Comments on: Bradypus lotharius, amirite?

Bradypus lotharius, amirite?

tepidmonkey — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:27:07 -0800

A brief video about a philandering sloth who wears a necktie.

By: Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:53:20 -0800

What a great song. I really didn't appreciate it properly when I was a kid.

By: MrMustard

MrMustard — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:58:38 -0800

Beautiful.

By: ubiquity

ubiquity — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:01:47 -0800

Apparently this is viral marketing for Alfa Romeo, though I can't figure out how. I guess if I could, it wouldn't be effective viral marketing. (The viral part obviously works, eh, tepidmonkey? But I'm not complaining). Apparently the guy playing the sloth was the stunt double for Frodo in LotR. Really. See http://www.cerberoleso.it/showreel/sloth.htm for more info.

By: seanmpuckett

seanmpuckett — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:24:59 -0800

I'm guessing after a suitable interval (days?) the sloth will appear in another video sexing it up in an Alfa.

By: From Bklyn

From Bklyn — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:25:43 -0800

Viral marketing? If this were viral marketing, I'd be all for it. As is, the post's link title is, well almost all you gotta know. It's a perfect internet thing, otherwise. Funny, and without overt referrents... sweet.

By: three blind mice

three blind mice — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:26:54 -0800

A brief video about a philandering sloth who wears a necktie. I was half-expecting to see Hillary Clinton standing next to him.

By: DU

DU — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:30:59 -0800

Warning: Direct link to .MOV file.

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:39:08 -0800

Chicks dig the deadly sins.

By: Brittanie

Brittanie — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:41:26 -0800

God, I want a sloth so bad.

By: nola

nola — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:57:14 -0800

Nice.

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:12:50 -0800

posted by seanmpuckett I'm guessing after a suitable interval (days?) the sloth will appear in another video sexing it up in an Alfa. In the new video, the woman will be slightly older, the aimless and philandering sloth will drive a red Alfa convertible, and it will be titled The Gradual.

By: any major dude

any major dude — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:38:24 -0800

Sloths don't move very quickly. The comedy should have revolved more around that and the fact that they are kinda ugly at first but the more you look at them the more attractive they get. WHEN WILL SOMEONE MAKE AN ACCURATE SLOTH PARODY! The song is Mr. Blue Sky by ELO. It's the happiest song ever written. I think they should use it as the hold music on suicide hot lines.

By: Mastercheddaar

Mastercheddaar — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:42:00 -0800

That was mildly strange

By: psmealey

psmealey — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:58:28 -0800

I still can't figure out what the chicks seen in that guy anyway.

By: nicolin

nicolin — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:01:51 -0800

In French, they are called Paresseux (Lazy). Anyway, looks like viral propaganda.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:18:49 -0800

Here's the hook: Despite his appearance and reputation, he's obviously an Alfa male.

By: bookish

bookish — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:37:23 -0800

I was expecting there to be a moral to the story. Like the one blonde chick sees him making eyes with some other girl, and storms out of the club after slapping him in his leering, slothy face. But then I realized the video was made by Italians.

By: jonson

jonson — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:59:57 -0800

I kept worrying he was going to shank my mom with a pterodactyl dick bone.

By: rusty

rusty — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:09:18 -0800

Is this something I would need an acacia tree to understand?

By: slimepuppy

slimepuppy — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:58:57 -0800

I approve.

By: BlackLeotardFront

BlackLeotardFront — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:12:52 -0800

I'm with you, bookish. At first I thought this video was going to be like "Check out this shameless sloth," but then I realized it was more like "Check out this awesome sloth."

By: photoslob

photoslob — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:25:53 -0800

The next video will be one long sequence of him driving from home to the mechanic and back.

By: tommasz

tommasz — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:32:43 -0800

The only animal more awesome than the sloth is the manatee.

By: dogsbody

dogsbody — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:48:09 -0800

Good grief, the comedian's a bear! /coat

By: Sk4n

Sk4n — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:28:24 -0800

No he's a-not! He's a-wearing a neck-a-tie! (Damn you dogsbody, I was just going there.)

By: Sk4n

Sk4n — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:29:38 -0800

Also - the brief scene in the disco when they are at the table, all I could think of was that the sloth was going to shoot first.

