nachos in the media
You know what they say…”Pass the Old El Paso”. Wait, no one says that? I guess this commercial was a complete fail for the company then. The jingle has been stuck in my head ever since I heard it for the first time one day ago.
I’m not sure what they’re putting in the water over at the Comedy Central headquarters, but I bet it tastes something like Cholula, because their on-air personalities are displaying symptoms of a sever nacho dependency.
Here is another reason why Jon Stewart rocks: because he picks Nachos for the win! After ribbing President Obama’s NCAA brackets on last night’s Daily Show, the quirky host tried to show our commander in chief how a real American fills out a bracket.
Charlotte Gainsbourg’s new album, IRM, drops today, but this duet with Beck, “Heaven Can Wait”, has been around for about two months. Video embedded. Head to about 00:36 to see the scene featuring two buddies holding a nacho bomb.
After Señor Nacho’s revealing Advertising Investigation: Taco Bell, it got me thinking about what kind of commercials the “Mexican” chain might offer up. As you might imagine, it’s a treasure trove of hilarity which may make you throw up a bit in your mouth.
I’m not gonna pretend that Paul Blart: Mall Cop is a good film worth checking out, but a friend recommended this scene for the “Nachos in the Media” column. Blart certainly illustrates a common problem about ‘cho-fficianados.
Last week, we took a look a classic nacho movie moment. Stepping away from edible cinema, we’ll move into TV commercials this week and see what exactly American advertisers want to pass off under the title, “nacho”. I have to say, in my extensive research, the word itself is applied to so many things that just shouldn’t exist.
