Humpday Afternoon Diversion

By Tankboy in Miscellaneous on Apr 29, 2009 8:00PM

What's black and white and red all over? This actual commercial created for Red House Furniture.

Check out the creators' thoughts on the commercial after the jump.

Thanks to Syverson for the tip

From the creators of the spot, Rhett and Link:

We produced this commercial for Red House Furniture as part of our web series, "Custom-built, Micro-Budget Commercials for MicroBilt Customers". Thanks to all of the guys at Red House for being such great sports ... To address the controversy around this video: We knew this video was going to be controversial. Anytime race is discussed in any capacity, controversy ensues. The racial reconciliation concept was a joint effort between the Red House staff and us. They pointed out the fact that their employees and customer base were like the "Rainbow Coalition", and we thought something with a comical racial reconciliation theme would be fun, as well as a conversation starter ... This video is an attempt to use humor to spark a discussion about race issues, because we still have a long way to go.