever in trouble in Catholic school or something? It’s a wonder Santa brought you anything.
But … the commercial: This is another tune I hummed continuously. Standard. Classic.
Tara: It really is a classic. And to answer your question, everyone was always in trouble in Catholic school. You’ve got your clowns, I’ve got my nuns. If someone really hated us, they’d send nuns in clown face to our houses.
Michael: Hokay … I think you’re exaggerating a bit. Nuns in clown face? I don’t think so. There’s gotta be a religious code about nuns dressing up as clowns or something.
Tara: Uh oh, we got off topic didn’t we?
Michael: We … ???
Tara: All right buster – I meant me! So the topic is the holidays and I’m just gonna wish you a Merry One.
Michael: Why Thank you, Tara. Me? I’m off to make some rum balls.
Tara: Better than Schweddy Balls.
Clacked by Tara Shrodes
on Dec 17, 2010 @ 16:00 EST5EDT
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Hokay … riddle me this:
How can any ‘mirth’ be committed with those creepy M&M guys mucking about … ?!?
Huh? Huh? Huh … ?!?
As someone who is afraid of clowns I do not know how you could find the M&M guys scary in any way. Nuns are totally more frightening, they have powers.
OMG… I love Schweddy Balls!!!! I also loved the Coke commercial brought me back to when I was young. Well, I guess I am now showing my age… lol
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Schweddy Balls is hilarious Deb, I agree. Did you know Michael had never heard of it until today? UnAmerican!
I have a friend who went to a neighborhood Christmas party last year. One of her neighbors made some dessert balls, and she went up to him and said, “Brian, I love your Schweddy balls.” Well, he had never heard of the skit, so he immediately backed away and informed her that was the last thing he expected to hear from her. She nearly died and after explaining the whole skit they had a good laugh, but isn’t that one of the funniest things you’ve ever heard? :-)
I love the Clydesdale’s. They are HUMONGOUS up close! When you say Bud you’ve said it all….! Hokay NOW the Coke song will be my earworm…!
I liked the Coke commercial when I was a kid, but now it screams creepy cult to me.
Yeah, it was early to mid 70’s I think. Hippies were still a big thing. Sadly, to this day, I still wish I could have been one, a big, sci-fi loving hippie… lol.
That’s hilarious! To be honest, one of my early ambitions was to be a ZZ top girl, then head up the NRA, but the only one that stuck was love of Sci-fi! :)
LOL… bsgfan, I wanted to be a ZZ Top girl too. Just think, we could have ridden in the ZZ Top car and could have had people suck up to us in the “Legs” video.
Yes! World domination through leather skirts, and red pumps. Aaaah those were heady days!
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I admit that my earliest ambition was to be a back up singer for James Taylor. Is that sad?
The Coke ad reminds me of the end scene in the original Wicker Man (the one that doesn’t have Nicholas Cage in a bear suit punching women) so I get the creepy cult comparison.
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“I admit that my earliest ambition was to be a back up singer for James Taylor.”
Why am I not surprised by this news … ???
Great article…you two claque….errrrr crack me up!
Thanks for the link for Schweddy balls…..just shared it on FB even :)