Sometimes Taste is All in the Shape. Just Ask Cheerios.

These videos (1, 2, 3) parody both clueless focus group victims and anal spoonfeeding marketing moderators. It's for Diamond Shreddies, which, unlike boring square-shaped cereal, is diamond-shaped.

This really isn't any less lame than Millsberry adding a new charm to Lucky Charms cereal -- and we fall for that every time.

Thanks Charles for running them by us.

Man in Testicle Suit is Deployed onto Ice Rink. Hijinks Ensue

Ever consider funding the Sean Kimerling Testicular Cancer Foundation?

If you haven't, watching a man dressed like balls get slammed into a window might convince you to. And even if it doesn't, you might wander into a bathroom to check your 'nads, which is almost as good.

(Sidenote on the video: Giant pubes on the ice! Giant pubes ON THE ICE!)

See more videos by agency Struck at Carpe Testes (aww, cute URL).

Ditched Toys Are the Reason We've 'Smurfed' Up Christmas

"So what if I'm gay? You let my rainbow fade away," accuses a Care Bear in this awesome video where toys rebuke cynical adults for ditching them after puberty, thereby ruining their Christmases -- and ours -- forever.

And if our He-Man could talk, he probably would be just that ditzy.

Thanks go out to Grey, Vancouver for putting it together.

Ever Wonder Why People Top Their Trees with Angels?

If you're on the hunt for creepy new fables, find out how the Christmas tree fairy came to be. It's twisted.

Picnicface Bitchslaps Us with Powerthirst Rocket Edition

If you, like every other college student suckling from Facebook, enjoyed the first Powerthirst ad -- a spoof on testosterone-rich energy drink ads that make ridiculous promises -- then you'll be marginally interested in watching the spot for Powerthirst Rocket Edition, brought to you by Picnicface and College Humor.

Now your favorite non-existent drink comes toting new flavors (MANIMAL! FIZZBITCH! GUN!) and new words for your lexicon like "beveryman," "preposterone" and "douche-fag."

And not only will you be preposterously good at sports, you'll win at irony, art and "everything forever!"

Testimonials added for effect.

Karate Cop Goes on Throat-Chopping Rampage for Lucky Denim

Wandering ever deeper into a tangly forest of camp, Lucky gives us Karate Cop, courtesy of Night Agency.

The ad says that in December when you buy a pair of jeans at Lucky Brand, you can get something of equal or lesser value for 50 percent off. Neato. Provided some plainclothes cop doesn't elbow you in the neck on your way out of the store. (But hey, seeing shag-heads in sweatbands generates that reaction in us, too.)

What's going on with the flannel?

Today's Find an Evergreen Day. Bet You Didn't Know That, Did You?

A group called Holiday Cover Up is encouraging us to celebrate every day of the year by revealing holidays we don't know about.

The logic: holidays were parsed out by greeting card companies in order to encourage productivity. "Calendars are propaganda!" snarls founder and author Kevin Goodson.

See video here. We think it's pretty good. Plus, you gotta love the idea behind Pi Approximation Day.

We also got a new word for the Ad-Jive dictionary: "holidology"!

Feeling festive? Get Holiday-a-Day widgets and other web 2.0 crap. If you're lazy like us, you can just celebrate your unbirthday, which takes place 364 days a year. Thank goodness the Mad Hatter and the March Hare weren't holiday perfectionists.

Gnomes. Yeah, Become a Gnome, Too

Nothing says jackpot like a slew of copycats. So if (like us) you wondered about the success of the Elf Yourself campaign by OfficeMax, look no further than this moody spoof by Dunder Mifflin.

DM also built a website called Gnome Yourself, which features characters from The Office.

Copyright Nazis Come A-Hunting for Parody on YouTube

Here's a bummer of significant proportions. SF group Richter Scales posted a parody video on YouTube about the impending pop of our rancidly ripe Web 2.0 bubble. It's a shame. We would've liked to see it.

The group used a bunch of images found online, mashed up to Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire.

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MoveOn Calls Bush Legacy a Calling Card for WWIII

Since its debatable* big win over Facebook's Beacon, we've developed an almost unhealthy interests in other ad campaigns it's trying to drum up money for.

Here's the latest one. (If it's too big for your browser, just click on the image and scroll down with your arrows.) We like how it says "dramatization" in the corner. As if!

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