Finally: “Hot Air: The Movie”
posted at 7:14 pm on March 13, 2010 by Allahpundit
It’s not what you think. A real “Hot Air: The Movie” would be a ten-hour epic of me and Ed hunched over our keyboards, looking haggard, silently typing, typing, typing while the daylight fades. (It’s an art film!) This is … much, much freakier than that. Remember when Fiorina’s creative team promised ads even loopier than the now immortal “demon sheep” spot? Say this for Team Carly: They keep their promises.
Not sure why she’s targeting a Democrat when she’s still in a double-digit hole against Campbell, but I guess the “Barbara Boxer as a blimp” idea, once conceived, simply had to be born.
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Dude…Carly just got done with cancer treatments. It takes awhile for hair to grow back.
gary4205 on March 13, 2010 at 8:37 PM
What does “rediculous” mean? Is is something good like a bluelicious? Or a greenyummy?
Rod on March 13, 2010 at 8:39 PM
AND the info. about Boxer’s ridiculous lack of legislative achievement (“named a river…in WEST VIRGINIA!” or something) is great. Should be up front in the video.
I’d have edited this thing entirely differently but I like the weirdness of the imagery and this time, the narrator (same voice, I realize, as was used in the first video) the narrator this time, this video does a far better job, is less “scary” as aspect of Fiorina (key to remember that these narrations SHOULD ALWAYS ALIGN WITH THE CANDIDATE and not scare off potential viewers/voters).
Lourdes on March 13, 2010 at 8:40 PM
A great way to enjoy that video is to turn the sound down, smoke a bowl of K2 and listen to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqgjCKm9nQ
OxyCon on March 13, 2010 at 8:41 PM
You just can’t put that genie back in the bottle…
… I believe it will take on a life of it’s own, in fact Ms. Boxer will now be referenced as “Blimpy”!
Seven Percent Solution on March 13, 2010 at 8:41 PM
Sorry, I didn’t know.
imshocked on March 13, 2010 at 8:46 PM
Apparently a fresh batch of LSD-25 has worked its way into the California political scene.
good for them!!
JohnGalt23 on March 13, 2010 at 8:46 PM
Wow.
BTW, the narrator sounds like Dan Halen from Squidbillies.
illustro on March 13, 2010 at 8:50 PM
Are we sure Boxer isn’t being portrayed as an air head? LOL Cause that’s how I see her. ;)
capejasmine on March 13, 2010 at 8:51 PM
Better than most of the sludge that comes out of Hollywood.
tru2tx on March 13, 2010 at 8:59 PM
Not from Cali,l but RedState has extensively covered Campbell’s issues with a convicted terrorist friend and an anti Israel tone…is Cali ready to go full on conservaitve with DeVore?
Looks like Carly has the best chance to win blue Cali IMO (the election not the primary)
ginaswo on March 13, 2010 at 9:02 PM
Barbie Blimp. Heh.
unclesmrgol on March 13, 2010 at 9:04 PM
I vote:
Brilliant. But 7 minutes is about 6.9 minutes longer than the average American attention span. Which, now that I think about it, is probably why weird imagery is becoming more common in advertising.
BobMbx on March 13, 2010 at 9:04 PM
Well, I understand how HP turned from a world-class engineering driven tech company to a marketing company a lot better now.
TheBigOldDog on March 13, 2010 at 9:09 PM
OMG, the Boxer part of that is so awesome.
Clark1 on March 13, 2010 at 9:15 PM
I liked it!
Vince on March 13, 2010 at 9:16 PM
History and Chemistry are both in LAS (at least at my university). I’ve done both. Had an easier time with History myself.
I’m more a believer in “get a degree in something you can make money in”. Heard many, many times from people following their passion not knowing what in the world they’d do for jobs once they graduated.
Rightwingguy on March 13, 2010 at 9:24 PM
They make some great printers, but I’ll never buy another HP PC/laptop.
daesleeper on March 13, 2010 at 9:24 PM
Then again, HP CEO isn’t a bad gig. Although, I’m not sure how many Medieval History majors are CEO’s at big multinational companies these days.
