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(Amazon) Amusing "It's a WHAT?" An ad for the "Swing-Wing," perhaps the uncoolest toy in the history of mankind. "Maybe this is where all those hippies came from"   (amazon.com) divider line 73
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dletter [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 12:26:01 PM  
This needs to have "What is Love" dubbed over it.

 
doublesecretprobation [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 12:32:09 PM  
it was the TFD of a more innocent generation.

 
Secret Agent X23 2008-03-16 12:34:05 PM  
Damn you, subby. Now that song is going to be in my head all day.

 
fariasrv [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 01:00:02 PM  
You know, that explains a LOT...

 
CraicBaby [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 01:57:24 PM  
The company was probably hoping this would be the next "hula hoop". None of the kids in that commercial look like they're really enjoying themselves, though.

 
fuzzwell [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 02:01:39 PM  
Secret Agent X23: Damn you, subby. Now that song is going to be in my head all day.

I turned it down as SOON as the music started.

This is the key to avoiding nauseating earwigs.

 
lajimi [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 04:28:52 PM  

Some toys are simply uncool others.....Well, just not thought all the way through.

i236.photobucket.com

 
Naman [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 04:48:13 PM  
lajimi: Some toys are simply uncool others.....Well, just not thought all the way through.

Heh. Love the suspiciously dried-blood like splotches on the second dart from the left.

 
BKITU [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 05:14:38 PM  
Next to market was Wham-O's "Whiplash-O-Matic!"

 
Massa Damnata 2008-03-16 05:22:47 PM  
I remember listening to Drew regarding his book speak about certain perennial stories that one could predict based on either season, or merely a certain arbitrary cycle that govern when certain stories will be recycled.



This video is an excellent example of this.

/in a few moments someone will post Swing Wing(alternative version) remixed with music by Slayer.

 
RocketRod [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 05:35:13 PM  
Actually... those kids look like they are the forerunners of the 70-80's era "headbangers", not hippies. Spirographs and LiteBrite's are what made the hippies the way they are.

 
Bob Ondeeznuts 2008-03-16 05:43:48 PM  
images.eonline.com

Approves.

 
Iceman208481 2008-03-16 05:46:43 PM  
If the chimp claps for it, I'm buying it!

/brilliant!

 
ukiah 2008-03-16 05:49:00 PM  
Bob Ondeeznuts: Approves.

Boo! -1 for you

/then +2

 
wildcardjack 2008-03-16 05:50:03 PM  
Massa Damnata:
/in a few moments someone will post Swing Wing(alternative version) remixed with music by Slayer.


I feel obliged to do so (new window)

 
meshman 2008-03-16 06:03:06 PM  
"Mo, what's a brain anneurism?"

 
meshman 2008-03-16 06:03:44 PM  
(Mom) (dammit)

 
Interrupted Infinitum 2008-03-16 06:14:36 PM  
wildcardjack: Massa Damnata:
/in a few moments someone will post Swing Wing(alternative version) remixed with music by Slayer.

I feel obliged to do so (new window)


I can not begin to explain how awesome that is.

 
Jamrock 2008-03-16 06:16:09 PM  
I love how the chimpanzee is laughing his ass off at the kid, who looks absolutely retarded. That scene is priceless. A human being, reduced to cheap entertainment for apes

 
TheHopeDiamond 2008-03-16 06:29:39 PM  
I love the kid staggering across the bridge like Quasimodo.

 
Lampmonster [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 06:29:51 PM  
wildcardjack:

You know, the word hero gets thrown around a lot these days...

 
TheHopeDiamond 2008-03-16 06:32:37 PM  
P. S.

I love the jingle - sounds like a leftover Nancy Sinatra song.

 
DrZiffle 2008-03-16 06:34:06 PM  
It's better than bad, it's good!

/It's log

 
Sean1000 2008-03-16 06:35:59 PM  
wildcardjack: Massa Damnata:
/in a few moments someone will post Swing Wing(alternative version) remixed with music by Slayer.

I feel obliged to do so (new window)


BEST You Tube Video I've seen in a long time... :)
Thanks.

 
TheHopeDiamond 2008-03-16 06:37:34 PM  
Most excellent Slayer vid hahahaha

 
MasonL87 2008-03-16 06:38:03 PM  
The jingle keeps asserting that "it's a fun thing", but I must disagree. Not only will your major organs rip themselves out of your body to avoid the embarassment of being seen using one of those things, but your neck would probably snap if you used it for more than 3 seconds.

 
firebush69 2008-03-16 06:47:30 PM  
wildcardjack: Massa Damnata:
/in a few moments someone will post Swing Wing(alternative version) remixed with music by Slayer.

