I don’t know about you, but there are certain things that I try and dodge every Holiday break — Family Matters marathons, my wife’s morbidly morbid cousin (who I like to call "the Angel of Death"), fruitcake — but this year, something kept creeping up on me and no matter where I turned, I couldn’t escape it. Gaze upon the horror of…the Snuggie.
Everywhere I looked, every channel I changed to, I saw that ad. And it tasks me. I can’t decide if those people are all members of some crazy-happy death cult and this is their last day before Ascension or if this spot was filmed at the winter residence of the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and they’ve got a whole host of super-comfy hate-robes on hand for family retreats.
Or if there are really people in this world who can’t navigate their way around a friggin’ blanket.
Oh, the horror…the snuggly, Snuggie horror.
Anyone else creeped out by this garment? Is there any chance that you would ever actually pay good money to wear one?
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This is too funny, we were just talking about this crazy-cult-blanket at work not 10 minutes ago. I think anyone who would want this blanket is just being lazy. Ever heard of a sweat-shirt and sweat-pants.
Haha! I also had visions of KKK families on a holiday getaway when I first saw this. I overcame the Fumbling Blanket Blues when my friend sewed me up a fleece onesie. That’s right, I have FOOTIE PAJAMAS. And they’re super warm and comfy…and they have dancing monkeys on them.
My son alerted me to this wonderful product. After watching this commercial I just turned my bathrobe backward and voila, I had a Snuggie. I am so happy now:)……
I just laugh and change the channel when it comes on – and when I first saw it, my first thought was wow, do people actually pay for these things?! It’s called a blanket! LOL
My husband and I just commented last night that it makes you look like a monk or crazy cultist.
I want one! Is that weird?
I have a different brand, called the “Slanket” and its is very comfy. It makes using the computer while wearing a blanket very easy!!
Melissa, Dancing Monkey’s? Where can I get about a dozen:)?
I think the best part of that spot is the Snuggie family at the football game. I would be mortified if those were my parents cheering me on…
When i first saw this commercial, i kept waiting to hear:
“Order now and you’ll also receive this hand-crafted SKULL MASK, complete with a blessing from the DARK FATHER himself, LUCIFER.. But order now ’cause they’re going fast!..”
I am speechless
This thing makes me laugh. My husband works at Walgreens where they have all the as seen on tv stuff like this. I never saw it as a KKK robe but it sooo looks like that. I just always thought, “Hey it’s a robe that you wear backwards.” Too funny!!!
Thank you! I saw that ad last night and was terrified by it!
I totally want one. Just yesterday I was under a blanket, watching TV, my poor arm exposed while I channel surfed. A Snuggie would have been awesome right then!
I think the people wearing them look like monks. I half expected them to break out in Gregorian Chant. My husband thought it would be really funny to buy me one for Christmas. I think a lot of people had the same idea because it still hasn’t arrived! At least I bought him a real robe, not a backwards one
Too funny! This is something that drove me crazy during the holidays too. And it has such a low-rent infomercial vibe, but it was being shown all over primetime all week…
Seems like this is just a bathrobe with an open back. My mom has something similar, but it folds out to a regular blanket and only forms sleeves if you snap the snaps.
Honestly?
I kind of want one.
It’s like a full body blanket! No need to rearrange!
Whatever. Kind of creepy, fine. Still.
I kind of want one.
ok.. *looks guilty* so.. my mom’s house is always like.. 30 below zero at all times during the winter.. and so.. as a half joke.. and half.. “it’s always so effin cold in there!” way.. I bought a few of these for them for xmas. The joke was all funny and everyone got a laugh. My partner and I wore them all week snuggled up on the couch.. i even debated buying some for home, but realized that might be pushing it a bit far.. lol go ahead.. make fun.. i can take it!
Too funny! My husband and I were talking about that last night, and how we thought the Snuggie looked like the robes those Heavens Gate people wore. Creepy!
Those ads are hilarious! I also like the scene of the family at the sporting event…but the highlight of that scene for me is the little girl in the middle with 10 yards of extra Snuggie hanging from her arms! One size fits all, sure!
Oh I agree, this stupid commercial is everywhere all the time and it freaks me the hell out!
I receive the similar Slanket as a gift two years ago, and it is one of my favorite possessions. My girlfriend had been making fun of it relentlessly until last week when she finally put it on as she read a book. Now use of the Slanket causes arguments. Those commercials scare me, though.
I want one! Who is going to see you in one but your family..hee hee
My grandmother got me the “cousin” of the snuggie, the Slanket for Christmas. God bless her, she didn’t know what it was…she thought it was a fleece smoking jacket. Although I will say it is comfy, there is no way I would personally pay for it, or wear it in public…unlike the man that sat next to me on the plane ride home after Christmas. That creeped me out.
If you PUT ON your blanket, you might as well put on a jacket.
But you are right, they need pointy hats, or make them into a hoodie for a monk costume.
Okay, I was thinking the exact same thing!!! My mom and I would bust up in hysterics everytime (which was a lot) this dang commercial came on! How hard is it to use a blanket!!!
OMG!!! My boyfriend and I were so creeped out by this too. Every time it came on, we would look at eachother and laugh our behinds off. Who the heck designed this awful thing? And give me a break….you can’t just put a blanket on your legs while you read a book? WHATEVER!!!!
GET A ROBE.
In theory, this is a good idea – but in practice, it indeed looks like the whole family is part of a cult. A very warm and cozy cult, mind you, but a cult nonetheless.