One of my favorite commercials from this year

Kristen Schaal!  She's moving on up and out of the "oh hey it's that chick" category of actresses, I think.  She's been on the Daily Show, Flight of the Conchords,  and in an  episode of How I Met Your Mother; this year she did a smashing job at hosting the Writer's Guild Awards (well, from what I can tell from this opening monologue and song-and-dance number), she did these commercials, AND she scored what looks like a recurring guest role on 30 Rock (named Hazel Whatshername).

Out of the many commercials shot for the Sony Xperia PLAY, this one is my favorite:

Hehe, eyeballs. It's wonderfully bizarre and has that wonderfully weird juxtaposition of using a mobile device for looking at cat pictures and for fighting epic battles in full Xena battle regalia.  And it has no profanity in it, whereas most of the other ones do.  I’m not against profanity as a whole, and I think it’s used well in the other ads, really highlighting the contrast between her charming, girly voice and her intensely violent gamer side. Wonderful.

Schaal on the Daily Show

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Hosting the WGAs