This is a clip from a clunker of a movie called “The Sweetest Thing” which starred Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate. It’s a slightly naughty little scene, but it was probably the funniest part of the entire movie.

I believe I’ve mentioned that my line of work is in advertising, whether I like it or not. It pays the bills. Because of this fact I can’t help but to notice and give credit when I see really good ads.

Whatever my feelings are about Harley-Davidson (they’re sweet, but too expensive and breeds snobby riders) their advertising is always incredible, whether serious or humorous. This one is the latter.

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In the spirit of my last post about my hubster’s motorcycle accident, here’s a humorous PSA for this week’s video:

One of the things I love about “biker culture” is the twisted sense of humor and the ability to look at ourselves and laugh. You might remember this funny Herbal Essence commercial.

Today I am serving up another commercial that made me chuckle (I can’t help it I work in the industry). It’s male focused, unlike the previous one, but I’m guessing that over 90% of Big Dog sales are to men.

Hello shipmates. Today be talk like a seafarin’ hearty tide an’ I be happy t’ spread th’ word about ‘t. Sure, ’tis nay motorcycle related. Sure, I be nay a buccanneer, but t’ain’t fun t’ hear a biker talk like a buccanneer instead? Besides ye probably won`t be seein’ any other motorcycle bloggers talkin’ like seafarin’ heartys today so I be happy t’ fill th’ void. 

If ye would also like t’ talk like a seafarin’ hearty go to this site.

I barely go to the movies anymore. I have a Netflix subscription and movies come to dvd so quickly these days that I don’t mind the wait. When I saw trailers for Wild Hogs on tv back in March, I knew deep down in my soul that it wasn’t going to be a good movie.

I just knew it.

But on every motorcycle site or forum I went to everyone kept saying that they saw it and liked it. And it was one of the top movies when it came out. So, I added it to my Netflix queue and watched it this past weekend. Now, clearly I am not the demographic for this movie. I’m not a middle-aged man with a mid-life crisis. But 10 minutes into the movie I was already groaning, loudly, at how bad it was. And I couldn’t believe all of the actors that were in this piece of crap, who had shown promise back in their hey-day: Ray Liotta, Marisa Tomei, Jill Hennessy and…Peter Fonda?

I somehow stuck it out until the end, and I’m glad I did because the bits playing with the end credits were the best part of this crappy flick. Usually the bloopers are funnier than the movie, so here they are for your viewing pleasure. Unfortunately, they’re only mildly funny.

I found this video of Brigitte Bardot a few months ago when I was looking for motorcycle videos to post on Tuesdays. I thought it was cute and campy, and let’s face it, who wouldn’t mind watching beautiful Brigitte singing in French around a shiny motorcycle?

Well, apparently I wasn’t the only one: Cyril Huze beat me to it and posted the same video on his blog a few days ago! Oh well, those are the hazards of blogging in a niche. I guess great minds really do think alike…

Enjoy!

I am not a frequent viewer of the Food Network. I have caught a few shows here and there and am familiar with who Alton Brown is. I have seen his other show Good Eats before.

So, while scrolling through the cable program guide the other night I saw the listing for Feasting on Asphalt and with my trusty DVR I recorded a few shows. I’m really glad that I did.

The premise of the show has Alton and crew road-tripping on motorcycles (BMWs, no less) across the country to find and highlight the places and history behind American “road food.” They avoid highways at all costs, pledging to ride the forgotten back roads to find the dwindling, one of a kind roadside eats. Alton Brown an enigmatic and well-educated food-geek, the show itself is an interesting blend of road-tripping, history and mouth watering food!

From foodnetwork.com:

“Feasting On Asphalt merges a little Easy Rider with good eats and great tales from our road food’s past and present, while preserving the map for its future.”

Season one had them riding across the south from S. Carolina all the way to Los Angeles. For the recently kicked-off season 2, they head up the great Mississippi from the Gulf of Mexico up to Minnesota.

I have to say that I was surprised and pleased when I saw this commercial on tv the other night. I always wondered why advertisers weren’t targeting the female biker audience. The numbers show that it’s an ever-growing group of consumers. Well, I guess this could be the start of something beautiful. Maybe in the near future women’s magazines will acknowledge female bikers in some of their articles. Hey, I can dream…

OK, well I’m exhausted from the move to the new house so I felt I needed some stupid humor to cheer me up. This definitely fits the bill for being overly silly!

I’ma get, get, get, get, you drunk,
Get you love drunk off my hump.
My hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump,
My hump, my hump, my hump, my lovely little lumps