Tuesday Tube: Carvel ice cream
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Carvel ice cream is some sort of east coast phenomena, so I had no idea what Dana Snyder and Ken Plume were referencing on the latest episode of the Ken P. D. Syndecast.
So I went out and found some Tom Carvel narrated Carvel commercials.
Notice that a lot of these designs are strangely similar. That's because Carvel would use the same set of a few cake molds and simply rotate them and use different colors and call it a new "character".
Among some of the staple characters are Fudgie the Whale, Hug Me the Bear, and Cookie Puss, the latter of which is truly the stuff of nightmares.
Fudgie the Whale, for instance, was rotated and used for an Easter Bunny, a leprechaun, or Santa Claus.
While he owned the company, Tom Carvel would do the narration for the commercials with his comically raspy voice.
Here's Cookie O'Puss, which is just Cookie Puss recolored for St. Patrick's Day. Warning, once you see it, you can't unsee it.
Comments
Jonny - 5-13-08 4:45 pm
Worst. Tube. Ever... Seriously, is this some kind of Adsense scam?
mgroves - 5-13-08 9:03 pm
Yes, Carvel pays more for adsense keywords than asbestos lawyers, primarily because their cakes are made from asbestos.