Today in the wide, wide world that is Facebook, my friend Mitsu posted a YouTube video of a commercial I’ve started to both loathe and look forward to (for it’s entertainment value) at the same time. It’s an advertisement for “The Snuggie” which is a contraption that is meant to replace the blanket in terms of comfort, warmth, and generally causing one to look like a first rate assclown (sorry, Leslie, I know you want one). Feast your eyes on this:
Since when is the blanket not good enough? How about a coat? Or a robe? As I said in a comment on Facebook today, I think this might make me feel like I was being smothered by a muppet. Likely Fozzie bear, if I’m going to be specific. And yeah, Fozzie’s all cuddly and soft…but try an hour of being inside Fozzie Bear and see if you don’t start feeling a wee bit claustrophobic. (As a side note, I just wrote “Fonzie Bear” instead of “Fozzie” which would be something else all together: A Snuggie in leather form with people sitting around in the commercial with their thumbs up saying “Ehhhhhh…”)
I think people clad in the Snuggie look a little like monks in brightly colored Skittle flavors – - or like the latest character who will be featured on the Teletubbies show (a show which already FREAKS ME OUT! Little bright, bouncy lumps of fabric that make unintelligable noises. It’s WEIRD!).
So anyway, I don’t want a Snuggie for Christmas. Or a Teletubbies DVD. Skittles might be kinda nice as a stocking stuffer though.
Wow-reading your post gave me a great idea…What about wearing a “RETAEWS?” It looks like a long sweater, only you wear it inside out. It has soft material and sleeves, which apparantly makes all the difference in the world.