Watch This: Lock ya doors! (Canadian Tire)

If you scan Canadian Tire‘s YouTube page, the bulk of the uploaded videos are product-focused promos with the occasional Mark’s ad for a no-iron shirt and a “We support our Olympians” spot. And then there’s this: The new Spring 2013 spot from Taxi ends with a corny gag (Oh sweatered spokesman, you ham!), but kudos […]

If you scan Canadian Tire‘s YouTube page, the bulk of the uploaded videos are product-focused promos with the occasional Mark’s ad for a no-iron shirt and a “We support our Olympians” spot.

And then there’s this:

The new Spring 2013 spot from Taxi ends with a corny gag (Oh sweatered spokesman, you ham!), but kudos for just going for it and getting a song that fully commits to the concept. We almost expected to hear bleeped-out lyrics.

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