This RC Cola Ad Is a Masterclass in Sharon Cuneta's "Balutin Mo Ako"
For reasons you don't expect.
(SPOT.ph) RC Cola is back with their weird commercials and this time, it's all about Sharon Cuneta's classic lyrics "balutin mo ako" from the absolute ballad of the '80s "Bituing Walang Ningning." We know you've heard it before. All the way from that epic 1985 Cherie Gil and Sharon Cuneta film to today, every time a party ends and its time to gather up leftover food. Many a tito and tita have sung the chorus' opening line as they take out plastics and other makeshift containers—yet it seems this new RC Cola commercial challenges everyone else's take-home skills.
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RC Cola drops hilarious new commercial playing on Sharon Cuneta "Balutin mo ako" lyrics
The soda brand dropped their commercial on April 21, cheekily citing a "balot reveal." And yup, that isn't the only play they served up on current pop-culture lingo.
The commercial starts normally enough, as their other crazy ads have before, with a mom coming home and announcing that she's brought snacks. And where did she get them? The birthday party of her kumare's kid. Cue Sharon Cuneta's track playing as she begins to bring out what she had wrapped up: a plastic bag, a container, a kawa of pancit—wait, what?
Her bag's contents soon puts Mary Poppins to shame, as the rest of the family looks on from the table. She calmly brings out an entire lechon, the birthday celebrant Jun-Jun himself looking slightly confused, a clown, and even a megastar impersonator gamely singing the track's chorus, before finally, she pulls out what everyone's been waiting for: an ice-cold RC Cola bottle, because yup, her bag's a chiller too. The group, including the impersonator and clown, gather round the table for a drink. It ends with the kumare looking for her son, but not in the way you'd expect.
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RC Cola first hit us with that crazy commercial about a very strange family in 2020, capping off an already crazy year. They followed that up with a couple more bizarre ads; this recent one is a little more low-key, but hey, that's exactly what makes it all the more hilarious.