{"id":1072,"date":"2009-10-14T19:34:32","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T19:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyfork.com\/in_a_commercial_so_confusing\/"},"modified":"2021-04-22T19:48:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T19:48:33","slug":"in_a_commercial_so_confusing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/in_a_commercial_so_confusing\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Has the Best Commercials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a commercial so confusing it would leave David Lynch scratching his head, a child singing a hymn-like song (while accompanied by an orchestra of baby dolls) leads to a 3-second flash of noodles followed by what we can only assume is a tagline. Never mind that the product has apparently nothing to do with the previous 25 seconds of the commercial. If it works for jeans, it should work for noodles&#8230;or sauce&#8230;or whatever is being sold in this ad. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s probably best to just sit back and enjoy the WTF-ness of the whole thing than pick it apart. But, if you&#8217;re looking for a more detailed explanation of exactly what is supposed to be going on in the video below, Kitsune Noir seems to have made <a href=\"http:\/\/kitsunenoir.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/15\/tarakos-kewpie-pasta-sauce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some sense of it<\/a>. Either way, this commercial blows those lame American ads right out of the water.<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><embed height=\"344\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/78lbf4ySzA0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a commercial so confusing it would leave David Lynch scratching his head, a child singing a hymn-like song (while accompanied by an orchestra of baby dolls) leads to a 3-second flash of noodles followed by what we can only assume is a tagline. 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