Kevin Garnett stars in Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1. esjWBRU
   March 1st, 2009 at 5:26 pm

   Blech, that was a waste of 10 minutes. It's a funny idea, but they just copied jokes, and poorly at that. Not to mention repeating Holy Grail jokes has been done and overdone for decades now, so it's even less funny than it would be otherwise. Don't waste your time with this.

2. Johnny Cat
   March 1st, 2009 at 5:48 pm

   Thanks, I won't.

3. Barry
   March 1st, 2009 at 5:57 pm

   Someone wasted a lot of time and money on this bomb. Not a moment of entertainment.

4. renderanything
   March 1st, 2009 at 6:00 pm

   Not bad for an advertisement, but where was the gorilla hand to help turn pages?

5. Pudifoot
   March 1st, 2009 at 7:37 pm

   Renderanything: I kept expecting the gorilla hand too

6. drdreg
   March 1st, 2009 at 8:08 pm

   Since the word “Brilliant” was used before the word “Parody” in the description you wrote, I take it your mean “a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing”. I have to disagree, and propose you change :brilliant” to “dimwitted and dull”– which would more accurately describe the type of parody it is - a “a poor or feeble imitation or semblance”.

   This is a typical piece of advertising plagiarism… without an idea of their own; they steal someone else’s idea and then make a mess of it.

7. Reechard
   March 1st, 2009 at 8:10 pm

   Wow, I don't really understand mr. angry in the comments there. But that may be because "video is no longer available"

8. angstrom
   March 1st, 2009 at 8:40 pm

   wow, this is bad.
   Really really bad.

   Perhaps it's less awful if you are familiar with the people in the video? I'm guessing they are US sports stars.

   can you add a tag for 'failed viral'
   and perhaps 'unconvincing astroturf'

9. mccrum
   March 1st, 2009 at 9:22 pm

   You know, there was a time (possibly after the horrible PC video game) when I thought Monty Python couldn't sell out any more.

   Wow. I hope Eric Idle has fun in his gold Bentley.

10. Johnny Cat
    March 1st, 2009 at 9:28 pm

    For those now in need of some seriously brilliant mashup gold...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU7_XMk6cpo

11. SenorMysterioso
    March 1st, 2009 at 11:00 pm

    I love Monty Python and The Holy Grail. I hate these ads. I saw it on tv and though it was pointless and ineffective.

    That seems to be what Gatorade is trying for. The last campaign for "G" left so many people just scratching their heads because they had no idea what "G" was. The ad was a long line of athletes, actors, singers, dancers etc. against a black background with a boring voice over that did not give any clue about what the product was and offered no information on how to find out.

12. ivymae
    March 1st, 2009 at 11:07 pm

    Thank you for Johnny Cat. I did need that.

    And SenorMysterioso, those other ads were so strange before they got to the mimes, but then there were MIMES and it fell straight off the edge of strange into WTF land.

13. SenorMysterioso
    March 2nd, 2009 at 12:39 am

    Those werent mimes, theyre a dance crew called the Jabberwockys. Though, the general tv audience probably is not familiar with them and just thought wtf is with the mimes. lol

14. UnreaL
    March 2nd, 2009 at 1:09 am

    But does it have electrolytes?

15. TJ Hooker
    March 2nd, 2009 at 10:58 am

    Unwatchable drek. And who the hell are these people? Sports stars, rappers? Whatever. Unoriginal, unfunny.

16. Scooter
    March 3rd, 2009 at 10:17 am

    I'd drink G over toilet water any day.

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