Originally published at: Vanilla Ice's new refrigerator commercial is not a parody | Boing Boing
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It’s only a matter of time before Ice-T realizes how much money he could make by signing an endorsement deal with Lipton.
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Individual action on climate change is important, but for some reason, I question the motives of corporations pushing that aspect of it.
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I only puked a little bit, but yo he has to pay the bills…
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Back in 1990 when I was 20 years old, if you had come to me and said that Vanilla Ice would repurpose Ice Ice Baby to advertise refrigerators, I would have said “Yeah, that sounds about right.”
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The difference is that Ice T retained both relevance and revenue; I’m sure it’s occurred to him, though he doesn’t need the money.
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They say most Americans are only two missed paychecks away from doing a potentially demeaning endorsement deal.
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I don’t hate it.
He should tour with Tag Team in 2022, sponsored by Geico and Samsung.
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Maybe Vanilla is just trying to get back in the good graces of liberals by advocating for something environmentally responsible after his maskless New Year’s Eve Mar a Lago show.
Also, I hope “Word to your refrigerator” catches on.
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The Tag Team ad was easily 10x better. 0% cringeworthy. (OK, maybe 5%)
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That’s straight from the fridge, daddy-o.
Thanks for that ad; I thought it was really quite fun. 
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They put a whole lot of energy into adjusting the lyrics while at the same time not really saying anything about the product. The only thing I really got was something about the light changing with the temperature? I’ll stick with Consumer Reports.
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I question their grasp of how heat pumps work. Well, not really. I’ll let the late great Reverend Hicks take it from here…
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The Vanilla Ice one suffers from being to long and being played a little too straight.
But I still kinda liked it.
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He’s way too busy shilling for laundry detergent. Tide Cold Callers | Turn to Cold with Tide - YouTube
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I wonder if having to replace food more frequently uses more energy than just keeping it a little colder.
But what do you think about Ice T moving from writing Body Count to starring in Law and Order? He didn’t need the money then.
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I do find that deliciously ironic… but I guess playing a cop is different than being one. Just like he was never really in a gang (IIRC), just used some of that imagery in his rap.
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