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The ad first debuted on the "Today" show prior to the Super Bowl.

Hey guys, just a friendly reminder that that gorgeously animated ad from Chipotle was still an ad, courtesy of this send-up from Funny or Die. Once you get past the whole "person trying to sing like Fiona Apple" thing (It's not happening...

We may not have a Kmart in Victoria anymore, but the recent clever ad campaigns they've been running almost makes me wish we still did. We don't know who is behind the sudden trend of ads, but we say keep 'em coming!

Surely you've seen this ad from Dove, in which a forensic sketch artist draws women as they describe themselves, then as other women describe them, then everybody starts crying? If not, it's here for the watching, just to give you some context before we settle in to what this is really all about -- making fun of that ad.

Finally, a reason to ship our pants in public! And to go to Kmart (or K-Mart).

Fortunately, Laina, aka the Overly Attached Girlfriend, has already created a charity campaign, otherwise we would might be inclined to say she is just milking her internet fame. Instead, this Samsung commercial is actually entertaining. It's creepy, too...

We don't want to ruin this ad, so we're not going to tell you what company it's for, or what it does. We'll only tell you that it's from Sweden and that it's a riff on Apple Store robberies that happen occasionally. Suffice to say it demonstrates that some companies are very much on top of their game...