Spy vs. Spy TV ad

June 28, 2004 12:00 AM

Spy vs. Spysell out! Mountain Dew has roped in the infamous black & white spies to shill their beverage. Quicktime needed to view the commercials. [via waxy.org]
posted by riffola (11 comments total)

At the risk of asking the obvious, why proliferate their sell-out by posting it here?

Oh, and Mad Magazine has ads now. Yep. They took the plunge a couple years back. I know. Nothing's sacred.
posted by scarabic at 12:04 AM on June 28, 2004

Because it's Spy vs. Spy! :)
posted by riffola at 12:07 AM on June 28, 2004

Ah, yes...

[taps chin and nods]
posted by scarabic at 12:09 AM on June 28, 2004

Cool. I haven't seen Spy vs Spy for ages.
posted by dg at 3:24 AM on June 28, 2004

Okay, the ads are funny. I was worried for a moment that they were going to try to kill each other by tricking them into actually drinking Mountain Dew.
posted by XQUZYPHYR at 5:01 AM on June 28, 2004

Yeah, the ads are funny (and well done in keeping with the original artwork style), but Bill Gaines is spinnin' in his grave.
posted by notsnot at 5:16 AM on June 28, 2004

XQUZYPHYR that would have been funnier!
posted by dabitch at 5:29 AM on June 28, 2004

Anybody have a mirror? Looks like we Mefi'd them.
posted by waxpancake at 6:58 AM on June 28, 2004

With all the bullshit/predictable/commercial/product placement vehicular/sentimental tripe that passes for cinema these days, maybe the television commercial is the last remaining place where we'll be able to find true cinematic art.

/curmudgeon

I actually thoroghly enjoyed these.
posted by psmealey at 7:12 AM on June 28, 2004

The commercials are awesome, sell-out notwithstanding.
posted by o2b at 10:47 AM on June 28, 2004

With all the bullshit/predictable/commercial/product placement vehicular/sentimental tripe that passes for cinema these days, maybe the television commercial is the last remaining place where we'll be able to find true cinematic art.

it's true. commercials now are better than movies. If you're counting entertainment value per dollar spent.
posted by Miles Long at 5:27 PM on June 29, 2004