Mary! Did you hear that?
December 17, 2013 4:53 PM Subscribe
If anything they should be commended for getting the original cast back together to act like the Dickens.
posted by guiseroom at 5:09 PM on December 17, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by guiseroom at 5:09 PM on December 17, 2013 [1 favorite]
Yes, yes. I heard you. You're very clever, Bob. *eyeroll*
posted by maryr at 5:14 PM on December 17, 2013
posted by maryr at 5:14 PM on December 17, 2013
Squidward's face captures my reaction...
posted by Annika Cicada at 5:45 PM on December 17, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by Annika Cicada at 5:45 PM on December 17, 2013 [2 favorites]
Well, Kmart and its parent company, Sears Holdings, IS in pretty deep ship.
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:45 PM on December 17, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:45 PM on December 17, 2013 [2 favorites]
not as funny the second time around.
posted by empath at 5:51 PM on December 17, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by empath at 5:51 PM on December 17, 2013 [1 favorite]
This is the first I'm hearing of any of this and I can't not smile at both the original idea and the dedicatedly detailed remake.
posted by scrowdid at 5:55 PM on December 17, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by scrowdid at 5:55 PM on December 17, 2013 [1 favorite]
I'm surprised that a Christmas 2013 K-Mart commercial is FPPed here and it is not this one.
I will happily Get More Christmas, if you insist.
posted by sparklemotion at 6:00 PM on December 17, 2013 [6 favorites]
I will happily Get More Christmas, if you insist.
posted by sparklemotion at 6:00 PM on December 17, 2013 [6 favorites]
Next: All Aboard Amtrak! (SLYT) followed by The New Bacon Ranch Sub at Subway (SLpopup)
posted by spinn at 6:02 PM on December 17, 2013
posted by spinn at 6:02 PM on December 17, 2013
I never understood why the more inventive Kenmore "Treat Dirt Like Dirt" ads didn't make a huge viral splash like the basically one-note "Ship My Pants" commercials did.
posted by Western Infidels at 6:07 PM on December 17, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by Western Infidels at 6:07 PM on December 17, 2013 [2 favorites]
KMarts don't look that nice. Even after Sears tried to get KMart's shit together, it was still an awful mess and the employees are the living dead. The only reason you're aware of their presence is because every so often their bones shift and puffs of dust will fill the air. And then you go to the Little Caesar's that's attached to the KMart because that's just how shopping at KMart works.
posted by Redfield at 6:08 PM on December 17, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by Redfield at 6:08 PM on December 17, 2013 [3 favorites]
The Show Your Joe video is much better than this.
posted by BlueHorse at 6:14 PM on December 17, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by BlueHorse at 6:14 PM on December 17, 2013 [1 favorite]
Maybe it's because I'm from Michigan, but I always want to see K-Mart do well. I'd love to see them put a dent in cruddy ol' Walmart.
posted by scrowdid at 6:27 PM on December 17, 2013
posted by scrowdid at 6:27 PM on December 17, 2013
I considered posting this, as a sequel to my previous post! A++. I love it. Still just as funny the second time around.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 6:40 PM on December 17, 2013
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 6:40 PM on December 17, 2013
I'm going to want to see a third video, to round out the set. I hope K-Mart is working on something!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 6:42 PM on December 17, 2013
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 6:42 PM on December 17, 2013
Past tense. The word is 'shap'.
posted by popcassady at 7:00 PM on December 17, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by popcassady at 7:00 PM on December 17, 2013 [1 favorite]
I never understood why the more inventive Kenmore "Treat Dirt Like Dirt" ads didn't make a huge viral splash like the basically one-note "Ship My Pants" commercials did.
Because POOP JOKES
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 7:05 PM on December 17, 2013
Because POOP JOKES
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 7:05 PM on December 17, 2013
I'm surprised that a Christmas 2013 K-Mart commercial is FPPed here and it is not this one.
I will happily Get More Christmas, if you insist.
Let's see them do Carol of the Bells.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 7:38 PM on December 17, 2013 [1 favorite]
I will happily Get More Christmas, if you insist.
Let's see them do Carol of the Bells.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 7:38 PM on December 17, 2013 [1 favorite]
I also enjoyed the "Big Gas Savings". Haters to the left.
posted by ShawnStruck at 9:48 PM on December 17, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by ShawnStruck at 9:48 PM on December 17, 2013 [1 favorite]
Even after Sears tried to get KMart's shit together...
I remember some wag at the time of the merger observed that it was like tying two drunks together in the hope they'd walk straight.
posted by Iridic at 10:17 PM on December 17, 2013 [3 favorites]
I remember some wag at the time of the merger observed that it was like tying two drunks together in the hope they'd walk straight.
posted by Iridic at 10:17 PM on December 17, 2013 [3 favorites]
It's really jarring to hear 'ship' used in that context in an English accent. Although 'gifting' is catching on over here, so it may well yet replace the Anglo 'deliver to store'.
posted by mippy at 4:11 AM on December 18, 2013
posted by mippy at 4:11 AM on December 18, 2013
I'd love to see a full-length version of A Christmas Carol with that cast.
posted by kinnakeet at 5:10 AM on December 18, 2013
posted by kinnakeet at 5:10 AM on December 18, 2013
Uhhh, is the joke really ship/shit? Because I have a hard time imagining a place like K-Mart making a joke like that. But if that's not it, I can't see anything funny or interesting about it at all.
/clueless
posted by DarkForest at 6:23 AM on December 18, 2013
/clueless
posted by DarkForest at 6:23 AM on December 18, 2013
I have a hard time imagining a place like K-Mart making a joke like that.
See the Show Your Joe ad that I linked above.
They are definitely taking a turn for the naughty.
posted by sparklemotion at 6:35 AM on December 18, 2013
See the Show Your Joe ad that I linked above.
They are definitely taking a turn for the naughty.
posted by sparklemotion at 6:35 AM on December 18, 2013
Uhhh, is the joke really ship/shit? Because I have a hard time imagining a place like K-Mart making a joke like that.
What I think you're failing to grasp here is that this is not your grandmother's K-Mart.
(Also, online-only ads tend to skew a little more blue.)
posted by Atom Eyes at 2:58 PM on December 18, 2013
What I think you're failing to grasp here is that this is not your grandmother's K-Mart.
(Also, online-only ads tend to skew a little more blue.)
posted by Atom Eyes at 2:58 PM on December 18, 2013
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