Seriously... if I had been there to make a big fucking purchase and got 50% off, it totally would have been worth the poop boot.

“No, I am Martin Luther King I have no chill” is the message these MLK revisionist need to hear. Also I went to school with a girl whose parents name her Nichelle because of this show.

The funny thing about Drunk History (aside from it being funny) is that I actually learn from it. And retain that knowledge! I wish I had Drunk Earth Systems Science in college. I would have gotten a much better grade.

Still doesn’t compare to the American blankets we once received.

She’s hilarious, and I lover her even more because she tags all of her swimsuit photos #veryfat #verybrave

I do! I can just do shit like teach climate change! It’s great!

With a mom like that, it’s a sure thing that he wasn’t asked for quite different reasons that she imagines.

lol I bet her boy is a treat

Ugh, no wonder! Mom like that wouldn’t give you the best impression of womankind...

MLK’s two sons are in charge of the rights and they definitely knew about this. My understanding is that they’re both Trump supporters, god help us all. They do NOT get along with Berenice, who for some reason does not have any legal say in what the estate does.

You can’t see this is in action in how much racists and politicians who support racist policies looooooooove Dr. MLK, Jr. But hate John Lewis, who marched with him. They love him because he’s dead. They can claim the most touchy-feely parts of his speeches and use them to uphold the status quo, and he can’t tell them…

The truck at the end was jarring, but also all the feel good shots of soldiers. Lots of ads use soldiers to tug at the heart strings, but it is particularly wrong to do it to a MLK speech.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Remember, like, a decade ago last year, when we were just getting our first taste of the new era of ugly American jingoism, and some companies actually did run ads that weren’t stomach-churningly tone-deaf? Remember this one?

Licensing takes a lot of time and effort and is rather bound up in legal paperwork/terminology. That’s why families of famous people either sell the rights to these companies outright or hire them to do the negotiating in their place. I think in this case, the advertising company just did a bad job in parsing the…

is that a dustjacket bio from 1973?

Make it plain!

Someone took the video from that ad and put his words about consumerism to it:

The best they can get is increased sales from the MAGA crowd, but that’s not enough to be sustainable. They were clearly going for a wider audience and fell flat on their face.

Who in the Illuminati hell approved this, anyway?