Not Even the Manolo Can Explain This
Manolo says, ????
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December 4th, 2006 at 3:03 am
Bizarre. Bizarre enough that I had to go hunt out more info! It is, actually, supposed to be an art piece, of sorts - it’s one of a set of short films that were created as part of an Olympics sponsorship. (link)
December 4th, 2006 at 3:16 am
Ok, I get it, she is pimping some sort of weak aerobic work out, extolling the vitures of exercise and strength training.
But what is with the creepy CGI-esque poodles? Perhaps in her fat days, her poodles were her only friends, and now they are her only creative partners?
December 4th, 2006 at 10:49 am
It’s a spoof of the Susan Powter videos! It’s got her logo with the spikey hair and the before picture with the lost look on her face! Very funny! I don’t get the poodles, though. Oh, well.
December 4th, 2006 at 12:25 pm
Hilarious! Thank you, Manolo.
I have been on the Internet for 13 years now, and that is possibly the strangest thing I have seen to date.
December 4th, 2006 at 12:30 pm
BIZARRUS CANIS! Whoo, do I feel better now, as I finish my buttered biscuit. (Strangely calming effect.)
December 4th, 2006 at 1:03 pm
Maybe it’s also a comment on the bizzare things people do to poodles. I had never noticed before that the puffs on poodles are in places where people would like big muscles if they stood up…
December 4th, 2006 at 1:17 pm
She’s an ice skater, right?? The only thing that could possibly explain it is the “art piece” idea.
As a professional costumer, if it’s actually a workout video, my first thought is that she is just so thin that they had to come up with SOMETHING, anything, to not make her look like an anorexic stick, and the concept got way outta hand. Perhaps recreational drugs were also involved. I am very impressed with the CGI doggie heads.
It can’t be real. It has to be art. It is, even if it isn’t! It’s weird and wonderful like a Spike Jones video or something.
December 4th, 2006 at 6:21 pm
The point is that our days of poodle-envy are over! Now you too can be cut like a poodle-even if you don’t have the hair!
December 4th, 2006 at 9:32 pm
It has its own wikipedia page…
December 4th, 2006 at 9:54 pm
“I had never noticed before that the puffs on poodles are in places where people would like big muscles if they stood up… ”
That sort of relates to why the puffs are there in the first place. Poodles are “working dogs” and were originally trained to chase after prey on hunts, etc. Two problems arose. First, their curly hair got snagged on underbrush. Second, they needed their joints and muscles kept warm. The solution that evolved was the poodle cut, and if you ever see a large standard poodle that isn’t being poofed up for show, it will be really evident — especially since you already figured it out from this video.
December 5th, 2006 at 2:08 am
all i know is i am going to have bad dreams tonight…
December 5th, 2006 at 4:02 am
I always thought of myself as more of a golden retriever.
December 6th, 2006 at 4:36 pm
I am at a loss and I am NEVER at a loss. Strange? Certainly. Bizarre? Most definitely. Entertaining? damn skippy!!!
December 6th, 2006 at 10:22 pm
So technically speaking, are the poufs ladies’ accessories or just poodle accessories?
December 11th, 2006 at 11:09 pm
Oh my )&*?^ lord. %#%@ *&*(& @$#@!. That’s all I can say.
December 15th, 2006 at 1:41 pm
what the heck was that?????????????? malono i have never seen anything so weird in my life!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhh that was just plain scary!!