Question
Those Arbyâs commercials with the stupid hats over the peopleâs heads who “thinking” about Arbyâs-are those commercials slipstream or magic realism?
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Those Arbyâs commercials with the stupid hats over the peopleâs heads who “thinking” about Arbyâs-are those commercials slipstream or magic realism?
Mon, March 19 2007 » ?!?!?
I posit that they are actually documentary. Donât tell me you did not see people walking about town w/ Arbyâs hats appearing? There is a new branch of physics called “Arbyâs Space” which is where the hats go when they are not on peopleâs heads. Thatâs also the same place where the secret sauce comes from. Why the hell do you think itâs called “secret” sauce if itâs not from a secret place.
Now that Iâve made it public of where the sauce comes from it needs to be called, “the sauce formerly known as secret sauce.”
I miss Arbyâs. I also miss Minnesota though Iâve never been there. Just watching a Husker Du video and those memories about stuff I never did all come back. Really strange.
Fred
Were they filmed in South America? Because then theyâre definitely magic realism.