May 17, 2006
Enough with the gigglin' and wigglin'

Am I the only one out there who's incredibly freaked out by that goddamn Jell-O pudding comercial with a kid and some idiot in a cow costume doing the Wiggle and Giggle dance?
There's also a song playing that goes a little something like this:
Jiggle and a Wigglin' free,
in a Wiggle and Jigglin' spree.
Just those two lines, over and over and over and over again. The kid and the cow are doing some kind of dance in unison, and the kid is eating pudding. The dance has a lot of leg kicking and sliding going on, sort of a bastardized mix of skanking ska style and the Electric Slide.
And that's all there is to it. Very simple and innocent, but for some reason the whole thing makes me really uncomfortable and angry to the point where I want to put my fist through the TV, slap the kid, and choke the cow. I just want them to STOP. I want the kid to just sit the hell down and eat his pudding, and I want the dude in the cow costume to stand up, look himself in the mirror and answer this question: "What hath God wrought?"
I don't know what it is about this one commerical. There are many other commercials out there that are far more lame than this one, but none of them get to me like this.
Now that I think about it, the cow might be some kind of huge puppet. I really can't tell since every time I see it my eyes get blinded with rage.
Jello-O just doesn't make commercials like they used to...awwwwww, poor Chinese baby.
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I curl up into a ball and cry whenever I see that damned commercial. This goes on for about three to four hours and then I have uncontrollable ass vomiting for the remaining 20-21 hours of the day. I barely managed to stay at the keyboard for the 30 seconds it took to type this.
Posted by: Mohandus at May 17, 2006 05:20 PMWell, shoot, I guess I will have to be the bearer of terrible news to my japanese boyfriend who eats everything with chopsticks. He can't have jello. Not unless he uses the evil SPOON!
There is a reason why jello wasn't invented in china. And it has nothing to do with those chopsticks.
And as for the more recent jello commercials. Ever since Cosby has been doing them, they have all been full of wiggling, strange scrunched up faces and pointless dancing. And thats just coming from him alone.
Posted by: Jenitron at May 17, 2006 08:46 PMAwwww, poor Jen's Japanese boyfriend. Helplessly poking at a cube of Jell-O with his silly, backwards chopsticks. Maybe you should perform one of those ancient Japanese pantomimes teaching him how to use that famous Western invention known as the spoon.
I just saw the commerical again while I was typing this. I need to change my TV viewing habits, because apparently Jello-O feels that the crap I watch REALLY appeals to the pudding crowd.
Posted by: chris at May 17, 2006 09:12 PM
The ad with the kid and the cow is odd. But I was more disturbed by the fact that any food company would use a kid that's a little chunky. I kind of thought the kid was cute, he's just kinda heavy. The dancing does freak me out. If I could go thru the tv set, I would hog-tie the cow, threaten the kid with a belt and then take all the pudding. I don't give a crap how fat I get---I'm not dancing on tv.
At least Jell-O is admitting that eating pudding all day long is going to make you a bit chubby, no matter how much retarded dancing you do with a cow.
I think I now know why the commercial bugs me so much. I was chubby as hell when I was that kid's age, and I used to eat a ton of pudding back then. Perhaps I hate it because back when I was chubby, and full of pudding, I didn't have the balls to dance around while I ate, essentially flaunting my pudding fat and telling the world "I'm chubby as hell and I don't give a damn!"
That kid reminds me of the shame I felt every time I popped open another snack pack, and hurridly inhaled the pudding before anyone saw me.
Either that or I just hate that fucking Wiggle and Giggle song.
"At least Jell-O is admitting that eating pudding all day long is going to make you a bit chubby, no matter how much retarded dancing you do with a cow."
LOL! True, true. I hadn't thought of it that way.
That commercial bothers me too, but in a good way. It's definitely odd, and it gets stuck in my head, but I kinda like it.
Posted by: amba at May 30, 2006 10:41 PMI delight everytime I see/hear the cool kid and the 2 others in a cowsuit. The kids dancing is a great act that is wondrous - especially for his age. The jingle is perfect.
I cannot hold a tune in a bucket and I have two left feet. So I'm enjoying the ad as a big wriggly wiggly smile of the youngster's agile talent and a reminder to put Jello on the shopping list.
My only complaint is that it's too short.
"Each to their own" as the old saw goes.
Okay, I'm about to piss myself laughing. I had no idea so much could be said about pudding. I do know that anyone caught singing that jingle around here will get the shit slapped out of them. Jiggle.
Posted by: d. at June 15, 2006 10:46 PMThis whole things makes me think one word. Funny. The Jelly company spent alot of money to make a commercial that was eye catching. Seems to have worked. Once you hear the song it is stuck in your head. I actually walked by Jello Pudding in the store and thought of that commercial. Guess that was the real point of it. I happen to like that silly song. Makes me laugh.
Posted by: Laine at June 24, 2006 03:03 AMyo soy la de el comercial y soy de argentina me parece absurdo lo que estan comentando
Posted by: abdjad at June 24, 2006 10:35 PMChris, I demand to know what the hell kind of television you loonies are watching. I've got my TV on in the background for a good ten hours a day, and I have yet to see this epic advertisement.
And poor Chinese baby should be glad he's able to get Jell-O at all. He could have been born the opposite sex!
Posted by: Max at June 27, 2006 09:21 AMMax, be glad you haven't seen the commerical. You're one of the lucky ones.
Here's another version of it that's slightly less rage-inducing. Don't get me wrong, it still makes me angry, just not to to the point where I want to go on a rampage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc-kuwvWmzc
Posted by: chris at June 27, 2006 09:30 AMI think the kid, the cow, the song....All of it is ADORABLE. I'll tell you what I do hate...Those 1-800-PET MEDS commercials. Also, Ditech and Progressive Insurance. They are maddening and absolutely incessant.
Posted by: Christi at August 6, 2006 03:10 PM
looking for the words to the jello jingle in Corrina Corrina
Chris, maybe you need to get a life. You're complaining about a simple commercial is over shadowed by your use of foul language to voice your complaint. So much so that I forgot what you were complaining about. Get real, it's just a kid, a cow and Jello. Of course if this is the worst thing you can complain about, life must be grand - but we can't tell because of your cussing. Voice your opinion but how about learning how to do it in an intelligent way?
Posted by: Todd at January 6, 2007 08:50 AMYes that jello wiggling commercial is annoying!!
Oddly enough my cairn terrier Dahlia cant get enough of it. She loves that commercial!!!
The Wiggle commercials must have been created by the Hypno-Toad...I am riveted to the spot when I see them. I say the lyrics all the time...when my Pugs dance around, I say, "Wiggle".
Whatever you think about the commercials, it's undeniable that the creator was a fucking genius at getting us to remember Jello.
Maybe THAT'S what's bothering us all! (-:
who sings this song?
Posted by: Sarah at April 11, 2007 04:20 PMOh man. You hit the nail right on the head with your commentary. I feel/felt the exact same way about this. It just makes me so uncomfortable and enraged at the same time. The music, the vocals, the message, the kid dancing, the cow, everything.
Have you seen the new commercials with the board room? I can't even get into it. Someone needs to shoot the mastermind behind this.
Posted by: E at August 24, 2007 06:54 PM
