What's better than a free DS from Comcast?

by JC Fletcher { Jul 10th 2007 at 5:20PM }

The even freer commercial they made for it! To promote their new offer of a free DS with subscription to a whole bunch of stuff, Comcast hired John Kricfalusi to make a promotional animation. It's quite a bit better than pretty much any cable company commercial we've ever seen, and definitely a lot better than any Flash ad we've seen on a website. Animation this brilliantly weird should not be buried in Comcast's website.

Kricfalusi is best known as the creator and occasional voice of Ren & Stimpy and the founder of Spümcø International. You can see some sketches for the ad on his blog, as well as lots and lots of animation nerdery.

Oh, and also, if you need phone, internet, and cable TV, you should think about signing up with Comcast right now and getting a free DS Lite out of it.

[Via CAG]

Tags: ads, cable, comcast, kricfalusi, phone

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Silver R. Wolfe @ Jul 10th 2007 6:13PM

No way am I supporting this evil corporation, free DS or no free DS.

Alisha Karabinus @ Jul 10th 2007 6:27PM

I am also filled with Comcast-hate, but that is a pretty damned funny cartoon.

Covarr @ Jul 10th 2007 6:49PM

I think I heard Dan Castellaneta as one of the voices.

hvnlysoldr @ Jul 10th 2007 6:50PM

Ah good old fashioned Ren and Stimpy. Log Happy Happy Joy Joy!

davr @ Jul 10th 2007 7:07PM

When I put in my address, I get the following message:

Package Not Available

The item you have selected is no longer available on Comcast.com. To view other products and services in your area, click the button below.

:(

WedgeTalon @ Jul 10th 2007 7:11PM

1) It's $99 for one year, then the charge goes up.

2) It's not the highest tier of internet, so if you wan that, you have to pay up an extra $10 bucks.

3) It's only available to NEW customers. I'd assume this means if you currently have any of their service that you are disqualified from this promotion. YMMV.