# Can someone please explain this retarded Levis commercial to me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367 "2003-02-16T03:08:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367/1 "2003-02-16T03:08:54Z")
Guy. Girl. Wearing Levis. In the road. Buffalo Stampede around them. End of commercial . Most retarded commercial ever. ---
**Author:** ![RickQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367/2 "2003-02-16T03:28:04Z")
I think they are trying to say “Our jeans are so tough and bold that even a herd of stampeding buffallo will realise this and move around you” Or something like that. I have given up trying to understand jeans commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367/3 "2003-02-16T03:28:29Z")
[http://www.fashionwindows.com/visualprofiles/2003/levis.asp](http://www.fashionwindows.com/visualprofiles/2003/levis.asp) > [@](#): > > Levi’s® Jeans announced the creation of the world’s most valuable pair of jeans to celebrate the launch of Levi’s® Type 1™ Jeans. The one-of-a-kind pair of jeans (a Levi’s Type 1 Jean adorned with gold, diamonds and rubies) will be awarded to a lucky Super Bowl viewer as the culmination of a first-ever, interactive consumer promotion marking one of the most significant product launches in the company’s history. > > \ > > For a four-week period (January 2 - January 28, 2003), consumers can log on to [www.levi.com](http://www.levi.com) where one question will be posted weekly. Answering the questions correctly will enable consumers to gain access to clues about where the jeans are “buried.” A series of games posted on [www.levi.com](http://www.levi.com) also can be played to reveal clues. > > \ > > The final clue will be revealed through watching the Levi’s Type 1 Jeans Super Bowl commercial that debuts on Sunday, January 26, 2003, during the second quarter of the game. Following the initial airing of the commercial, viewers have two days to log on to [www.levi.com](http://www.levi.com) where they can enter their guess on the location of the “virtually” buried, gold- and jewel-laden, Levi’s Type 1 Jeans. All correct entries will be submitted… If you weren’t in on the whole thing, then it made no sense. Seeing as how nobody was in on the joke, millions were left clueless. The funniest part was reading some David Lynch-esque explanations: “The Bison represented humanity as a whole, charging towards the lone rebellion”. Yeah, right. That in itself makes the commercial friggin’ hilarious. I shouldn’t even post this- Now we won’t get tripped out artsy-fartsy theories. ---
**Author:** ![Spiratu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Spiratu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiratu)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367/4 "2003-02-16T05:23:22Z")
Ok, but the commercial is still on, or at least was on for more than two days past the Super Bowl. That doesn’t make any sense if this was all part of a promotion. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367/5 "2003-02-16T05:28:47Z")
I figured the commercial was telling me that the jeans were so ugly that even charging bison would avoid them. Maybe they’re like those stain repelling khakis, only these repel bison. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367/6 "2003-02-16T06:06:08Z")
Duh! Levis impart invulnerability! hrh ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367/7 "2003-02-16T14:52:31Z")
the guy isn’t too bad, but that mouth-breathing chick- YECHHHH! Does she ENJOY the taste of buffalo dust!?!?! Nassssty filthy commercial! We hateses it, don’t we, Precioussss? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367/8 "2003-02-16T16:07:27Z")
Could someone please get this woman a butt? ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367/9 "2003-02-16T20:51:09Z")
That’s a Levi’s commercial? I thought it was PETA trying to tell me bufallo meat was bad mojo. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367/10 "2003-02-16T23:20:03Z")
I thought it was some “spirit of the West” dealie. Like, “These are the sort of blue jeans the ancient Native Americans wore when they hunted the buffalo.” Or something. Hey, it’s no dumber than acid-washed. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367/11 "2003-02-16T23:28:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\*Hey, it’s no dumber than acid-washed. \*\* “Leg and a leg and a leg…” ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367/12 "2003-02-17T03:13:49Z")
A commercial? I thought it was one of those anti-drug campaigns saying that taking enough heroin to look as bad as those people would give you hallucinations of charging buffalos. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367/13 "2003-02-17T03:16:22Z")
We’re badder than The Lon King!! ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367/14 "2003-02-17T03:24:49Z")
er, Lion King. ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367/15 "2003-02-17T03:40:15Z")
“I thought about wearing a condom, but I figured hey, when will I be coming back to Haiti?” Bad Idea Jeans ---
**Author:** ![ravelyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@ravelyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ravelyn)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367/16 "2003-02-17T03:47:24Z")
i thought the commercial was trying to tell me that guys and girls should dress alike and look stupid for doing so… or is that just what society says in general??? looking stupid for dressing alike!! sheep!! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367/17 "2003-02-17T03:50:43Z")
If you think that is weird - today I saw a levis advert where mice dressed in jeans , driving a car gave a cat back to a woman in a waiting car in exchange for a ransom. ---
**Author:** ![ravelyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@ravelyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ravelyn)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367/18 "2003-02-17T03:53:49Z")
that ad would have put me into a coma if i saw it. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367/19 "2003-02-17T04:18:53Z")
I thought it was ad for [Buffalo Jeans](http://gifts.seeknext.com/buffalo-jeans.php). ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367/20 "2003-02-17T05:00:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Blue Sky \* > \*\*Could someone please get this woman a butt? \*\* Not to mention a less slack-jawed look…? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-this-retarded-levis-commercial-to-me/155367.md?page=2)