By: Staggering Jack

Staggering Jack — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:35:35 -0800

Cool - it makes me want to be back in Barcelona, where the drinks are plentiful, the women beautiful, and the sloths lucky.

By: ubiquity

ubiquity — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:02:09 -0800

My Italian correspondent informs me that there have already been several more obvious Alfa ads featuring the intrepid (and sometimes misnamed) sloth.

By: tepidmonkey

tepidmonkey — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:39 -0800

Che schifo.

By: maryh

maryh — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:06:58 -0800

Anderson Cooper: Liberator of Sloths (watch your head)

By: Zinger

Zinger — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:09:15 -0800

In the new video, the woman will be slightly older, the aimless and philandering sloth will drive a red Alfa convertible, and it will be titled The Gradual. Fandango for the win!

By: yhbc

yhbc — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:21:36 -0800

Okay, that's cute; the actual commercials do play on the idea of the sloth being incredibly slow, like any major dude wanted above. Thanks.

By: quin

quin — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:31:17 -0800

I can't put my finger on it, but something didn't seem right. We are going to have to test this; I'm gonna need a sloth, a shitload of alcohol, and a dance-club. It may seem unnecessary, but this is for Science! damn it.

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:01:51 -0800

What a great song. I really didn't appreciate it properly when I was a kid. It was also used in a VW commercial. It is a great song; Jeff Lynn loves him some "Penny Lane." A brief video about a philandering sloth who wears a necktie. I thought it'd be Homer Simpson, but despite his many other flaws he isn't a philanderer.

By: racist dunk-tank clown

racist dunk-tank clown — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:41:04 -0800

Sloths are the new black guys. Stupid lucky-ass sloths taking all our women.

By: Baby_Balrog

Baby_Balrog — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:42:24 -0800

I never thought I'd get to tell this story. Sloths are not harmless. Sloths are powerful, hungry, vicious, violent creatures. Anything you might think you know about sloths is probably wrong, and is further skewed by ridiculous pro-sloth propaganda like this video (which obviously features not a sloth, but a midget in a sloth suit - seen it a thousand times.) I was deep in the Peruvian Amazon basin in 1998. The rains had come and our dugout was taking on water, fast. We moved closer to shore in case we had to swim when the guide noticed a small palm leaning out over the water. It was bizarre, because the foliage seemed to make a flat green wall separating the water from the forest. This one small tree seemed to be leaping out from the forest, canopy first. Turns out, a sloth had climbed to the top of the tree and had stretched the damned thing out over the river. "Good news!" the guide reported. "Sloth is good to have!" Apparently, it was time to have a sloth. We paddled up next to the tree and the guide reached up and grabbed the slimy beast. He motioned to me to stand and then he placed it on my chest. The sloth instinctively clinged to my chest. The canoe began to rock. People began to bail out more water. The sloth began to squeeze. It squeezed, and squeezed, and squeezed until I thought my collar bones would crumple like toilet-paper tubes. It squeezed the air out of my lungs. It's bear-like arms crushed my chest and its four vicious claws began to furrow my flesh. I had no air with which to scream. As the canoe rocked precariously, I squeeked. I squeeked - "Please! Help! Help!" Gradually, people started to look at me. "Look, look! He can't hold the sloth!" I began to suffocate. "Look! The sloth is hurting him!" I felt its dire claws puncture the muscles in my shoulders. "Look at the little nancy boy! Afraid of a little sloth!" ... After what seemed like hours, the guide tore the damned thing off of me - the whole time laughing, laughing, laughing. A sloth is a filthy creature covered in green slime, it leaves anyone it touches with an unforgettable odor. But that night.... that night at the village... we feasted on fat, thick, rich sloth-meat. It was perfectly ripe with deliciously veal-like fatty goodness... as though the sloth had been careful not to work his muscles too hard... his slothly meats were like mana and to this day I have never tasted anything so absolutely wondrous. yes... i was mauled by a sloth. But he was a delicious, wonderful sloth. And I regret nothing.

By: maryh

maryh — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:30:19 -0800

Sloth: Just Because It's Slimy, Green And Filthy Doesn't Mean It Won't Be The New Bacon

By: romakimmy

romakimmy — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:48:25 -0800

The Mr. Sloth ad series was cute the first time I saw it, but the other 90 bajilion times was just 'meh'. The first of the Peugeot ladybugs series still makes me chuckle, though.