March 26, 2002

8:18 AM

okay, stop, now you're just talking out of your...ahem... well, i guess it is a logical next step for a company that promoted hiphuggers with singing navels, at least for their european consumers.
posted by grabbingsand (17 comments total)

It's...novel. More info in Slate's Ad Report Card.
posted by kirkaracha at 8:24 AM on March 26, 2002

Is this why there are so many assholes on the road?
posted by kfury at 8:57 AM on March 26, 2002

I thought the navel ads were GAP, not Lee Jeans... shame AdCritic isn't around any more.
posted by silusGROK at 9:53 AM on March 26, 2002

Um, will they be showing this on TV in the US?
posted by schlaager at 10:29 AM on March 26, 2002

It's astonishing that this concept could have made it out of the creative meeting, the storyboarding, the client meeting, the scripting, casting, directing and shooting without anybody noticing that wasn't funny.
posted by Faze at 10:36 AM on March 26, 2002

Um, will they be showing this on TV in the US?

Yah, right. Right after winged monkeys come flying out of...um...them.
posted by rushmc at 11:06 AM on March 26, 2002

casting.

let's all sit and ponder that thought for a moment.
posted by grabbingsand at 11:22 AM on March 26, 2002

"Rectum? Damn near killed 'em!"
posted by ColdChef at 11:28 AM on March 26, 2002

* squeegee, squeegee, squeegee *

Thank you ColdChef. Yet another monitor falls victim to spontaneous humor-induced coffee spew.
posted by yhbc at 12:21 PM on March 26, 2002

Dreams of being a Butt Actor.
posted by stbalbach at 12:36 PM on March 26, 2002

Uh, the singing bellybutton ad was for Levi's Superlow jeans.

Lee's advertising the last couple of years has centered around the Buddy Lee doll. This may be an admission that they need to imitate the more well-received Levi's campaigns.
posted by dhartung at 1:42 PM on March 26, 2002

The navel ad was creepy, this is just down right weird.
posted by riffola at 5:24 PM on March 26, 2002

"Excuse me, I'd like to... ass you a few questions."
posted by kindall at 6:47 PM on March 26, 2002

The creepiest part of this ad is that somebody seems to have gone in and digitally added little dimples in the back to serve as eyes. Very strange.
posted by willnot at 6:56 PM on March 26, 2002

Fallon London is to blame for this.
posted by riffola at 8:00 PM on March 26, 2002

mea culpa. levis bears the blame for the belting belly buttons. oh, well....
posted by grabbingsand at 8:42 PM on March 26, 2002

The creepiest part of this ad is that somebody seems to have gone in and digitally added little dimples in the back to serve as eyes.

Um, I doubt that. They probably just chose actors who had such dimples to begin with.
posted by kindall at 10:11 PM on March 26, 2002