After These Messages: Chipmercials with Dan Seitz

Dan Seitz of Marvel's Flying Monkeys (a podcast where they discuss every Marvel movie minute by minute) is back to discuss commercials and … other things … related to The Chipmunk Adventure. We spend a lot of time talking about Will Smith back when he was newly popular as The Fresh Prince (even before Bel Air!) and one of his early videos: I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson. Geoffrey mentions 1-900-909-JEFF, which was a hotline you could call to hear messages from DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. And then probably your parents would get super mad because it would add a charge to your phone bill. We also, as promised, watched the "Girls of Rock and Roll" scene from Malibu Bikini Shop, a movie we would DEFINITELY NOT show to a child. We talk about many of the things that make this scene disturbing, including the bit where a child excitedly asks for a super sexualized bikini. Romy Mehlman, if you're listening, definitely let us know where you are now! What's your life like? We'd love to hear. Anyway, after that, we felt like we needed something to restore our faith in humanity, so we watched a charming video of some people in Colorado doing their own homage to the Chipmunks and Chipettes version of the song. From the choreography to the costumes, this group nailed it! Also, the chipmunk costumes definitely look like turtleneck druid robes, and Geoffrey really wants to see a D&D player character or monster guide for a Chipmunk character. Who will make this? Could it be you? And of course we did also watch some actual commercials, too. We started with a Chipmunks VHS box set commercial, including such classics as Batmunk and Funny We Shrunk the Adults. Has anyone ever seen these? Julia kind of wants to… From there we descended into the depths of Chipmunks album commercials. Namely Chipmunk Punk and The Chipmunks 35th Birthday Party, which alerted us to the fact that a Chipmunks version of Achy Breaky Heart exists. This made Julia and Geoffrey wish for a Chipmunks version of "Wrecking Ball" by Miley Cyrus. And… good news, everyone! Clearly we were not the only people who wished for this. You can find several versions if you search. If you're having fun listening to us, please tell your friends about us! Rate and review us! follow us on Twitter where we're @thisiswhy_pod! And, of course, you can always drop us a note at at [email protected].