Danica Patrick shills for milk with a wet upper lip
Danica Patrick "Got Milk?" ad – Click above for high-res images
Got Milk? It's one of the most successful marketing campaigns of all time. IndyCar driver and femme fatale of the front straight, Danica Patrick, has signed on to shill for the bovine beverage in one of those very familiar advertisements that features popular athletes and celebrities with a wet upper lip. Nevermind the fact that milk only sticks to your lip like that if you've got the beginnings of a good mustache going on, or that what's on Danica's lip is probably a gooey special effects paste. If you sense some disdain in my voice, that's probably because I haven't had a glass of milk since 2000 when I read a book in college and the next day stopped eating animals and drinking their fluids. I haven't bought into the "does a body good" argument since a doctor once described the nutritional properties of milk to me as "liquid beef". That's why I always frown when I see another athlete or celebrity holding a glass of milk with a smile that looks like they've gulped a gallon of White Out.
The tagline in Danica's ad is "Refuel", because I guess the Milk Processors of America who pay for the ads would have us believe that Bessy's breast milk has the same restorative powers as Gatorade. The rest of the copy reminds you to eat right, exercise and drink milk, because you're going to be healthy anyway if you do the first two things, so what's a glass of milk going hurt?
NOTE: The hippy propaganda in this post does not represent the views of Autoblog, its parent company or the rest of the Autoblog editorial team who are all blood-dripping-from-the-teeth carnivores and no doubt pouring glasses of 2% right now just to taunt me.
Gallery: Danica Patrick "Got Milk?" ad
[Source: BodybyMilk.com]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
Enok 2:45PM (5/08/2009)
These comments are going to be so vulgar that even I don't want to see them.
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Yaroukh 2:54PM (5/08/2009)
ok, stop reloading this page then, will you? ;)
tankd0g 3:48PM (5/08/2009)
She looks more heavily airbrushed and freakish than usual. That's all I have to say.
geo.stewart 4:18PM (5/08/2009)
Tagline should be:
"John Neff shills for PETA and Danica Patrick"
Next, we'll hear about all of the methane released by these accursed cows, so we all need to go back to vinyl seating.
8^>
Vincenzo 4:23PM (5/08/2009)
give it up already...Do you want to be a successful race car driver or penthouse porn star...she is so stupid!
rsfourever 2:46PM (5/08/2009)
she's really NOT that pretty. i understand the attraction because she's a racecar driver, but she wouldn't turn many heads walking around on the street if she weren't well-known...
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Taglane 2:53PM (5/08/2009)
You females don't understand....
skant 4:55PM (5/08/2009)
it's mostly photoshop and cosmetics anyway
John Neff 2:48PM (5/08/2009)
FYI... We've already deleted four vulgar comments and banned the commenters, so if you leave a vulgar comment, we'll ban you too.
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Epyx 3:08PM (5/08/2009)
When are you getting banned? No more pontificating your vegan views on an automotive blog. Editorials are fine when related to the subject matter - keep all other views to yourself.
Shawn 3:20PM (5/08/2009)
I'm totally looking forward to Neff's review on leather interiors
Kumar 3:23PM (5/08/2009)
That's the beauty of blogs, you can interject some personal opinions in your articles, just like you can be a jackwad in the comments section if you choose.
Justin 3:39PM (5/08/2009)
seriously, I don't give a flying rat's rear what you dietary views are. How is that in any way related to an automotive blog? It's so annoying when uppity (and usually foul smelling) vegetarians put forth their views as friggin gospel.
nimeye 4:09PM (5/08/2009)
You sir are the reason vegans and vegetarians have a bad name. You preach your views in completely unrelated forums and in unrelated subjects. This is a blog about automobiles, not dietary concerns. I appreciate your lifestyle choices, but I come here to read about the automotive world.
What's next? Are you going to start commenting on religious and political issues?
Try keeping on subject.
Quote the Raven 4:14PM (5/08/2009)
Completely agree with Epyx! Would have been one thing if you put in a blurb about crying for the wee itty bitty hepwess animalz, but come on, you're on your tree huggery soapbox for most the entire article.
Aloysius Vampa 4:17PM (5/08/2009)
It took me a second to figure out why people were talking about vegan dietary views in response to what looks like a comment from John Neff.
Yeah, I'm slow.
jjpg2000 4:23PM (5/08/2009)
You're rocken' NEFF. This is the best part of a blog, you can say what ever you want to say.
I'm not Vegetarian, but I udder juice was removed from my diet in 1997, and I couldn't be happier.
Bloke 4:31PM (5/08/2009)
John Neff - posting articles such as this in front of an audience of pre-puberty American males is like dangling a ham in front of a pit bull. You're asking for trouble.
skant 4:43PM (5/08/2009)
you guys act as if the point of posting like this wasn't to increase traffic and boost ad revenue....John Neff's soap box antics serve a purpose...unfortunately
Yaroukh 5:02PM (5/08/2009)
@Bloke: bwahaha, Bloke at it again, already recovered from the "Fiat quality issues are history" embarassment?