Case in point, Marcel the Shell. If you haven't seen this viral video yet, well I don't know where you've been. Marcel is probably the cutest creature that's "partially a shell" ever been exposed to humans. I don't know anyone else who can make pulling around a piece of hair tied to a piece of lint so unforgettably adorable. I even pity poor Marcel at some points, so weak she can't even lift a crayon and can't fulfill her life dream of owning a dog.
But Marcel's best quality isn't her shoes, her face, or her unbelievably adorable voice. I think it's her ability to create extremely quotable phrases out of hardly anything, and stream them together into the best video I've ever seen. Out of nowhere, I feel as if I can just say, "Guess what I do for adventure?" and someone will surely respond, "Hang-glide on a Dorito." This quality might only be topped by the fact that in a crowded room, if someone yells "Now this is a story all about how...", the whole room can finish The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song with no troubles. But I think Marcel is getting there.
Voice performed unedited by SNL star, Jenny Slate, she has the background to create hilarity out of anything. USA Today interviewed her, and she claimed there is over a half-hour of unused audio. Apparently Marcel feels like she has a real talent for musical performance. Jenny Slate says they want to leave Marcel the way she is, but personally I'm hoping for a sequel. I want to hear Marcel's beautiful voice again. And just for my own entertainment I've come up with a top five list of Marcel's quotes.
1) "My brother once got in a fight with someone else and guess how he killed him. He impaled him on the brush. (Sounds very violent.) We won't fight unless we're provoked."
2) "Sometimes people say that my head is too big for my body, and then I say 'compared to what?'"
3) "My name is Marshell and, uh. Oh no, that's not the first time I've done that. My name is Marcel, and I'm partially a shell as you can see on my body, but I also have shoes and, um, a face, so, I like that about myself, I like myself and I have a lot of other great qualities as well."
4) "His name [the piece of lint] is Alan. Guess where I found him? Under a tooth. Well you know what they say? Lint is a shell's best friend."
5) "Guess what I use to tie my skis to my car? A hair. Guess what my skis are? Toenails from a man."
I'm optimistic that Marcel will continue to make me laugh as long as I can perfectly quote her, and hopefully Marcel will make everyone else laugh as well.
ahhh i keep hearing abou this marcel woman and it makes me kind of sad that i haven't watched any of her videos. buuut i figured out what i'm doing during my half day todayyyyy. :)
ReplyDeletep.s. are you still going to bdubs today? cause i am too. and we might run into each other and that would be exciting.