Sometimes, commercials can be just as great as the TV shows they interrupt. I find this low-budget masterpiece, which advertises Brooklyn’s Grand Prospect Hall (“We make your dreams come true!”), almost as entertaining as an eight-hour marathon of “Top Model” on VH1.
But today I discovered what might be my new favorite commercial: this 90-second ad for a new jar opener called—wait for it—the Handjob.
It’s hard to decide which moment I love the most: the weird, ‘80s-esque strobe flashing at the beginning? The way the wife waits a beat, then perkily says, “Okay!” when her hubby asks for a hand job? The part where the guy with the yard equipment screams, “Faaaaaa!” until the camera cuts away? The not-so-subtle shot of an old lady getting sprayed in the face with liquid? It’s all gold.
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