Rightwingguy on March 13, 2010 at 9:28 PM
Are you quoting yourself there?
TXMomof3 on March 13, 2010 at 9:30 PM
I was elaborating on my previous comment.
I’m not awesome enough yet to quote myself.
Rightwingguy on March 13, 2010 at 9:31 PM
Boxer is ineffective ? That is about the only good news . This trick to get me to listen to Carly didn’t work .
borntoraisehogs on March 13, 2010 at 9:35 PM
I nominate this ad for an Oscar. And given today’s standards, I put it up for a Nobel Prize, too. Any one.
neurosculptor on March 13, 2010 at 9:39 PM
Just checking…
TXMomof3 on March 13, 2010 at 9:39 PM
I admit, my threshold for entertainment can be low some times, but I thought that ad was pretty awesome. Plus, it had the happiest endings I have ever seen, heh.
javamartini on March 13, 2010 at 9:51 PM
I gave a software presentation to her when she was at HP…
Its interesting doing technical sales, when you do it long enough to figure out what interests the client…
I was showing a Network/Computer/Software discovery tool (would list all the comps, hardware, software, on your netowrk… down to service packs and version info… needed for Sarbains/Oxley tax purposes)…. but all she was interested in was the bells and whistles…
Not what it could do technicly… not even the business case for it…
This was just a couple of weeks before she got booted by the board… to bad… we had her hooked… cost me HUGE bucks…
Not the sharpest knife in the six pack?…. er… a few frys short of a drawer?… a couple beers shy of a Happy Meal?
Romeo13 on March 13, 2010 at 9:52 PM
I admit, my threshold for entertainment can be low some times, but I thought that ad was pretty awesome. Plus, it had the happiest ending
sI have ever seen, heh.javamartini on March 13, 2010 at 9:53 PM
Well there’s lucky and then there’s smart. Most of us just hope we can get one or the other.
Carly looks like she got lucky.
Rightwingguy on March 13, 2010 at 9:56 PM
The Boxer Blimp part says it all: Out-of-control Big government hovering overhead waiting to invade our freedom and take our hard-earned money away to use for their own out-of-control, over-bloated, ill-conceived ‘projects’ in the name of helping the poor; and yet, these poor people never seem to get ahead. Odd.
Stand your ground, America!! The Boxer Blimp can be brought crashing down on election day.
TN Mom on March 13, 2010 at 9:56 PM
That. Was. Epic.
Pablo on March 13, 2010 at 10:06 PM
That’s what I call “lateral thinking”. Opines?
ProudPalinFan on March 13, 2010 at 10:07 PM
HAHAHAHA more pls
ReformedAndDangerous on March 13, 2010 at 10:23 PM
Picture yourself in a boat on a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies…
hillbillyjim on March 13, 2010 at 10:31 PM
That’s Senator Blimpy…she worked hard for that title, don’t you know?
James on March 13, 2010 at 10:41 PM
ZARDOZ!!!!!!!
Mallard T. Drake on March 13, 2010 at 11:22 PM
Actually, I like it. The only thing that troubles me now is that she still has a primary to win; so, it’s presumptuous to put this attack on Boxer right now. But, that said, her ad people may be able to take 30-second or 1-minute snippets from it for ads later. I’m rooting for DeVore; but, if Carly becomes the nominee, I hope Californians will vote her in as Babs’ replacement. Even a RINO just has to be better than “Ma’am.” Only 3 pieces of legislation during her entire tenure? Isn’t that pitiful?
LindaDinNev on March 13, 2010 at 11:29 PM
THAT’S FREAKIN AWESOME!!!
that’s just freakin awesome.
love it.
oxycon, you were totally right LOL
OxyCon on March 13, 2010 at 8:41 PM
thedude on March 13, 2010 at 11:30 PM
I found the ad both surreal and surprisingly effective.
DelD on March 14, 2010 at 12:00 AM
You mean it’s freakier-deakier?
