This isn't going to work out, Ryan

April 25, 2021 3:07 PM

New Aviation Spokesperson. LeVar Burton's new gig, almost. [YT 0:48]

Aviation Gin by Ryan Reynolds
LeVar Burton, recently

posted by Glinn (14 comments total)

...not judging this till I see Hugh Jackman's counter-move with a new spokesperson for Laughing Man Coffee.
posted by ewan at 5:22 PM on April 25, 2021 [5 favorites]

I'll eat my hat if that's not a glass of water with a slice of lemon.
posted by dobbs at 6:19 PM on April 25, 2021 [2 favorites]

Levar Burton is absolutely a goddamn national treasure, but I did not really understand what was happening in the video.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 6:32 PM on April 25, 2021 [5 favorites]

Man that was fun. I like aviation alright, but they generally kill it with their ad campaigns.
posted by Carillon at 6:53 PM on April 25, 2021

LeVar is having A Moment, and that’s great. More fish for Kunta.
posted by Capt. Renault at 8:57 PM on April 25, 2021 [7 favorites]

I was hoping he'd take a sip, do his valiant best to make a yummy face, then turn, spit it out, and say, "Ugh, still takes like gin."
posted by The Tensor at 11:26 PM on April 25, 2021 [5 favorites]

Want a great gin and tonic? Spend your money on the tonic, not the gin.
posted by chavenet at 1:30 AM on April 26, 2021 [4 favorites]

Spend your money on the tonic, not the gin.

This seems like odd advice. Are you buying 30 dollar bottles of tonic? Even if you are it's not going to save a 5 dollar bottle of gin. Get good gin, and yah, don't mix it with tap water.

...

Turns out I feel strongly about gin and tonics.
posted by Alex404 at 1:44 AM on April 26, 2021 [4 favorites]

I think that clip is about Ryan and Levar are greying quite beautifully. Which I resent because I look like an old prospector coot in a Western.
posted by srboisvert at 2:02 AM on April 26, 2021 [10 favorites]

When I tabbed back to Metafilter and opened this link I had just finished watching the TNG episode The Next Phase, which is the one where where LeVar Burton gets phase-shifted so the crew can't see or hear him.

The bit at the end of this with them going "wait, can you hear me? it's usually just me in here" was therefore extra weird.
posted by automatronic at 3:16 AM on April 26, 2021 [3 favorites]

I don't know how he manages it, but I gleefully watch every single ad Ryan Reynolds puts out.
posted by invokeuse at 10:28 AM on April 26, 2021 [1 favorite]

The name, "Aviation," left me expecting something different. But, cheers!
posted by eotvos at 11:21 AM on April 26, 2021 [1 favorite]

> something different

Ooh! Previously "In this series of DoD-sponsored educational videos, Levar Burton and various luminaries in the field explain how corrosion works and how to fight it."

I'd heard about these from the excellent Rust: The Longest War by Jonathan Waldman, but didn't realize they were available. Thought I'd have to start a second career as a ship painter or something.
posted by ASCII Costanza head at 8:44 PM on April 26, 2021 [1 favorite]

Somebody has a damn good publicist.
posted by intermod at 9:09 PM on April 30, 2021