Friskies Adventureland: Pass the Catnip!

Like the return of Sherlock Holmes, like the Phoenix rising from the ashes, like some other “something was dead but is no longer dead” simile you can think of, AdMonkey boldly returns—this time with new posts when I find an ad I want to blog about, instead of daily.

I saw this Friskies cat food commercial last night while watching the Winter Olympics. The commercial suggests that feeding your cat Friskies will transport him to a surrealistic world where turkeys, cows, fish, and chickens dance about for his pleausre (presumably before they’re eaten). Make no mistake, this will be Fluffy’s introduction to the cat drug subculture (oh yes, there is one—they start with catnip and then move on to harder stuff).

I ran to the store to buy some of this magical Friskies cat food. I was in luck—there was plenty in stock, so I bought a dozen cans. When I got home, my wife reminded me that we don’t have a cat. I spent a long sad night on the Internet, staring longingly at photos of cats on I Can Has Cheezburger.

So, yeah, I like the commericial.

Speaking of the Olympics and commercials, The Wall Street Journal reports today that Friday night’s Olympics broadcast contained more commercials than sports. Since NBC isn’t making money from the Olympics this time round, someone over at the network decided to carpet bomb the Olympics broadcast with commercials promoting their new shows. Higher ratings translate to more ad revenue, so if they can get enough people to watch these shows, they can recoup some of the money they lost covering the Olympics.

Here are a couple of other cool Friskies ads featuring cats doing parkour. Parkour, as far as I can tell, is something crazy invented by the French that involves people running on top of things and jumping over things, while at the same time trying not to die.