A Look Back To 2009 To Brighten Your Day
Mollie Hemingway, Ed. ·
July 3, 2012 at 5:23pm
When I posted something yesterday about Romney's spokesman and his latest gaffe, Brasidas said I shouldn't begin Mondays with such dispiriting news. To make up for that, I offer this video from just before President Obama's inauguration, where celebrities "pledge" to "serve" him (and all sorts of other hilarious things). Led by Demi Moore and Ashton Kucher, which is funny in and of itself, P. Diddy's is the best pledge.
No matter what else happens this year, at least we won't have celebrity videos like this. Or, when we do, they will be roundly mocked by everyone. My husband so enjoyed Anna Wintour's fundraising video that he played it about 20 times one night, laughing more and more each time. But it doesn't hold a candle to the one above.
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May '10
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Please stop. It wasn't a gaffe. The gaffe would have been to call it a tax. That would be nearly campaign suicide.
Jun '10
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They pledged to impoverish America's children and grandchildren.
Feb '11
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UGH Molly!!! This is completely gross.
Jan '11
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Well, your honor, I really don't know what happened. All I remember is that I was sitting at my desk, and I saw some video where celebrities were pledging themselves to Obama or something ...
... and the next thing I remember was waking up, and I apparently had the bartender is a headlock, and I was screaming and weeping.
I can't explain it.
Jun '12
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So disturbing its funny.
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Sure, but in a funny way!
Jun '11
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I pledge to turn off any movie/show that stars anyone I recognize from this video.
May '10
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So much for the Thousand Year Reich.
May '12
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3 years later and they're all divorced. Hmmm... so much for pledges.
Sep '10
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There should be an entire advertising campaign that simply runs ads like these, Obama's 2008 videos, and extended clips of Obama's speeches and statements circa 2006 -2012. No commentary is necessary. It would be absolutely devastating.
Mar '11
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I would just love it if someone could edit that video to replace all the Obama graphics with GW Bush (or Romney) graphics. And then put that up on the Interwebs.
Jan '12
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Ohhh my lord, I forgot about this video. Truly a classic. There should have been some sort of direct question to ask all them which actual conservative viewpoints they are pledging to support since many of them pledged to "cooperate" and be "inclusive" in some form or fashion. Blank stares would have ensued.
Jun '12
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Well there goes Lunch!
Mar '11
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You know... sometimes you see interviews with these really good looking celebs and they give you a sob story about how they used to be the kid who got picked on in High School and you think "Oh come on!"
And then you see something like this and you think "Oh yeah... those were the ones...."
Apr '11
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Is it weird that I only recognized maybe three of those people? Am I that out of touch with popular culture?
That said, definitely creepy. A friend asked me shortly after the 2008 election what I disliked most about Barack Obama. I answered, "His followers." So much more to dislike, now that we've unwrapped that dubious gift-to-the-world . . . but, I think I'll stick with my first gut answer. What's with that guy kissing his arms?? Eew!
Jun '10
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Please, no. I can't watch it again.
Mar '12
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Does the fusion of Presidential politics and celebrity pop culture repulse everyone else as much as it does me? The President books himself on Jimmy Fallon's show. The first lady is on Jeopardy. Oprah, the View, morning shows, late night shows. They fawn all over the guy. It's nauseating. The pop culture's inundation with Obama seems transparently Soviet to me. When does the portrait of Maobama go up in front of the White House?
Thanks for the video though, Mollie. I'm a big Michael Bluth fan, err, Jason Bateman fan. I particularly enjoyed how he didn't have the same sanctimonious I-love-my-own-voice presentation.
Also, let's not kid ourselves. P. Diddy still leaves the lights on and the nobody that pledged to buy a hybrid probably drives a Maserati GranTurismo.
Apr '12
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I couldn't name any of these people. Ameriherron just told me which one P. Diddy is, so now I don't have to ask. And I think Jason Bateman was the one guy who looked vaguely familiar to me in the two minutes I could stand to watch. I recognize him from Hancock.
So, Justine Olawsky can rest assured that she is at least three times as in tune with pop culture as one person on the site.
Mar '12
Re: A Look Back To 2009 To Brighten Your Day
Mollie, what a perfect antidote to yesterday's Romney spokesman downer. By the way, if you missed it when it came out, you really have to check out Iowahawk's send up of this video. Enjoy: http://bit.ly/MGVVvV.
Edited on July 3, 2012 at 8:48pmNov '10
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The song in that video is called "The Light", by a wonderful band named The Album Leaf. I think that if the creators looked further down the track listing of the 2006 album from which The Light comes, they would've found the more appropriate song for the ad, "Wishful Thinking".