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• 05.15.08 12:35 pm

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This is the kind of idea that only seems plausible after a four-day dust binge. It also proves why we don’t think that it’s such a bad thing that companies do a little market research before pushing their half-baked ideas on the rest of us.

This is the kind of idea that only seems plausible after a four-day dust binge. It also proves why we don’t think that it’s such a bad thing that companies do a little market research before pushing their half-baked ideas on the rest of us. I’ve watched this video 27 times and I still can’t understand how it made it past the blueprint phase. How cocky was the team behind this failure? There’s no way the Le Run could have made it past a focus group full of MTV minds. Was this the brainchild of some punk who managed to infiltrate the organization in order to bring it down from the inside? This contraption is the equivalent of putting sunglasses on a flower, or a skateboarding cat.

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Comments
  1. Anonymous says:

    I can’t believe Mr. Show didn’t see this thing coming.

  2. drewsy says:

    Finally, a product that makes me look like I’m being reamed up the ass by a flagpole.

  3. Lorin says:

    A unicycle for ass-clowns!

  4. hopink says:

    it has a built-in cock ring

  5. Cromnulentricity says:

    I’m almost certain this is a Tim and Eric ad.

  6. FIT SNAKE says:

    it does look like a tim and eric spoof.

    also, how are those guys able to do tricks on something thats only just been made. you see these people on every new ‘cool’ thing, like those snakeboards that were skateboards in 2 parts and some kids doing awesome shit in the ads.

  7. butcher's window says:

    HOLY SHIT. I worked in a bike shop in Cambridge Mass. in 1998, and there were about 3 of these things in dusty boxes in the basement… they looked like they’d been there for a while. I built one and tried to ride it. It’s like a unicycle with little training wheels. We actually sold one for $5 or so.

  8. Bolts McGee says:

    I really saw one of these ads on MTV back in the day, they probably could have given them away with the later karaoke machine they were trying to sell.

  9. wetback says:

    sad thing is gavin’s OG project VICE sold out to these kooks, no wonder he split.

  10. probot says:

    This is obvously a very old ad, look at the vision shorts the guy was wearing, vintage 80′s

  11. Anonymous says:

    But hey at least it’s AWESOME TO LOOK AT

  12. crappin says:

    Gavin got fired, don’t believe the hype.

  13. sheeit says:

    who cares.
    considering vice’s current state i’d be flattered if they fired me.

  14. mr.wilson says:

    It’s no Skate Wing.

  15. stupidity says:

    What part about it is a skateboard? Looks more like part shopping cart!

  16. Rewind says:

    tim and eric wish they made this commercial


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