Wacky Canon Commerical

9:31 PM 10/23/2005

I finished getting the next batch of commercials off of HongFire today. I haven't watched all of them yet, but there is one that I've seen that really stands out. The product is a Canon "Hybrid Laser" copy machine. I don't know what's being mixed with the laser, but the commercial makes it seem as if they are combining lasers and Asian models to create something that makes copies.

The premise is simple, really. Two guys are in the office and need to make copies. Just then, the copier morphs into a woman and starts shooting copies out of her breasts. That's right. Shooting copies from out of her breasts. Well, from near her breasts at the very least. It then goes on to, I believe, actually explain the product, all while one of the two guys from earlier gawks at her rack.

Ha. I made a funny.

At this point, I really wish I had some authority to analyze the cultural significance of a commercial like this. I mean, is this supposed to be a sararyman's primal daydream, or is Canon hoping to strike a chord with sararymen everywhere by creating some sort of convoluted fantasy? Whatever the meaning may actually be (if there is a meaning at all), it is at the very least entertaining.