{"id":15449,"date":"2014-05-30T07:39:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T21:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=15449"},"modified":"2014-05-29T22:47:50","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T12:47:50","slug":"youtube-friday-the-super-mario-kart-mercedes-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=15449","title":{"rendered":"Youtube Friday:  The Mario Kart Mercedes Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagyoutubefriday.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13436\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagyoutubefriday.jpg\" alt=\"tagyoutubefriday\" width=\"600\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagyoutubefriday.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagyoutubefriday-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_AkgJZGspCM\" width=\"629\" height=\"354\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<span class=\"dropcap\">T<\/span>he highly anticipated Nintendo game <em>Mario Kart 8<\/em> releases worldwide this weekend.\u00a0 To promote the launch, Nintendo and Mercedes collaborated to release this bizarre advertisement promoting the new Mercedes GLA as a free downloadable car which will be playable in the game.\u00a0 The concept is weird, the ad is even weirder.\u00a0 That goomba at the end of the clip is the stuff of nightmares.<\/p>\n<p>It also made me wonder what a live action Mario film could look like with today&#8217;s special effects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mariomercedes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mariomercedes.jpg\" alt=\"mariomercedes\" width=\"620\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mariomercedes.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mariomercedes-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mariomercedes2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15452\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mariomercedes2.jpg\" alt=\"mariomercedes2\" width=\"620\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mariomercedes2.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mariomercedes2-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mariomercedes3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15453\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mariomercedes3.jpg\" alt=\"mariomercedes3\" width=\"620\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mariomercedes3.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mariomercedes3-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a good weekend!<\/p>\n<p>Edo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who knew plumbing could be so 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