School supplies CAN be fun!

Last summer, as back-to-school time inched closer, Office Max commercials started airing, focusing on their advertisement of school supplies to remind parents to buy them for their children. Normally, school supplies don't make for an especially exciting purchase, and the commercials to advertise them are usually even less so. Last summer, however, Office Max changed all that. Anna kept telling me about the "School Supply Guy," and I actually anticipated happening upon one of the commercials as fall approached. What I saw was goddamn fantastic.



The "Rubber Band Man" is Office Max's attempt at avoiding the mundane. And, oh boy, have they succeeded! I love this guy! He dances around, passes out school supplies unexpectedly, and just has a groovy old time. Who knew number 2 pencils and 3-ring binders could be so fun?