WongDoody does meerkat boogie in zoo ad

April 30th, 2010 admin

WongDoody takes insufferable little-kids-and-animals cuteness to a whole new level with this world-beat promo clip for an upcoming meerkat exhibit at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo. The annoyingly infectious jingle, “Do the Meerkute,” features lyrics like, “Meerkats are fuzzy, with long pointed tails/They like to snack on scorpions, lizards, snakes and snails/Open your teeth and make a crunch/You just ate a scorpion lunch/Ewww!” The song was written by Chris Ballew of the Presidents of the United States of America, whose next career stop will be scoring a Butterfinger spot. Erik Estrada’s not so cute in the candy bar’s recent spot , though he seems to be wearing a meerkat on his head. —Posted by David Gianatasio


Originally posted on adfreak

 
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