Air New Zealand Crashes and Burns With Insipid Hasselhoff Video

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Air New Zealand's sub-muppet mascot Rico could be described as appealing only if we change the definition of the word to "grating and unacceptable in the extreme." Likewise, watching the frizzy freak play a talk show host/psychiatrist in this "On the Skycouch With Rico" clip and trade double entendres with goofy pop icon David Hasselhoff could be called amusing. But only if we agree that "amusing" now means "cringe-worthy and stultifying; a brain-boggling waste of time."

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