Hellivision

Tonight I saw this documentary about rockstar explorer Ferdinand Magellan on PBS. It was alright as far as documentaries go. Among other facts, I learned Magellan was a hard-ass who executed one of his captains to put down a mutiny, and died chopping up Filipinos who wouldn’t accept Christ as their savior.

The most interesting thing though was how the craggy faced Australian narrator pronounced Magellan with a hard G (as in good). I always thought it was pronounced with a soft G (as in gellin’). That’s how they say it on the classic Dr. Scholls commercial…

Who should I believe? PBS or Dr. Scholls?

BTW: I couldn’t find video of the Dr. Scholls commercial, but I did find this reasonable facsimile.

In this ad for Rexona deodorant we see Young Professional deftly handling the usual hurdles of getting to a meeting on time in the future. A rabid mechanical dog wants to sniff his butt, and an anthropomorphic theft deterrent system tries to kick that same butt. But our young professional manages to stay dry through his ordeal and this elicits a skeevy smile from his (gay?) robot boss. I wonder what he wants to do to Young Professional’s butt?

Why is this commercial so obsessed with butts? Are you supposed to use deodorant down there? No one ever told me that!