| The Razzamercial |
| Razzamercial (razz uh mer shul) n. A commercial or magazine advertisement for a ficticious product or service, usually of something considered unappetizing, disgusting or taboo. Commercials are done in script format, and begin in a traditional manner, quickly becoming surreal and disturbing. Magazine advertisements have either an overt or subtle presentation to the viewer. What was to become known as the infamous Canned Beef Lips, Guy Funk Cologne and Wedgie Master 10,000 razzamercials developed after Ikharus, Kamikaze, Powerdivc and myself were up too late (or too early, depending on perspective), ingesting a few pounds of Funions and gallons of Dr. Pepper, making fun of too many infomercials. The scripts to these were dumped on the original Ranters site and message board and basically forgotten. Months, perhaps a year later, all of us began searching for the bizarre scripts for commercials that we'd heard about, scripts for what had to be fake products. After all, who in their right mind would buy beef lips? Lo and behold, we were staring at the dusty Razzamercials, lovingly crafted with caffeine, MSG and insomnia. In hindsight, it may have been a good idea to put our names on the things, since we've had a hell of a time claiming what we've written! |
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