Comments on: Video: The best campaign ads ever?

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: “Give Peace a Chance” rewritten by, ummmm, Mike Gravel

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:42:34 +0000

[...] needn’t remind you, I hope, that this is no departure for wavy Gravy. As denying illegal aliens college tuition on the taxpayer dime constitutes [...]

By: Slublog

Slublog — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:44:48 +0000

Winning Hearts and Minds…

Mike Gravel on the campaign trail.WASHINGTON (CNN) — Trying to be a “friend” to the American people, Democratic White House hopeful Mike Gravel gave his honest assessment to potential voters during an online Democratic candidate forum Thursday. “I…

By: amend2

amend2 — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:59:14 +0000

Well that was a complete waste of 5 minutes. Glad I cut out of the second early. 8th grade youtubers make more interesting films than that without even trying.

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Audio: Mike Gravel blows the lid off the neocon conspiracy to seize Iran’s oil

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:51:02 +0000

[...] The nutroots love him, partly in an ironic way because he’s such a kooky old codger and partly in an earnest truth-to-power way because he’s willing to apologize for the terrorists who run Iran more shamelessly than, say, John Edwards, who’s still sufficiently “mainstream” that he’s relegated to the two-step of insisting that the military option must remain on the table even though there are no foreseeable circumstances in which we might actually use it. [...]

By: Do the Democrats have the creative market cornered? « Mike Huckabee ‘08

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:15:19 +0000

[...] Do the Democrats have the creative market cornered? HotAir.com has a post on the Hillary campaign’s latest Viral Video: “Bill and Hillary spoof the “Sopranos” ending.” They lament, “This makes two creative, entertaining spots in a row to come out of her camp. She’s got this, Gravel has those kooky art-film spots, Richardson has his job-interview series, and our guys are dumping out clips from their campaign rallies. “Pathetic” doesn’t begin to describe it.” While “Pathetic” is probably too harsh (and I dislike their Fredmania), they are not alone in their wish. [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Bill and Hillary spoof the “Sopranos” ending

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:53:14 +0000

[...] This makes two creative, entertaining spots in a row to come out of her camp. She’s got this, Gravel has those kooky art-film spots, Richardson has his job-interview series, and our guys are dumping out clips from their campaign rallies. “Pathetic” doesn’t begin to describe it. [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Gravel explains those freaky deaky campaign non-ads

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:32:12 +0000

[...] How did a segment as potentially light and fun as this turn into something antagonistic? Here’s wavy Gravy exuding contempt for the talking heads who supposedly can’t grasp his kindergarten-level metaphors while talking head David Shuster, sitting in for Tucker Carlson, struggles mightily to grasp his kindergarten-level metaphors. Thanks to John from Wuzzadem for giving us the heads up. [...]

By: Shy Guy

Shy Guy — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 07:05:25 +0000

Trademark slogan:

“Gravel rocks!”

By: Mojave Mark

Mojave Mark — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 05:25:02 +0000

Dude! I should SO be a campaign video producer. I’m just a stone’s throw away from it now.

By: thedecider

thedecider — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:32:56 +0000

Move over Jack Murtha. The new Grandpa Simpson has arrived.

By: kmcguire

kmcguire — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:28:41 +0000

Some poor schmuck’s gonna wade into that water and stub his toe thanks to this guy. How irresponsible can he get?

By: Freelancer

Freelancer — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:58:06 +0000

Wait, I get it. He made huge bets with potential donors that he wouldn’t tell a single lie in his next two campaign ads, and this is the only way he could manage it.

By: emmaline1138

emmaline1138 — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:31:16 +0000

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm….kay.

By: Kadnine

Kadnine — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:00:45 +0000

OOOOOOoooooooohhh, fishy, fishy, fishy, FISH!

A fish, a fish, a fish, a fishy OOOOoooooohh.

By: The Ugly American

The Ugly American — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:29:20 +0000

Wheat… lots of wheat… fields of wheat… a tremendous amount of wheat…

By: Freelancer

Freelancer — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:07:01 +0000

ripples on a pond…

butterfly effect? If we wait around long enough, there’ll be a storm? Reaching for a meaning that’s worth the digital waste of energy and time those vids represent…

By: asc85

asc85 — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:34:57 +0000

Ad #1: Andy Warhol used to make feature films like this in real time…like a picture of a guy sleeping for six hours, and another one where he films the Empire State Building from daytime to twilight, to evening…all in real time.

Ad #2: I think it’s become more of a national phenomena and not just a New York one, but I remember WPIX used to just show a log burning in a fireplace on Christmas Eve and Christmas day with Christmas music in the background. Maybe that’s what Gravel can use this ad for!

By: mboprey

mboprey — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:21:09 +0000

He could have at least said “Head-On. Apply directly to the forehead” for 2 minutes.

By: Jaibones

Jaibones — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:18:12 +0000

Dumb.

By: Kini

Kini — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:10:32 +0000

Man of few words, eh?

Obviously, not into Global Warming either, burning all those carbon credits.

By: JackStraw

JackStraw — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:10:17 +0000

It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.

By: Ed Driscoll.com

Ed Driscoll.com — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:30:38 +0000

Remain In Light…

Video surrealism-a-go-go! First, it’s the return of the “Once In A Lifetime”-era David Bryne. Second, Mike Gravel owns the American Zeitgeist, creating campaign ads that brilliantly feed off the postmodern final moments of the Sopranos finale. Groov…

By: TheBigOldDog

TheBigOldDog — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:08:35 +0000

There’s a couple of minutes I’ll never get back…

By: jeffshultz

jeffshultz — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:05:42 +0000

Okay, the first one put me to sleep…. I suppose if you want your government to do nothing, he might be a good choice, since he seems to be used to that.

Either that or he’s a very weird form of Big Brother staring out of your TV set….

By: Militant Bibliophile

Militant Bibliophile — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:05:17 +0000

Okay, I think I get it…

First, he gives us a good, long look at himself, and then he goes and makes a “splash.”

Then, in the second one, he “starts a fire” and by superimposing his web address over it, he symbolizes his campaign catching fire.

How artistic!

Nope, my mistake, just incredibly stupid.