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As a follow-up to my earlier post on the new K-Swiss Tubes campaign that features Eastbound & Down‘s Kenny Powers, here are three more videos for E&D fans to enjoy before the Sept. 26 premiere of season two.
“Leg Press” pits New Orleans tight end Jeremy Shockey against our anti-hero. In typical form, Kenny taunts the Super Bowl-ring winner — and far superior, still-employed athlete — with, “How does it feel to fail?”
In “Secret Muscles” we learn that Tubes unlock — you got it — “secret muscles you never even knew you had.” The clip is 15 seconds of ridiculousness — as opposed to the Shakespearean triumphs the others are — and the shoes do look cool. (The whispering gag reminds me of the one used in ABC’s The Middle.)
That’s not the last of Shockey. He keeps earning his check with yet another 15-second clip: “Muscles Grow.” It’s my least favorite so far because the shoe-near-the-face bit is off-putting. (I have an inexplicable aversion to gym-shoe stench. I’m a freak like that.)
Next up in the K-Swiss Tube series: “Ninjitsu,” “Gravity,” and “Speed.” Stay tuned.
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