Hey if that’s what it takes to get rid of the bloviating blimp, go Carly. I just wish she’d grow out that butch hairdo.
AH_C on March 14, 2010 at 12:00 AM
Ditto. Now that you mention it, I seem to recall the cancer a few years back.
AH_C on March 14, 2010 at 12:03 AM
Let us hope for Carly’s victory against the Jihadist’s best friend Tom Campbell:
http://frontpagemag.com/2010/03/12/tom-campbell%E2%80%99s-troubling-ties/
thuja on March 14, 2010 at 12:10 AM
Whoever does Carly’s ads is doing the brown acid.
This one makes demon sheep like sane.
Sorry, I know she had cancer, but she should wear a wig.
The last thing we need is another woman coming out of the Left Coast that *looks* like a b*ll-buster and sounds like one, too.
(Plus, she had to leave H-P under less than ideal circumstances.)
I’m still hoping that Chuck Devore can pull out from behind and overtake Carly and Campbell!
Jenfidel on March 14, 2010 at 12:11 AM
That’s SENATOR Blimp to you, fella!
DrAllecon on March 14, 2010 at 12:14 AM
What happens when the Ron Paul blimp and the Barbara Boxer blimp have sex?
lorien1973 on March 14, 2010 at 12:28 AM
I liked it, too long, but good
IowaWoman on March 14, 2010 at 12:39 AM
Is it any wonder HP fired her?
sockpuppetpolitic on March 14, 2010 at 1:30 AM
This sounds like it could be GREAT NEWS!
Political Blogger Mickey Kaus filed papers on Friday to run against Barbara Boxer in California’s June 8th Democrat Primary!
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/2010/03/blogger-mickey.html
Democrats, please vote Barbara Boxer out off office in June! November is much too far away!
wren on March 14, 2010 at 1:33 AM
By attacking Boxer now, she is playing up voter anger, and putting the stick in the sand, and letting voters know she is not going to play it safe in attacking her opponent.
Will the strategy work? I don’t know, but I hope whomever does win the primary uses her people to attack Boxer relentlessly.
Queen0fCups on March 14, 2010 at 7:15 AM
Only “The Race Card” is awesome enough to quote and respond to himself.
uknowmorethanme on March 14, 2010 at 8:46 AM
Demon
SheepBoxer!Lockstein13 on March 14, 2010 at 9:37 AM
My eyes, my eyes!!!
El Coqui on March 14, 2010 at 9:57 AM
Let U.S. just keep calling her office or sending FAXes with just a one word message – Madam. What word could you really get from the letters used in the title Madam that would best describe Sen. Boxer? Madma.
Because she is really old enough to have earned the title, but it speaks poorly of her Botox treatments.
MSGTAS on March 14, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Excellent!
PatMac on March 14, 2010 at 10:59 AM
“Hot Air – The Movie” – who plays AP? I’m picturing Hurley from “Lost”.
PatMac on March 14, 2010 at 11:13 AM
I like… The Hindenbarb.
Tanya on March 14, 2010 at 11:51 AM
The ad would have been much better if they’d just kept the part about Boxer, and then had Carly say “Hi, I’m Carly Fiorina. I suck, too, but I don’t suck nearly as bad as Barbara Boxer does.” Instead she treated us to this profound observation:
That’s right, kiddies. You heard it here first: only in America can you run for the U.S. Senate. Hope it didn’t take Carly too long to figure that out.
Xrlq on March 14, 2010 at 2:23 PM
Plus she’s quirky enough to appeal to California voters.
GinaE on March 14, 2010 at 3:31 PM
I like it! Go Carly!
(Full disclosure: Sorry, but I just couldn’t sit through the whole thing. It was time for bed.)
urbancenturion on March 15, 2010 at 4:36 AM
Not gonna lie, this + demonsheep makes me want to vote for Carly. Fortunately, I don’t live in CA, so I can’t.
Abby Adams on March 15, 2010 at 9:38 AM
The presentation is somewhat unorthodox but she does make good points.
scrubjay on March 15, 2010 at 12:51 PM
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