I feel obliged to do so (new window)


That is outstanding. I think I've got something...in my eye...*snif*

 
Shimmercore 2008-03-16 07:20:41 PM  
This video has been on Fark before.

 
DFWPhotoGuy 2008-03-16 07:22:22 PM  
Slayer vid is amazing. Full of win...

God bless you sir.

 
overlord 2008-03-16 07:45:58 PM  
wildcardjack: OMG that was farking awesome!

 
LawrencePerson 2008-03-16 07:54:25 PM  
Submitter here. I got this link off Instapundit, saw it go green, saw wildcardjack's most excellent Slayer remix, e-mailed Instapundit with link to the thread and that video, and noe he's put the thread and both links up his site:

http://instapundit.com/archives2/016588.php

I'm now posting his link to this link in the hope of creating a recursive feedback loop that will destroy all life in the universe. A small price to pay for such merriment...

 
csi_yellowknife 2008-03-16 08:03:28 PM  
Instapundit?

Hmm, indeed

 
fariasrv [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 08:05:02 PM  
wildcardjack: Massa Damnata:
/in a few moments someone will post Swing Wing(alternative version) remixed with music by Slayer.

I feel obliged to do so (new window)


So... how does it feel to be a god?

 
World Eater 2008-03-16 08:29:08 PM  
wildcardjack: Massa Damnata:
/in a few moments someone will post Swing Wing(alternative version) remixed with music by Slayer.

I feel obliged to do so (new window)


Absolutely brilliant!

/elephant and monkey make it perfect

 
JamesDeSimas 2008-03-16 08:31:30 PM  
Okay, I know I'm probably blasphemous for saying this. But I'd still really like to see the "What is love" remix...

 
KarmicDisaster 2008-03-16 08:37:44 PM  
Obviously not a Wham-O product. Those were fun.

 
PressPlayOnTape 2008-03-16 08:45:29 PM  
I have spent a staggering amount of my life 'surfing' around FARK. I have not, however, been as amazed as I am at this moment. wildcardjack... you are a true American hero.

 
dletter [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 09:03:20 PM  
JamesDeSimas: Okay, I know I'm probably blasphemous for saying this. But I'd still really like to see the "What is love" remix...

Hold on James :)

 
read_more_please 2008-03-16 09:19:27 PM  
Holy hell. That video was HILARIOUS, wildcardjack. Best video I've seen in a long time... I laughed 'till I cried.

 
peachpicker [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 09:25:09 PM  
wildcardjack: I feel obliged to do so (new window)

You, sir, deserve a $5,000 whore.

 
remnant 2008-03-16 09:29:23 PM  
Add another voice to the chorus that wilcardjack wins the Internet.

 
maxheck 2008-03-16 09:32:00 PM  
I wonder if the inventor came up with the idea while at a strip club?

"Hmmm... Like tassel pasties, for your head!"

Oh, and wildcardjack? Brilliant!

 
phedex 2008-03-16 09:41:07 PM  
Wildcard jack, thanks for making me pee myself before going to sleep.

 
Larva Lump 2008-03-16 09:53:27 PM  
maxheck

I wonder if the inventor came up with the idea while at a strip club?

"Hmmm... Like tassel pasties, for your head!"


First thing I thought of.

 
zvoidx 2008-03-16 10:04:59 PM  
Secret Agent X23: Damn you, subby. Now that song is going to be in my head all day.

I actually didn't change "Bad To the Bone" on net radio station just to wash that shiat out...

That is the most disgusting, insane music I've ever heard in my life and the master tapes should DIAF.

 
Curious Hussein 2008-03-16 10:06:46 PM  
csi_yellowknife: Instapundit?

Hmm, indeed


Heh!

 
Whatthefark 2008-03-16 10:18:28 PM  
wildcardjack: I feel obliged to do so (new window)

Damn. Nice job. I had to create a youtube account so I could save that one.

 
JamesDeSimas 2008-03-16 10:30:56 PM  
dletter: JamesDeSimas: Okay, I know I'm probably blasphemous for saying this. But I'd still really like to see the "What is love" remix...

Hold on James :)


I'm now firmly holding on.... :)

 
Danack 2008-03-16 10:50:55 PM  
Curious Hussein: csi_yellowknife: Instapundit?

Hmm, indeed

Heh!


Interesting, if true.

 
dletter [TotalFark] 2008-03-16 10:57:49 PM  
JamesDeSimas: dletter: JamesDeSimas: Okay, I know I'm probably blasphemous for saying this. But I'd still really like to see the "What is love" remix...

Hold on James :)

I'm now firmly holding on.... :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl2-zgMay2s (new window)

Swing Wing - What is love?

Works too well.

 
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