Warning: flashing video
Appropriately trippy Japanese ad for the 1996 Saturn game Mr. Bones. For some reason I could never quite figure out, SEGA had a much larger advertising budget for the game in Japan than in the US. In fact, they ran quite a few of these there at the time, including this similarly unsettling one.
HH is the mascot for the former appliance and electronic store HHGregg. I cannot explain to you but I have been absolutely obsessed with him. I really don't know why, but just something about the ads with him trigger a part of my brain to just inject straight serotonin into it. Now with the Christmas season coming soon I thought it would be appropriate to talk about my favorite part of this guy, the Christmas ads.
This is the first ad to talk about, sure it's nothing *really* special but don't worry, we're getting there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4XRprsDe5s
And now here it is, the absolute crown jewel of all HHGregg, the fabled Christmas in July ad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJzt8L_i7_U
So this ad a lot of you may be familiar with due to it's former status as a ytp icon and it's garnered a lot of attention due to that, and I'll post a link to that down towards the end but right now I just nneedd to talk about HH. I'm not sure why I'm so drawn to the whol obscureness of him, maybe it's some form of early 2010s nostalgia and seeing that era and a mascot for it, maybe it's because it's such an oddball store to be talking about but quite frankly I just love him. One important part of HH history I should touch on are the Silvagunner rips, and as an Evangelion fan it feels doubly important. Silvagunner, about 2 years ago made these 2 rips of A Cruel Angel's Thesis and Komm, Susser Todd. (Yes, I know I spelled it wrong) But the most important thing about these rips is the fact that they're both vocoded to the Christmas in July ad and feature custom videos. To me, I think it just shows how powerful HH is, being able to withstand the test of time, and of course out of any songs being interjected into Evangelion.
A Cruel Angel;s Thesis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpru2QoK03k
So where does that bring us? Well I have more media to share and some closing thoughts. Now before ending this post I just want to make people aware HH is not forgotten by everyone, because dedicated fans do still exist (such as myself) and I thought it appropriate to share some of those works here.
First off is this blursed HH body pillow, yes it is a real thing and unfortunately no, you cannot purchase it:
Another thing is, looking aside the Evangelion rips there are plenty of catchy tunes vocoded to the Christmas in July ad and I feel the need to share them.
Radical City from Sonic R:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teOAct6UE3I
Death By Glamour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0nNLsbrSFY
Now's your chance to be:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW5ixQrzLrw
One more thing I need to touch on is HH's VA: Wally WIngert, now I was just going to say he voiced Jon Arbuckle in the Garfield show but actually looking at his imdb is insane, the amount of work in awesome video games and TV he has done is so cool to me especially being in a lot games that I love, and honestly? It makes me happy that somehow, a little but of HH is with us in so many of those properties.
Wally's imdb:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935042/
And to close, I want to leave all of you HHGregg fans something, or aspiring fans. This:
Compilation of all the HHGregg ads:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWRNFy9Jasg&t=2s
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