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Library parody of the Old Spice ads - this is hilarious

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Posted on: July 15, 2010 5:05 PM, by Christina Pikas

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BTW - the Old Spice videos over the last couple of days were an amazing marketing feat. To create that kind of buzz. See more on Read/Write Web.

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epic fail

Posted by: fail | July 16, 2010 12:16 AM

I particularly enjoyed the

"It's a laptop with access to FUCKLOADS of library databases!"

But really, I just wanted to say FUCKLOADS.

Posted by: Preston Maness | July 16, 2010 5:33 AM

This was wonderful!

Posted by: Natasha | July 16, 2010 5:35 AM

Stumbled from Moldova!

Posted by: Lymos | July 16, 2010 5:37 AM

I think he said, "bucket loads" :)

Posted by: Christina Pikas | July 16, 2010 6:22 AM

marketing genius.

amazing.

Posted by: bill | July 16, 2010 7:30 AM

This was awesome until he said "Libary"

Posted by: grammar police | July 16, 2010 7:52 AM

Lol Harold B. Lee was a President of the Mormon Church......

Posted by: Ian | July 16, 2010 10:30 AM

love that this video is from BYU! that's where i'm going in the fall

Posted by: maxiebob | July 16, 2010 10:51 AM

Yes, he said bucket loads. If he used the f* word I am pretty sure he'd escorted off BYU property and told to never come back. BYU has a strict honor code.

As a Utahn and a non-Mormon I think the honor code is ridiculous, but no one is forced to go there.

Awesome, funny, and creative spoof, however.

Posted by: Sam | July 16, 2010 11:13 AM

That was awesome!!!! Made my day :)

Posted by: Elise | July 16, 2010 11:49 AM

Old spice really out did themselves with those commercial. And this one was pretty clever. Good job guys.

Posted by: Miami Web Design | July 16, 2010 12:16 PM

The "Hyah" is what kills me. I am dead.

Posted by: Beth | July 16, 2010 1:11 PM

Excellent work.

Posted by: Jared | July 16, 2010 1:22 PM

Two of us in the same office both said, "Did he just use the F-word?" Another colleague laughed at us and said, "that was BUCKET LOADS." I'm kinda glad we weren't the only ones who misheard... It's an excellent video with great editing! Very smooth

Posted by: Sandra | July 16, 2010 1:26 PM

Except [this commenter doesn't approve of the LDS church- ckp]

Posted by: Haruspex | July 16, 2010 2:55 PM

fake.

Posted by: yoballs | July 16, 2010 3:01 PM

Stumbled from California

Posted by: Daniel | July 16, 2010 4:25 PM

that was great, makes me want to study for once.

Posted by: Ralf | July 16, 2010 4:34 PM

lol good stuff.

Posted by: Travis | July 16, 2010 5:29 PM

I love this! I've seen the Old Spice commercial popping up everywhere. Happy to see a library spoof of it. :]

Posted by: Nicole | July 16, 2010 5:32 PM

Please tell me 17, yoballs, how the fuck is this "fake"?

Posted by: 17isstupid | July 16, 2010 6:07 PM

I agree with yoballs, definitely fake!!

Posted by: Lumpy | July 16, 2010 6:16 PM

its not fake, it was a viral marketing thang to fuel a new public image for Old Spice.
also, he said "bucketloads", just like 8 out of 5 dentists would have. lol

Posted by: dleerious | July 16, 2010 6:34 PM

ROFL

Posted by: Cathyer | July 16, 2010 6:42 PM

Bucket loads

Posted by: Aim | July 16, 2010 6:47 PM

Good thing Sam would never go there - BYU deserves better.

Posted by: USU | July 16, 2010 6:55 PM

Stumbled Upon in Oregon.

Posted by: Stumbler | July 16, 2010 10:51 PM

I was in that library today, never knew it had a snack zone....

Posted by: Drew | July 16, 2010 11:45 PM

This is an exact clone of the old spice commercial. How is it funny? If they were making fun of the commercials, I guess I would get it. It's like when those Wassup Budweiser commercials came out.

Posted by: whatup | July 17, 2010 9:49 AM

Stumbled from Australia! Hilarious Parody! Will totally pass it on!

Posted by: Ciara | July 17, 2010 10:02 AM

Stumbled from New York!

Posted by: Devie | July 17, 2010 11:10 AM

tht was brilliant

Posted by: Nikhil | July 17, 2010 1:51 PM

To those who called it fake... obviously you cannot fucking read,
"Library parody of the Old Spice ads - this is hilarious"

Key word in sentence: "parody"

Posted by: Braff | July 17, 2010 3:15 PM

great clip ! thumbs up from Berlin

Posted by: Hannes | July 17, 2010 4:09 PM

wow, the parodies just don't end

Posted by: sir jorge | July 17, 2010 4:19 PM

stumbled from South Africa

Posted by: Andi | July 17, 2010 5:13 PM

Haha, this is pretty awesome watching people argue about the commercial. I wrote and shot this commercial and never expected it to go viral. Thanks everyone.

Posted by: Scott | July 17, 2010 5:25 PM

@yoballs yoballs are fake?

Posted by: c: | July 17, 2010 9:02 PM

The student in this video is Stephen Jones, he is the president of BYU's stand-up comedy club, Humor U. Humor U is the largest college comedy club in the world. You can see their videos at: http://www.youtube.com/user/theofficialHumorU

Posted by: Tanner Kay | July 18, 2010 5:15 PM

Thanks for the comment - it's very well done and he's very talented.

Posted by: Christina Pikas | July 18, 2010 7:34 PM

@braff & co.

ya'll commenting on a troll post

Posted by: ijiots | July 18, 2010 8:28 PM

@Preston- It's "bucketloads", O Smart One.

Posted by: Sophia P. | July 19, 2010 12:29 AM

@sophia
don't be too harsh, maybe he have some hearing disability

Posted by: ranggaw0636 | July 19, 2010 8:13 AM

wow, it's great!! :D

Posted by: Strony Internetowe Kraków | July 20, 2010 5:12 AM